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Ubuntu 12.04 – Cinnamon Desktop Not Working – Looks like GNOME
This is for Cinnamon Desktop 1.4 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 The problem and solution is likely the same for all other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. One of the alternative desktops you can install is Cinnamon. Unfortunately, in some cases, instead of getting the Cinnamon desktop: you get the GNOME Classic (no effects) desktop: You can tell it uses no 3D hardware acceleration because the text in the toolbar is white. In the GNOME Classic interface (which does use 3D hardware acceleration), the text is greyed out: NOTE: This distinction is true when you are running Ubuntu 12.04 or have installed ubuntu-artwork on your system (ubuntu-artwork is automatically installed when you install Ubuntu 12.04). This distinction may not exist if you are running some other distro or are running a different flavour of Ubuntu … 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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