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This is a spin of Fedora that includes the Cinnamon Desktop Environment as the default as well as some other | This is a spin of Fedora that includes the Cinnamon Desktop Environment as the default as well as some other packages to provide a more complete out-of-the-box desktop than the live CD does. | ||
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This spin includes the Cinnamon Desktop Enviroment as the default. It also includes LibreOffice and the libre-office-base package that don't come on the default Live CD. Other pre-installed packages are Brasero, Gimp, the Geany text editor and some Nemo additions such as file-roller to | This spin includes the Cinnamon Desktop Enviroment as the default. It also includes LibreOffice and the libre-office-base package that don't come on the default Live CD. Other pre-installed packages are Brasero, Gimp, the Geany text editor and some Nemo additions such as the file-roller package to make Nemo and Nautilus more functional. | ||
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Cinnamon gives Fedora users another option for an out-of-the-box desktop environment other than Gnome3. It provides a Fedora-based alternative to | Cinnamon gives Fedora users another option for an out-of-the-box desktop environment other than Gnome3. It provides a Fedora-based alternative to other distributions such as Linux Mint. The Cinnamon spin also includes some packages that the base Live CD does not include, such as Libreoffice and Gimp. This gives the user a more complete desktop experience with less intial configuration and installation of additional packages required. | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 11 March 2014
Spin Name
Cinnamon
Summary
This is a spin of Fedora that includes the Cinnamon Desktop Environment as the default as well as some other packages to provide a more complete out-of-the-box desktop than the live CD does.
Owner(s)
- Name: [[User:crokett| David Green]
- email: crokett@gmail.com>
Detailed Description
This spin includes the Cinnamon Desktop Enviroment as the default. It also includes LibreOffice and the libre-office-base package that don't come on the default Live CD. Other pre-installed packages are Brasero, Gimp, the Geany text editor and some Nemo additions such as the file-roller package to make Nemo and Nautilus more functional.
Benefit to Fedora
Cinnamon gives Fedora users another option for an out-of-the-box desktop environment other than Gnome3. It provides a Fedora-based alternative to other distributions such as Linux Mint. The Cinnamon spin also includes some packages that the base Live CD does not include, such as Libreoffice and Gimp. This gives the user a more complete desktop experience with less intial configuration and installation of additional packages required.
Kickstart File
ISO Name / FS Label
Dependencies
no dependencies
Scope / Testing
Spins Page
Slogan
A modern Cinnamon desktop environment.
Spin description
Screenshot
Download tab
Support tab
Custom branding
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