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17th May 2012, 01:05 AM
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Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
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Available in two editions, Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable and mature MATE 1.2 desktop and the brand new modern-looking and exciting Cinnamon 1.4. These two desktops are among the best available, they’re perfectly integrated within Linux Mint and represent great alternatives to Gnome 2 users. Linux Mint 13 is also an LTS (Long Term Support) release and it will be supported until April 2017.
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17th May 2012, 01:57 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
Well, unlike the previous, including the very recent Debian Edition, this one seems to play nicely with my Ivy Bridge Intel graphics card.
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17th May 2012, 02:10 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
I snagged the Cinnamon version and will give it a spin on LiveUSB...
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17th May 2012, 02:54 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
I got Mate. I can't really tell the difference as I'll mainly use a terminal to run mplayer and things like that--anytime I'm using something for a lot of real work, I find that, for me, I do better when I stick to a *box or tiling type window manager.
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17th May 2012, 03:05 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
I wasn't really sure which to get. As far as my limited knowledge goes Mate is a fork of Gnome 2 and Cinnamon is built on Gnome 3. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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17th May 2012, 03:22 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
Well, we've got both MATE and Cinnamon on Fedora with Gnome3, so I'd bet both are built on Gnome3.
Edit & Correction: From our Guide, MATE is a Gnome2 fork.
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17th May 2012, 04:11 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
Cinnamon looks interesting... Now, do I replace Kubuntu on my Thinkpad with it or leave it well alone!!! 
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17th May 2012, 04:22 PM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
Wayne, you're right: MATÉ is a continuation of the old GNOME 2 code-base, while Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME Shell and Mutter (but keeping the rest of GNOME 3 more-or-less vanilla) which follows a more traditional desktop interface.
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18th May 2012, 03:22 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
IIRC, Cinnamon forked Mutter into Muffin.
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18th May 2012, 07:31 AM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
IMO they should replace gnome shell with cinnamon in Fedora as well as the default DE.
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18th May 2012, 04:19 PM
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Re: Linux Mint 13 “Maya” RC released!
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IMO they should replace gnome shell with cinnamon in Fedora as well as the default DE.
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No, they should replace GNOME Shell with Window Maker as the default!
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