Free Software Magazine | Linux Mint launches Cinnamon desktop ZDNet Australia Not content with its Mint GNOME Shell Extensions (MGSE), nor with GNOME 2 replacement MATE, Linux Mint has decided to launch a new GNOME 3-based desktop dubbed Cinnamon. Citing the direction of GNOME as one that it was not willing to follow, ... New Year, New Desktop - Cinnamon! Ubuntu's Unity Desktop: A Free Republic or Paternalistic Democracy? 10 Reasons to Switch to Linux in 2012 |