The MATE User Guide is a collection of documentation which details general use of the MATE Desktop environment. Topics covered include sessions, panels, menus, file management, and preferences. 2015-2021 MATE Documentation Project 2005 Shaun McCance 2004 Sun Microsystems 2003 Sun Microsystems MATE Documentation Project MATE Documentation Project MATE Desktop Wolfgang Ulbrich Dark Side of the Moon Sun GNOME Documentation Team Sun Microsystems Shaun McCance GNOME Documentation Project shaunm@gnome.org Karderio GNOME Documentation Project karderio@gmail.com Joachim Noreiko GNOME Documentation Project jnoreiko@yahoo.com Daniel Espinosa Ortiz GNOME Documentation Project esodan@gmail.com Brent Smith GNOME Documentation Project mate@nextreality.net Tim Littlemore GNOME Documentation Project tim@tjl2.com John Stowers GNOME Documentation Project john.stowers@gmail.com Nigel Tao GNOME Documentation Project nigel.tao@myrealbox.com Matthew East Ubuntu Documentation Project mdke@ubuntu.com Carlos Garnacho Parro GNOME Project carlosg@gnome.org 2.15 2015-07-01 Wolfgang Ulbrich MATE Documentation Project 2.14 2006-02-03 Karderio GNOME Documentation Project 2.10 2005-03-08 Shaun McCance GNOME Documentation Project 2.8 September 2004 GNOME Documentation Project 2.7 September 2003 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 2.6 August 2003 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 2.5 March 2003 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 2.4 January 2003 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 2.3 October 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 2.2 August 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 2.1 August 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project 1.0 May 2002 Sun Microsystems GNOME Documentation Project This manual describes version 1.22 of the MATE desktop.