Hands On with the Cinnamon Desktop

"As one of the GNOME users who's still fond of the old-school GNOME desktop, the recent release of Cinnamon 1.3.1 caught my eye. While it's not exactly GNOME 2.x, it's close enough that most users with a fondness for the 2.x days will feel right at home.

The GNOME Shell (and Ubuntu's Unity) are making lots of rapid progress, and they may (or may not) be the bee's knees for many users. I've been using Linux desktops for a long time now, so I'm probably not the target audience for GNOME Shell or Unity. Either way, I'd rather spend my time writing and learning about how to use server-side software than re-learning how to use my desktop.

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