Thu, 10/05/2012 - 16:12 | 
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XFCE 4.10 was released about two weeks ago, too late to be included in Xubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. But you can install the latest XFCE 4.10 in Xubuntu 12.04 using a PPA.
XFCE 4.10 comes with many improvements which include a new application finder, a new vertical display mode for the panel: "deskbar", multiple rows support for the panel, the window manager supports tiling windows when dragging them to the screen edges, thumbnail rendering support for Xfdesktop, the mouse and touchpad dialog is capable of handling basic Synaptics and Wacom properties in the GUI, and more. For more info, check out the XFCE 4.10 tour.
Install / upgrade to XFCE 4.10 in Xubuntu 12.04 via PPA
Thu, 19/04/2012 - 11:26 | webupd8.org
MATE is a GNOME 2 (which is now unmaintained) fork that lets you use the old GNOME 2 interface. It uses renamed packages and applications so it doesn't conflict with GNOME 3 and you can have both MATE and GNOME3 installed in the same time, something which isn't possible with the vanilla GNOME 2.
MATE 1.2 has been released recently, and its developers say this is a huge step forward and the latest version is more stable than ever.
Fri, 13/01/2012 - 13:55 | webupd8.org
Cinnamon, the GNOME2-like GNOME Shell fork is now available in a PPA so Ubuntu users can easily get updates without having to manually download the .deb files.
Besides Cinnamon itself, the PPA also provides Cinnamon Settings, a new GUI tool that lets you configure Cinnamon: enable/disable panel autohide, tweak the date on the panel, enable/disable overview icon or hot corner, enable/disable themes and extensions.
Using the latest Cinnamon via GIT, you can also move the panel to the top (this feature should be available in the next Cinnamon release) and tweak some other settings.
Fri, 06/01/2012 - 17:10 | webupd8.org
Cinnamon, the GNOME Shell fork created for Linux Mint by Clement Lefebvre, is available for openSUSE and Fedora.
For Fedora 16, Cinnamon can be installed through a repository created by a Fedora user - add the repository and install Cinnamon, use the commands below:
su -
curl http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/leigh123linux/cinnamon/fedora-cinnam... -o /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-cinnamon.repo
yum install cinnamonThen log out and select Cinnamon in the GDM login screen:
Mon, 02/01/2012 - 17:22 | webupd8.org
Cinnamon is a GNOME Shell fork created by Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint founder, which tries to offer a layout similar to GNOME 2: a bottom panel with launchers, GNOME2-like systray and notifications and more.
Cinnamon 1.3 has been released today, bringing some new features as well as many improvements and bug fixes:
- panel autohide
- the Overview Hot Corner or icon can be disabled
- menu improvements, including: right click the icons in the menu to "Add to panel", "Add to desktop", "Add/Remove to/from favorites" or configuring the "Menu" text
- Panel Launchers now have tooltips
- themes in ~/.themes are now detected
- thumbnails from theme.json files in Gnome Shell themes are now used
- windows in overview now feature icons for easier recognition
For a complete list of changes, see the release announcement.
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Tue, 20/12/2011 - 20:11 | webupd8.org
Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint founder, has started working on a GNOME Shell fork called Cinnamon, which tries to offer a layout similar to GNOME 2, with emphasis on "making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience":
Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2. The underlying technology is forked from Gnome Shell.
Why Fork GNOME Shell?
Why fork GNOME Shell? According to Clement Lefebvre (who talked about this on IRC @ #mate), the reason is that even though extensions are cool, you can only do a small amount of stuff with them and you can't control interactions between extensions, their loading order and so on.
Mon, 19/12/2011 - 17:58 | webupd8.org
Razor Qt is a new lightweight desktop environment - think of it as an early LXDE, but using Qt. It doesn't come with a display manager or window manager and its developers recommend using it with Openbox, but it should work with any WM, like Kwin, Metacity, etc.
The latest version - 0.4 -, brings some important improvements such as (very) basic configuration tools, razor-runner program (a tool for launching applications), a menu as well as some panel plugins such as removable media (for mounting and unmounting removable media), a screensaver/lock screen plugin and a show desktop plugin.
