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Ubuntu 13.04 – How to Completely Uninstall / Remove the Cinnamon Desktop
These instructions are for Ubuntu 13.04 running the Unity desktop on which Cinnamon was installed using either the Ubuntu Software Center or sudo apt-get on the command line. The instructions may be the same for other versions of Ubuntu, but no guarantee is made. When Cinnamon is installed in Ubuntu 13.04, it installs several packages and libraries it requires. Not all these packages and libraries are uninstalled when you uninstall Cinnamon. Several packages do not get uninstalled. Quick Uninstall This is not recommended because it will remove all packages normally installed with Cinnamon. This may include packages you previously installed or packages previously installed by other applications. Note: this uninstall command assumes Cinnamon was installed on a fresh Ubuntu 13.04. 1) Open a terminal (instructions can be found here). 2) Enter the following command (it is very … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 13.04 – Installing the Cinnamon Desktop / Interface
These instructions are for Ubuntu 13.04 running the Unity Desktop. They may be the same or similar for other versions, but no guarantee is made. Installing the Cinnamon Desktop will use up about 21.4MB of hard disk space. Note: Cinnamon once completely locked up on me. Not sure what happened or whether it was Ubuntu, Cinnamon, or GNOME 3 at fault. I was playing around with some of the experimental stuff, though. What is it? Like Unity, Cinnamon is a customized version of GNOME 3. Unlike Unity, Cinnamon tries to preserve the look and feel of the traditional desktop by having a more or less traditional Start menu (boxed in green) and does not have a HUD like interface for application, so programs have the traditional menu bar (boxed in red) at the top. The image below … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – Installing the Cinnamon Desktop
NOTE: For Cinnamon to work, your system must provide 3D hardware acceleration. If your system does not have 3D hardware acceleration, you will only see the “traditional” GNOME desktop. This is a limitation of GNOME 3 (on which Cinnamon is built). According to gnome.org: GNOME Shell uses relatively primitive 3D capabilities that have been available from essentially all computing devices made in the last four or five years. This seems to imply that the if your video card is pre-2007, there is a good chance Cinnamon (and GNOME) will not display as expected. These instructions are for installing the Cinnamon Desktop v.1.4 on Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity interface. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other version combinations or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. The latest information about the … Read entire article »
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