[Fedora-spins] Creating a Cinnamon & Mate spin

[Rex Dieter]

On 09/26/2012 03:50 PM, Sam Burgos wrote:
> Greetings, my name is Jose Santiago Burgos and I'm from El Salvador, i
> do hope that you can do your activities as usual
>
> The reason of my mail is that while I was downloading an XFCE Fedora
> Spin for a friend, i tought and ask myself: "Why we cannot have another
> special spin given the popularity of some recent Desktops Environments
> (DE). I mean with MATE and Cinnamon

You certainly are welcome to help make such spins of course.

Being involved with MATE, I can say that our current and primary focus is
1.  get MATE into fedora packaging-wise.

Then

2.  make it easily installable via comps group(s) and what-not.

Then,

3.  the option of doing the work of making a spin based on it is a 
possibility.

The status quo is that 1 is almost done with a basic desktop (optional 
pieces will be added over time).  2. is in the planning stages.  not 
even thinking about 3 yet.

-- rex