Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

Álvaro Castillo netsys at fedoraproject.org
Sun Jan 27 15:26:43 UTC 2013


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.


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik at redhat.com> wrote:

> = Features/Cinnamon as Default Desktop =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_Default_Desktop
>
> Feature owner(s): Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com>
>
> This feature proposes that Fedora switch the default desktop interface from
> Gnome 3 to Cinnamon. Cinnamon provides a desktop interface that is more
> familiar to Windows and Gnome 2 users than the standard Gnome Shell
> interface,
> while being built from Gnome 3 components.
>
> == Detailed description ==
> The Gnome 3 interface is substantially different that the traditional
> desktop
> interfaces on both Linux and Windows. While it is good that there is
> research
> into new user interface concepts, many users prefer to have a traditional
> interface that they are accustomed to. Unfortunately it is difficult or
> impossible to assess what fraction of the user base prefers Gnome Shell
> vs. a
> more traditional interface. I'm not trying to start (or continue) a flame
> war
> here, so I won't state any of my own criticisms of Gnome Shell here, but I
> will observe that a number of very high profile people in the Linux
> community,
> such as Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox, have publicly announce that due to
> problems with Gnome Shell they are switching to a different desktop and/or
> Linux distribution.
>
> I submit the proposition that it is easier for a user doing a new Fedora
> install to start with a traditional desktop, and switch to the Gnome Shell
> if
> they prefer that, than to start with Gnome Shell and switch to a
> traditional
> desktop.
>
> The Cinnamon desktop provides a traditional desktop while being based on
> the
> latest Gnome and GTK components, so it seems like a better candidate for a
> default desktop than MATE, which is based on older components.
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