I know Mint is built upon Ubuntu. So, if you take Ubuntu 13.04 and add Cinnamon, is that the same as Linux Mint or is there more to Mint then just Cinnamon?
Thank you
I know Mint is built upon Ubuntu. So, if you take Ubuntu 13.04 and add Cinnamon, is that the same as Linux Mint or is there more to Mint then just Cinnamon?
Thank you
They are two differant desktop environments.
If you run cinnamon on top of mint, it is extremely differant.
Last edited by hansdown; June 23rd, 2013 at 05:42 AM.
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Linux Mint has a few custom-written programs for settings, updates and package installation. It also includes restricted codecs out-of-the-box.
Ubuntu with Cinnamon and codecs can get pretty close to Mint, though. The custom parts of Mint don't add much.
I guess the multimedia and Mint branding
In essence it's the same but the look is quite different
Mint doesn't update the same a Ubuntu, in particular Mint Updated will not update the kernel like Ubuntu (only patches)
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I'm just in the process of installing Ubuntu 13.04 + Cinnamon. It'll be interesting to see what it will be like.
One thing that is nice to see is that Cinnamon is officially available in the repository in this version of Ubuntu, unlike earlier versions of Ubuntu, so hopefully Canonical is recognizing that there is an interest for Cinnamon.
I doubt that as the software centre says that Canonical does not provide updates and that updates may be provided by the community.so hopefully Canonical is recognizing that there is an interest for Cinnamon.
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I would suggest adding the Cinnamon PPA to get Cinnamon 1.8 if you're going to do it (easily found on google.) The one in the Ubuntu repos is 1.74.
I have it on my Dell and 1.8 runs flawlessly.
The Cinnamon package in the 13.04 repository is a bare bones package and you may get a more complete experience with a good well maintained PPA.
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