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Cinnamon Spin

Summary

A Fedora Spin using the Cinnamon desktop environment.

Owner

Name: Dan Book
Email: grinnz@gmail.com
Release notes owner: Sandra McCann

Current status

Targeted release: Fedora 23
Last updated: 2015-05-06
Tracker bug: #1225865

Detailed Description

Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2. The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.

Benefit to Fedora

Cinnamon is a popular desktop alternative to Gnome 3 and this spin provides the option to quickly try and install this desktop.

Scope

Proposal owners: Track existing Cinnamon desktop environment group, and test the Spin.

Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release engineering: Add spin to spin-kickstarts, ensure spin has been tested, and release with rest of spins

Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

Test booting and usage of live CD, installation from live CD, and resulting installed system.

Boot and auto-login to Cinnamon
Functionality of desktop, panel, menu, windows
Themes of panel/menu, windows, controls, icons
Default panel launchers and menu favorites
Install and verify functionality after install

User Experience

Users will have a new option for trying and installing Fedora.

Dependencies

Cinnamon Desktop is already in Fedora.
Trademark approval from Fedora Council is required.

Contingency Plan

Contingency mechanism: Cinnamon will continue to be installable as a secondary desktop.
Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Blocks product? N/A

Documentation

Spins Page

Slogan

Traditional layout, advanced features, easy to use.

Spin description

Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2. The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.

Screenshot

Download tab

Default layout

Features

Online

Firefox
Hexchat
Pidgin
Transmission

Utilities

GNOME Terminal
Cinnamon Settings

Office

LibreOffice
Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Multimedia

Parole
Shotwell
- Shotwell is an easy-to-use, fast photo organizer, viewer, and editor.
Brasero
- Brasero is a simple and easy to use CD/DVD burning application.

Support tab

Help via IRC chat in the #fedora-cinnamon IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
General help via default IRC, Email and Forum channels.
News and add-ons available at http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/

Custom branding

None available.

Release Notes

The Cinnamon desktop is now available as a Spin for Fedora 23. Cinnamon is a modern desktop environment based on the GNOME Shell, with advanced features and a traditional and flexible user experience. See the Cinnamon official website for more information on Cinnamon, and go to http://spins.fedoraproject.org to download the Spin.

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 == Summary ==
+A [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Spin] using the Cinnamon desktop environment.
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-* Name: [[User:FASAcountName| Your Name]]
+* Name: [[User:Grinnz|Dan Book]]
 <!-- Include you email address that you can be reached should people want to contact you about helping with your change, status is requested, or technical issues need to be resolved. If the change proposal is owned by a SIG, please also add a primary contact person. -->
-* Email: <your email address so we can contact you, invite you to meetings, etc.>
+* Email: grinnz@gmail.com
-* Release notes owner: <!--- To be assigned by docs team [[User:FASAccountName| Release notes owner name]] <email address> -->
+* Release notes owner: [[User:mccann2| Sandra McCann]] <!--- To be assigned by docs team [[User:FASAccountName| Release notes owner name]] <email address> -->
 <!--- UNCOMMENT only for Changes with assigned Shepherd (by FESCo)
 * FESCo shepherd: [[User:FASAccountName| Shehperd name]] <email address>
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 == Current status ==
-* Targeted release: [[Releases/<number> | Fedora <number> ]]
+* Targeted release: [[Releases/23 | Fedora 23 ]]
-* Last updated: (DATE)
+* Last updated: 2015-05-06
 <!-- After the change proposal is accepted by FESCo, tracking bug is created in Bugzilla and linked to this page
 Bugzilla states meaning as usual:
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 CLOSED as NEXTRELEASE -> change is completed and verified and will be delivered in next release under development
 -->
-* Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225865 #1225865]
 == Detailed Description ==
+Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2. The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
 <!-- Expand on the summary, if appropriate.  A couple sentences suffices to explain the goal, but the more details you can provide the better. -->
 == Benefit to Fedora ==
+Cinnamon is a popular desktop alternative to Gnome 3 and this spin provides the option to quickly try and install this desktop.
 <!-- What is the benefit to the platform?  If this is a major capability update, what has changed?  If this is a new functionality, what capabilities does it bring? Why will Fedora become a better distribution or project because of this proposal?-->
 == Scope ==
-* Proposal owners:
+* Proposal owners: Track existing Cinnamon desktop environment group, and test the Spin.
 <!-- What work do the feature owners have to accomplish to complete the feature in time for release?  Is it a large change affecting many parts of the distribution or is it a very isolated change? What are those changes?-->
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 <!-- What work do other developers have to accomplish to complete the feature in time for release?  Is it a large change affecting many parts of the distribution or is it a very isolated change? What are those changes?-->
-* Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Release engineering: Add spin to spin-kickstarts, ensure spin has been tested, and release with rest of spins <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- Does this feature require coordination with release engineering (e.g. changes to installer image generation or update package delivery)?  Is a mass rebuid required?  If a rel-eng ticket exists, add a link here.
 Please work with releng prior to feature submission, and ensure that someone is on board to do any process development work and testing; don't just assume that a bullet point in a change puts someone else on the hook  -->
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 == How To Test ==
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 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-N/A (not a System Wide Change)
+Test booting and usage of live CD, installation from live CD, and resulting installed system.
+*Boot and auto-login to Cinnamon
+*Functionality of desktop, panel, menu, windows
+*Themes of panel/menu, windows, controls, icons
+*Default panel launchers and menu favorites
+*Install and verify functionality after install
 == User Experience ==
 <!-- If this change proposal is noticeable by its target audience, how will their experiences change as a result?  Describe what they will see or notice. -->
 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-N/A (not a System Wide Change)
+Users will have a new option for trying and installing Fedora.
 == Dependencies ==
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 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-N/A (not a System Wide Change)
+* Cinnamon Desktop is already in Fedora.
+* Trademark approval from Fedora Council is required.
 == Contingency Plan ==
 <!-- If you cannot complete your feature by the final development freeze, what is the backup plan?  This might be as simple as "Revert the shipped configuration".  Or it might not (e.g. rebuilding a number of dependent packages).  If you feature is not completed in time we want to assure others that other parts of Fedora will not be in jeopardy.  -->
-* Contingency mechanism: (What to do?  Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Contingency mechanism: Cinnamon will continue to be installable as a secondary desktop.  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- When is the last time the contingency mechanism can be put in place?  This will typically be the beta freeze. -->
 * Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- Does finishing this feature block the release, or can we ship with the feature in incomplete state? -->
-* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change) <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-* Blocks product? product <!-- Applicable for Changes that blocks specific product release/Fedora.next -->
+* Blocks product? N/A <!-- Applicable for Changes that blocks specific product release/Fedora.next -->
 == Documentation ==
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-N/A (not a System Wide Change)
+* [https://github.com/Grinnz/spin-kickstart-cinnamon Kickstart Files]
+* [http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon Desktop]
+* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cinnamon_Spin Spin Proposal]
+== Spins Page ==
+<!-- This information will be used on the spins.fedoraproject.org website.  See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Website_redesign_2009/Mockups/Spins.fpo for more info. -->
+=== Slogan ===
+Traditional layout, advanced features, easy to use.
+=== Spin description ===
+Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2. The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
+=== Screenshot ===
+[[File:Fedora_23_Cinnamon_2015-07-17_03-46-05.png|600px]]
+<!-- A representative screenshot for the spin.  This will also go on the home tab. -->
+=== Download tab ===
+Default layout
+<!-- For the downloads tab, if you’d like custom text to describe the spin download, add it here. Otherwise the defaults from this mockup will be used: https://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/c/ce/Spin-details-download.png -->
+=== Features ===
+====Online====
+*Firefox
+*Hexchat
+*Pidgin
+*Transmission
+====Utilities====
+*GNOME Terminal
+*Cinnamon Settings
+====Office====
+*LibreOffice
+*Thunderbird
+**Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
+====Multimedia====
+*Parole
+*Shotwell
+**Shotwell is an easy-to-use, fast photo organizer, viewer, and editor.
+*Brasero
+**Brasero is a simple and easy to use CD/DVD burning application.
+=== Support tab ===
+* Help via IRC chat in the #fedora-cinnamon IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
+* General help via default IRC, Email and Forum channels.
+* News and add-ons available at http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
+<!-- What IRC channels or other live support options do users have for the spin (if any), what mailing lists / forums / non-live support options users have for the spin (if any), and what documentation would you like to highlight to new users?  This will go on the support tab.  Here’s an example: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Spin-details-support.png  -->
+=== Custom branding ===
+None available.
+<!-- Some custom branding for each spin, so the different spins pages are distinguishable from one another.  You can see
+in this KDE spin mockup at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Website_redesign_2009/Mockups/Spins.fpo#Spins_Details:_Home_Page
+The bar above the tabs that has the KDE logo.  Please let us know what kind of graphic you’d like for your spin. -->
 == Release Notes ==
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-[[Category:ChangePageIncomplete]]
+The Cinnamon desktop is now available as a Spin for Fedora 23. Cinnamon is a modern desktop environment based on the GNOME Shell, with advanced features and a traditional and flexible user experience. See the [http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon official website] for more information on Cinnamon, and go to [http://spins.fedoraproject.org http://spins.fedoraproject.org] to download the Spin.
+[[Category:ChangeAcceptedF23]]
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