Install Cinnamon in Linux Mint – A forked Gnome Shell
In the last Linux Mint version (12), the developers have introduced a set of extensions to the Gnome Shell, Mint Gnome Shell Extensions (MGSE).
But, plugins can’t do everything the developers want. So they forked Gnome Shell and started building their own shell : Cinnamon.
At the time of writing, the appearance of this new shell is similar to MGSE in Linux Mint 12, but with some differences : only one status bar, the left bottom menu was changed, notification bar in the bottom bar, …
You can try it on your Linux Mint right now :
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cinnamon-session
Then, you have to logout and select Cinnamon in the Logon screen as the desktop environment.
Personally, I still prefer MGSE, because I like having two bars, but that will perhaps change with some more tests on Cinnamon. And you, what do you think about Cinnamon ? Or about MGSE ?
If you want more informations about this new shell, you can read the official site.
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I’ve done as you stated above but it won’t switch even though I’ve elected it from the logout cog. System is built on vmware workstation 8. It’s the 64 bit version to.
Any ideas.
cheers,
Jus
So, you have the option in the login screen (the dropdown list to choose the session) and nothing happens when you log in ?
You have the latest version of Mint with the latest updates ?