On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Matthias Clasen <mclasen(a)redhat.com> wrote:
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> = Features/Cinnamon as Default Desktop =
> 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.
Some facts:
- Cinnamon started out as 'using GNOME components', but it is not a full fork of
mutter, gnome-shell and nautilus, at least, and bug-fixes are not going either way...
Did you mean "... but it is now a full fork..." ?
josh