Developers of Linux Mint have started a new project to using a fork of the Gnome Shell is a alternative interface to build that looks more like the ‘classic’ Gnome 2 environment. Cinnamon will, however, within Gnome 3 to run.
The Gnome Shell component of Gnome 3, has a lot of Linux users with the necessary criticism. The interface would be insufficient configuration options offer, and also believe users that they are less likely to be able to work in the Gnome Shell environment. Unity, a gui provided by Canonical for Ubuntu is developed, it received similar criticism.
With a new project, Cinnamon is named and on GitHub available, will Linux Mint an alternative version of the Gnome Shell. The fork of the Gnome Shell has, according to the developers to aim for ‘advanced, innovative features to combine with a traditional user experience’. Thus, the layout of the desktop environment similar to Gnome 2, such as the presence of a systray, and show notifications, while the child yet the modern mechanisms of Gnome 3 will be included.
Linux Mint provides in its latest version is already a number of extensions, MGSE called, on top of the Gnome Shell that users in the traditional way using the Gnome 3 environment. Also is MATE, a fork of Gnome 2 that is compatible with Gnome 3. Cinnamon is, however, no longer elaborate on the outdated Gnome 2 code and the corresponding compatibility issues, but an alternative to the Gnome Shell development.
