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Fedora Adds MATE and Cinnamon Desktops to Main Repository, Releases Beta

Posted by Unknown on from the inconsistent-ux-kills-linux-desktop dept.

Already available in third party repositories, the GNOME 2 fork MATE and GNOME 3 fork Cinnamon will now be included in Fedora 18. From the H: "After almost two months' delay, the Fedora Project has released the first and final beta of Fedora 18. The distribution, which is code-named 'Spherical Cow,' includes the MATE desktop – a continuation of the classic GNOME 2 interface – in its repositories for the first time. Fedora 18's default edition uses GNOME 3.6.2 as its interface and a separate KDE Spin provides the KDE Software Collection 4.9.3; Xfce 4.10 and version 1.6.7 of Linux Mint's Cinnamon are also available from the distribution's repositories."

3 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. No love for MS... by duplicitious · · Score: 4, Funny

    What, no Metro interface?

  2. Re:Why bother, XFCE is all you need by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny

    TWM, on the other hand, runs as fast as ever and has no need for useless cruft.

    All you kids with your Gee-nomes and Kiddums and Ex-feeces can just get off my lawn.

  3. Re:openSUSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fedora has Cinnamon and Sugar? Big Deal!

    Microsoft has High Fructose Corn Syrup.