On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik(a)redhat.com> wrote:
= Features/Cinnamon as Default Desktop =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Cinnamon_as_Default_Desktop
Feature owner(s): Eric Smith <eric(a)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.
We have no focused testing effort on Cinnamon. I don't think switching
the default after we're already heading towards a 3.8 release of Gnome
is the greatest use of resources.
Please don't construe that as me arguing Gnome 3 is perfect. It isn't.
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.
This is conjecture at best. There is no data (on either side) to suggest
it is true.
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.
I'll agree that Cinnamon would seem to be in a better position going
forward than MATE, but I don't think there's anything to justify it being
the default desktop environment.
josh