Mate is a fork (derivation) emerged from the source code of Gnome 2, in its current version many obsolete packages and libraries have been replaced by the new technologies available in GLib.
I-Mate imfoloko (isuselwe) evela kukhodi yomthombo ye- I-Gnome 2Enguqulweni yayo yamanje, amaphakethe amaningi nemitapo yolwazi engasasebenzi sekushintshwe ubuchwepheshe obusha obutholakala ku-GLib.