Install the Cinnamon desktop environment on Ubuntu 14.04/12.04

Install the Cinnamon desktop environment on Ubuntu 14.04/12.04

Cinnamon is a user interface in the Unix-like system. It is a derived version of GNOME Shell. It was initially developed for Linux Mint and provides a quasi-real interface that is as easy to use as GNOME 2. Cinnamon uses Muffin, a derived version of the window manager Mutter of GNOME 3, as the default window manager from version 1.2.

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Cinnamon has many features, including:

• Desktop effects, including animation and transfer effects
• A removable taskbar (including the main menu, application launcher, window list, and system tray)
• Diverse expansion Components
• Widgets that can be placed on the taskbar
• Similar to the overview button in GNOME Shell
• The easy-to-Customize setting editor can be customized as follows:
  • Taskbar
  • Calendar
  • Topic
  • Desktop Effects
  • Gadgets
  • Extended Components

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With PPA, installing the Cinnamon desktop environment on Ubuntu 14.04/12.04 is easy. You only need to execute a few commands (note: uninstall other Linux Mint applications installed by yourself before use ).

Installation Method 1:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamonsudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install cinnamon

Uninstall:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purgesudo ppa-purge ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon

Another PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamonsudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install cinnamon

Uninstall:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purgesudo ppa-purge ppa:lestcape/cinnamon

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