On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Matthias Clasen <mcla...@redhat.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> = 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 -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
