We are using older versions of cinnamon because it is more stable. LM makes Cinnamon and it needs to go to Debian and then they have to go to Ubuntu. We can’t use unofficial cinnamon repos because they are unstable due to bad building and copyright.
Don’t worry-Cinnamon 4.2 is in Debian repos and is in Focal repos. Every once in a while we will make test builds with latest cinnamon.
I upgraded my packages test to 4.2 and nothing really changed. Just be patient and if you want you can upgrade your copy of cinnamon-remix by using sudo do-release-upgrade -d.
The chances of getting the official status is minimal. Hope you don’t mind me saying that. So, include those apps people like, such as Synaptic. Everyone out there, who uses deb packages, use Synaptic, even PCLinuxOS with rpm. So, best give users what they want. Let UbuntuCinnamon be a remix for the moment. Let people find out about it. Good that it is published in Sourceforge, for people go there. Most known distros are there.
Match the panel colour to the wallpaper.
About Nemo, I am using 4.4.1, and that’s all I need from Mint!
In a few days, I’ll download the next release and test it out. I like people taking chances to create something. Its nice to see some excitement!
I said nothing about any ‘flavour’, just questioning why you need to reinvent the wheel, when it’s already in the repo. Whatever floats yer boat! I’ve run from that repo and it’s stable, stable as Mint is, and I have no comment about that. I’d never use Mint, due to their past record.
There is no reason to be toxic. We actually welcome projects like this.
One requirement for prospective flavors is that everything must be done without using external repositories. So, PPAs are out of the question.
Believe it or not, itzswirlz is actually getting a lot of guidance from flavor leads such as myself and others that have gone before him. Granted, I took over an existing flavor, but there are others who have been helping him through this process. It’s more possible than you think!
With that, I want everyone to question whether or not they’re abiding by the Ubuntu Code-Of-Conduct before posting here. Try to be encouraging. Don’t be a jerk.
First of all, I am encouraging Joshua to continue. That’s why I test his build. I don’t know about your existing flavour, but It is very nice of you to help him out. I’ve been checking up on his work on for sometime, tested it as soon as he published it. I only came back here, only to talk about his distro, report whatever that can be of help. (I am looking at every “flavour” from the point of view of what I have in my system on focal – Cinnamon, Gnome, Openbox and Unity – all working run/with Nemo 4.4.1. )
Why I said that there’s minimal chance of getting the flavour status? Linux Mint is around for so long, I don’t think the mother company would go on to create another flavour, or any flavour at all in the future. I simply don’t want Joshua to lose heart in the process.
I understand, but when you say “The chances of getting the official status is minimal”, if I were Joshua, I’d feel discouraged.
Also, as far as Linux Mint being a factor, it’s not. If it were, then Ubuntu MATE never would have happened for the exact same reason. Linux Mint has been publishing a MATE flavor for the vast majority of the time of the project, and people questioned why have Ubuntu MATE when Linux Mint MATE is a thing.
Remember, official flavors are not separate distributions from Ubuntu, no matter what Distrowatch or anyone else says. What makes an official flavor? The biggest thing is that nothing but the packages and tools within the Ubuntu repositories are used to make the flavor. Linux Mint uses repositories outside of Ubuntu in addition to the Ubuntu repositories, hence they cannot be an official flavor. They have been offered opportunities in the past to become an official flavor, but for whatever reason (likely repository control, but I don’t really care about knowing the reason, that’s another discussion) have declined. Hence, Linux Mint is an entirely separate distribution based on Ubuntu, not a flavor of Ubuntu.
Official flavor status is granted by the Technical Board, not Canonical itself. Yes, some Canonical employees are on the Technical Board, but not all of them are necessarily Canonical employees. So, there’s no “mother company” involved here. And, again, Linux Mint isn’t a factor.
As for what flavor I lead? I lead Ubuntu Studio, and created the default wallpaper in Ubuntu Cinnamon.
And there is a lot to it. I am sure that by the next LTS, 22.04 we will be an official flavor. Two non-LTS for an official flavor to have an LTS. Possibly 21.04 will be our official flavor release.
I know all about them. Being with Ubuntu since 4.10.
Mate is a different matter. Mate was created by an Arch user perberos, whereas Cinnamon is Clem’s baby. I watched that growing too, actively. Its good to have a UbuntuCinnamon Remix. Don’t worry, Joshua won’t be unhappy on whatever I say.
I said it is nice, the wallpaper. After a long time, I looked at Ubuntu Studio few minutes ago. I see the similarity. I am going to have a look at U-Studio in a few minutes in live mode. If you want, I can give my thoughts on it, but open a new thread about it for that.
Congratulations on the release. I know it was a lot of work to get here. It looks very promising. I’ve wanted a Cinnamon version of Ubuntu for quite a while. Mint is great but being based on the LTS is a disadvantage for me as the newer releases of Ubuntu work better on my hardware. I had used the embrosyn ppa in the past but it hasn’t been updated in a while and there is no version for Eoan.
I see you have both Sourceforge and GitHub pages. Where do you prefer to have users log feedback?
Hey nice! Can’t believe that I am late to the party, but kind of glad I am. I see some vitriol here. .
Love the wallpaper, and the desktop is smooth as butter! Keep up the good work!
So, include those apps people like, such as Synaptic. Everyone out there, who uses deb packages, use Synaptic, even PCLinuxOS with rpm. So, best give users what they want. Let UbuntuCinnamon be a remix for the moment. Let people find out about it. Good that it is published in Sourceforge, for people go there. Most known distros are there.
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