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		csense on July 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gnome: Staring into the abyss Two words: Linux Mint (an Ubuntu derivative) with Cinnamon. Basically Linux Mint is the distro for people who used to like Ubuntu, but don't want unfamiliar postmodern GUI metaphors in Unity or Gnome 3 shoved down their throats.

Mr_T_ on July 27, 2012 [–]

99% of Cinnamon is Gnome 3, the other 1% is heavily modified JavaScript wiring.

bundyo on July 27, 2012 | [–]

Which is rather good - the features of Gnome 3 + the look and usability of Gnome 2.

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