[ubuntu-in] An alternative to Gnome 3

[Muneeb Shaikh]

On 02/18/2012 11:30 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am wondering how many Ubuntu users want to find an alternative to gnome 3
> or even the linux mint Mate Desktop interface.
> 
> I am unable to work with Gnome 3 - it sucks and is a bit too slick with not
> enough customization possible.
> 
> But it seems help may be on its way with Cinnamon -
> see
> http://linuxaria.com/article/cinnamon-a-new-delicious-flavour-for-linux-users-to-enjoy?lang=en
> 
> Its primarily meant for linux mint, but am sure it would work well in
> Ubuntu as well.

Using Cinnanmon since it's first release on Ubuntu 11.10 :) It's really
awesome. The recent release version 1.3 allows much more configuration
related to panel (and applets). You should definitely give it a try. As
of this writing the PPA hasn't been updated. Though you can download the
latest version  from Git repo. [1]
It also depends on Muffin. [2]

[1]. https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/downloads
[2]. https://github.com/linuxmint/muffin/downloads