Cinnamon on Fedora 17

From: Lynn Dixon 
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Well, I wasn't talking about deploying it to users at Mohawk, just my
machine.  Since I have moved over to SES and am now doing Redhat
administration (as well as AIX and HP-UX) on the Open Systems Team, I have
uninstalled Windows on my work laptop and started running Redhat RHEL
workstation.  I was hoping Fedora 17 Gnome/Cinnamon would give me
personally a better desktop experience.

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Jonathan Calloway  wrote:

> That=92s a good question Lynn.  Here=92s what I am impressed with:****
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> ** **
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> **1.      **It installed very quickly.  It literally was less than 60
> seconds for me.****
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> **2.      **I have found the interface simple and intuitive****
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> **3.      **It definitely makes GNOME easier to use on a Desktop.****
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> Is it deployable (esp. at Uncle Mo=92s)?  While it is less complex than K=
DE
> and not as unfamiliar to most =93Wal-Mart=94 users as GNOME has become, I=
 still
> think it will take a while for people who were raised on Windows to get
> used to. ****
>
> ** **
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> ****
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> ** **
>
> *From:* chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org [mailto:
> chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org] *On Behalf Of *Lynn Dixon
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:16 AM
> *To:* CHUGALUG
> *Subject:* Re: [Chugalug] Connamon on Fedora 17****
>
> ** **
>
> I was just complaining about all the DE FOR Fedora 17 on my Facebook. I
> was about to give cinnamon a try tonight. I've been running redhat
> workstation on my Mohawk machine for work, but haven't been enjoying the
> desktop. I tried kde, and lxde, xfce, and and regular gnome 3. Didn't lov=
e
> any of them. Randy told me about cinnamon but I haven't tried it yet. ***=
*
>
> So, Calloway, does it make gnome 3 easier to use for Multitasking and
> general workstation use? Is it in the fedora repos? Would you recommend i=
t
> in the the Mohawk envrionment (since you are familiar with what all we ha=
ve
> to do)? ****
>
> On Jun 2, 2012 9:28 PM, "Jonathan Calloway" 
> wrote:****
>
> I just installed Cinnamon desktop on Fedora 17. . . it's quite nice. . .
> you all should give it a shot!
>
> 
>
> 
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From: Lynn Dixon 
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Reading the latest post I realized I had forgotten to reply to this one.

I grabbed a spare SSD and installed Fedora 17 on it using an e-sata cable.
I then setup Cinnamon, and I have to say... its really slick. It actually
made Gnome 3 usuable for me!  Randy had told me about it a few weeks (or
more) ago when he tried it in Mint, and I was glad to see the brought it
over for Fedora.

I am going to install Crossover, Notes, Citrix, and all the other
applications I need for work and give it a shakedown as a workstation over
the next few weeks.


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