Another GNOME Fork? Can Cinnamon Survive? | Linux Today

Another GNOME Fork? Can Cinnamon Survive?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 23, 2011

“Lots of people didn’t (and still don’t) like GNOME 3, which has
helped the popularity of Linux Mint.

Linux Mint has not adopted the new interface instead going their
own route with the MATE fork and the MGSE (Mint GNOME Shell
Extensions). Apparently that’s not enough and now Mint Founder
Clement Lefebvre has launched a new effort to create a new desktop
called Cinnamon.


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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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