Good news, I installed and have been using Ubuntu Mate 16.04-3 full time for a couple of weeks now, and it is good, the desktop is stable and starts up every time. I have had a few apps, crash (caja a few times). It pops up a box and I click to send the info, but the desktop is always ok. There is something that happens, particularly when the update box comes up, that the windows all stop responding, but I usually can fix that by minimising each active window in turn.
Thanks,
Michael
Good news, I installed and have been using Ubuntu Mate 16.04-3 full time for a couple of weeks now, and it is good, the desktop is stable and starts up every time. I have had a few apps, crash (caja a few times). It pops up a box and I click to send the info, but the desktop is always ok. There is something that happens, particularly when the update box comes up, that the windows all stop responding, but I usually can fix that by minimising each active window in turn.
Thanks,
Michael