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How to install Cinnamon in Ubuntu 11.10

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 6, 2012

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Cinnamon is a new desktop environment, forked from
GNOME 3 by the developers of Linux Mint. It is intended as an
optional desktop for those who have not taken kindly to GNOME 3 or
Unity desktop environments. While it is still very rough around the
edges, I find it a lot better to use than GNOME 3 and slightly
better than Unity. It has nothing on KDE, though.

In this article, the simple steps required to install and use it
in Ubuntu 11.10 are presented in an easy to follow manner.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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