[smokingfrog]

Source code and instructions how to install Cinnamon for Linux Mint 12, Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16, openSUSE 12.1, Arch Linux and Gentoo are available on Cinnamon Downloads page. Cinnamon is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

[NativeSon]

I read that title and thought in order: 1) uh-oh, I’m having a stroke, 2) is this mad-libs and 3) cool! I’ll fire up my Linus box

[Mr. K]

Wow~!

Gramma will be so happy she can install “the Linux Mint project’s fork of the GNOME Shell, [with] the APIs and desktop interface” for spamming her Mah Jong club from the web server in her sewing room.

Linux has gotten so user-friendly after all these years!

[Bigh4u2]

I have Mint 9 Isadora.

I can’t update anything without ‘broken packages’, which won’t install.

I’m a neophyte as far as Linux is concerned and a bit put off by all the ‘terminal’ commands necessary to ‘fix’ things.

Linux needs to make it easier for those, like me, that would rather ‘point and click’ to install or repair any packages.

I’m running Linux Mint now, but if I can’t update easily, it would be better to go back to Windows until they make it a bit more ‘user friendly’.

BTW. I used to operate a “Unix” system a long, long time ago and I’ve pretty much forgotten most of it.
I don’t want to have to ‘relearn’ commands and syntax just to be able to use my computer.

(sorry, just my pet peeve with the system)

[ShadowAce]

[Bikkuri]

Thank you SO much for this!!! I have been lacking Linux time recently because of the new Gnome 3 :/

[pyx]

Cinnamon fork brings familiar GNOME 2 design elements to the GNOME 3 shell

Gee, I wonder why. /s This couldn't possibly have anything to do with the massive user community rejection of the Unity Desktop that relies solely on GNOME 3 or the Unity developer's arrogant response to the user community or have anything to do with the removal of the Classic desktop option between Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 11.10 ... nope ... nothing at all ... two completely unrelated events ... it must be something else.

[zeugma]

Thanks for posting. Looks like Mint has a new KDE RC out too (1/11). I’ll be checking it out in a VM. I’m getting kind of tired of Fedora.