Dubbed Cream, Snowlinux 2 MATE is based on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.0 and the MATE desktop environment, a fork of GNOME 2. Among various default packages installed in Snowlinux 2 MATE we can mention the Chromium 18 web browser, Mozilla Firefox 12, Mozilla Thunderbird 12, Banshee, IceDove, and Shotwell.