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Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:04 pm
by zerozero
well the subject says it all
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite ... s=cinnamon
cinnamon is available in the raring official repository.
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:13 pm
by tdockery97
They had to do something to slow the exodus from Ubuntu due to Unity.
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:08 am
by bimsebasse
Party time! Excellent!
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:25 am
by xenopeek
Package summary is "Innovative and comfortable desktop." I can live with that
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:35 am
by zerozero
and they are keeping it fairly updated (1.6.2 in universe and 1.6.7 in proposed)
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zerozero@zerozero-at-nadia:~$ apt-cache policy cinnamon
cinnamon:
Installed: 1.6.7-20121217050022-raring
Candidate: 1.6.7-20121217050022-raring
Version table:
*** 1.6.7-20121217050022-raring 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.6.7-1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/universe i386 Packages
1.6.2-1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe i386 Packages
zerozero@zerozero-at-nadia:~$
tdockery97 wrote:They had to do something to slow the exodus from Ubuntu due to Unity.
well, the way ubuntu has tied its branding/recognition with unity we can *almost* say that using another DE is not using ubuntu (or not
"having the full ubuntu experience")
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:16 am
by Catbuntu
I don't understand why have Cinnamon on Ubuntu, having Mint. But well, if Ubuntu has Cinnamon on their repos, Mint should have Unity...
Catbuntu
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:58 am
by tdockery97
Catbuntu wrote:I don't understand why have Cinnamon on Ubuntu, having Mint. But well, if Ubuntu has Cinnamon on their repos, Mint should have Unity...
Catbuntu
It does...check the package manager and you'll find Unity 6.10.
Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:12 am
by Catbuntu
tdockery97 wrote:Catbuntu wrote:I don't understand why have Cinnamon on Ubuntu, having Mint. But well, if Ubuntu has Cinnamon on their repos, Mint should have Unity...
Catbuntu
It does...check the package manager and you'll find Unity 6.10.
Oh I know, I meant a Unity spin, like "Uniminty"