How to INSTALL CINNAMON DESKTOP IN DEBIAN/FEDORA/OPENSUSE

 CINNAMON DESKTOP FOR DEBIAN/FEDORA/OPENSUSE.

Cinnamon an open source interface for Linux desktop environments. Similar like GNOME. This is truly based on GNOME shell user interface. This is having many advanced and innovative features, and same way this also provides the traditional experience.

I can say the best of Cinnamon layout is similar to GNOME 2. This is flexible and features lots and lots of themes, applets, desklets and extensions for greater customization.

To install Cinnamon desktop in Debian open Terminal and enter following commands:

su -
echo deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main import backport upstream romeo >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get install linuxmint-keyring
apt-get update
apt-get install cinnamon

To install Cinnamon desktop in Fedora open Terminal and enter following commands:

sudo yum update
sudo yum install -y cinnamon

To install Cinnamon desktop in OpenSuse 12.2 open Terminal and enter following commands:

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Cinnamon/12.2/GNOME:Cinnamon.repo
zypper refresh
zypper in cinnamon

To install Cinnamon desktop in OpenSuse 12.1 open Terminal and enter following commands:

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Cinnamon/12.1/GNOME:Cinnamon.repo
zypper refresh
zypper in cinnamon

Cheers!!!