Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

[Marcela Mašláňová]

On 01/27/2013 03:53 PM, Jaroslav Reznik 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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Eric,
do you have support of all teams, which will work with you? Design, QA, 
docs, releng to create spin, ...? It's not only about popularity of DE, 
but also about future support of Cinnamon in Fedora.

I'm personally not interested in any gnome fork, so I'm interested only 
in stability of the default.

Marcela