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As published in Website Upd8, Cinnamon is a Gnome Shell fork started by Clement lefebvre, project leader Linux Mint, which is in its early stages of development. It is based on some of the features offered by MGSE (Mint GNOME Shell Extensions), but the end goal is supposed to be to create your own desktop interface (that is, a complete Shell). |
The objective is none other than to make the use of Gnome 3 more comfortable for Gnome 2 users. To do this, they eliminate the upper panel and pass the notification area to the lower panel, which tries to replicate as closely as possible the appearance and functionality that we were in Gnome 2.
According to Lefebvre himself:
Cinnamon is a Linux desktop manager, providing advanced innovation features and a traditional user experience. The desktop design is similar to Gnome with technology coming from Gnome Shell.
At the moment, Cinnamon is available only through Github. So now you can download the source code and compile it, not forgetting that it is still in the test version and that it is not recommended to use it on work desks.
How do you see it? Was it a step in the right direction?
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It doesn't seem to me. I like gnome3, it just needs more development, and they could contribute to improve it instead of going their own way (to ubuntu). I am with debian testing gnome3 and it is going great. You can tell that it needs more development, but when you start using it it becomes friendly. On the other hand, Unity seems very loaded and "stupid" ("these are some of the installed applications, these are the ones you could install" and who told you to make that prediction for me?), But it does notice it "finished". I think the Mint thing is a move to take advantage of a gap that has become evident. salu2
I love the idea, the ubiquitous top bar of Gnome 3 seems like a somewhat crude copy of Android (not to mention Mac), and Mint has always offered us a great design; I'm sure it will be a big hit, as well as taking advantage of Gnome technology which is more than just 3D effects.
As for Unity well, as I have always said, how ironic even with the name ...
I think you have to work a bit in gnome3 like this. I like several ideas that they have, and many of them dislike me, and I also think they have a couple of bugs or at least things to fix, but they are pointing quite well.
But one thing they lack is more customization, and I'm not referring to extensions, which are a very good idea next to the extensions page, but, for example, those extensions can be moved from place to place and even panel, which when right-clicking they are configurable (I don't know if it's an error in the extensions that none of them do or if the option is missing in the API).
I think that with the extensions system it doesn't make much sense to make a new shell, I really wouldn't like it, I would like to have the options that are proposed in the shell that is there now. and polish it a little to the one who is.
but I think they are on a very good path 😀
The problem is, GNOME have a reputation for not accepting suggestions. They make the desk as they want, period, if others don't like it, it's something they don't care about.
In addition, Clem and his team have done an excellent job. Today there is no comparison between GNOME Shell and Cinnamon, the latter sweeps it up in almost everything.
I wait for it in my Arch, to be able to remove Gnome 3
I have been using it for a month and it is excellent, there are some things that I do not like but I imagine that with the passage of time they will improve.