<div dir="ltr">I don't think Cinnamon as default desktop. Fedora always was of GNOME by default Desktop. However, I have to choose, I would choose KDE as default desktop.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Jaroslav Reznik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jreznik@redhat.com" target="_blank">jreznik@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
= Features/Cinnamon as Default Desktop =<br>
<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_Default_Desktop" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_Default_Desktop</a><br>
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Feature owner(s): Eric Smith <<a href="mailto:eric@brouhaha.com">eric@brouhaha.com</a>><br>
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This feature proposes that Fedora switch the default desktop interface from<br>
Gnome 3 to Cinnamon. Cinnamon provides a desktop interface that is more<br>
familiar to Windows and Gnome 2 users than the standard Gnome Shell interface,<br>
while being built from Gnome 3 components.<br>
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== Detailed description ==<br>
The Gnome 3 interface is substantially different that the traditional desktop<br>
interfaces on both Linux and Windows. While it is good that there is research<br>
into new user interface concepts, many users prefer to have a traditional<br>
interface that they are accustomed to. Unfortunately it is difficult or<br>
impossible to assess what fraction of the user base prefers Gnome Shell vs. a<br>
more traditional interface. I'm not trying to start (or continue) a flame war<br>
here, so I won't state any of my own criticisms of Gnome Shell here, but I<br>
will observe that a number of very high profile people in the Linux community,<br>
such as Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox, have publicly announce that due to<br>
problems with Gnome Shell they are switching to a different desktop and/or<br>
Linux distribution.<br>
<br>
I submit the proposition that it is easier for a user doing a new Fedora<br>
install to start with a traditional desktop, and switch to the Gnome Shell if<br>
they prefer that, than to start with Gnome Shell and switch to a traditional<br>
desktop.<br>
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The Cinnamon desktop provides a traditional desktop while being based on the<br>
latest Gnome and GTK components, so it seems like a better candidate for a<br>
default desktop than MATE, which is based on older components.<br>
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