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Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)

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well the subject says it all :D
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite ... s=cinnamon
cinnamon is available in the raring official repository.
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Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)

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They had to do something to slow the exodus from Ubuntu due to Unity.
Mint Cinnamon 20.1
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Party time! Excellent!
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Re: Cinnamon in the official Ubuntu repos (Ubuntu 13.04)

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Package summary is "Innovative and comfortable desktop." I can live with that :)
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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")
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I don't understand why have Cinnamon on Ubuntu, having Mint. But well, if Ubuntu has Cinnamon on their repos, Mint should have Unity... :P

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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... :P

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It does...check the package manager and you'll find Unity 6.10.
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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... :P

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It does...check the package manager and you'll find Unity 6.10.
Oh I know, I meant a Unity spin, like "Uniminty" :P
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