Re: [libreoffice-users] Does LO work with Cinnamon - GNOME2 "shell" in 3?

On 01/29/2012 12:35 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> Anyone out there have used Linux Mint 12 with LO?
I am running Mint with Cinnamon. LO runs properly.
> This is actually a developer's question, but needs to be asked of the 
> Users as well.
>
> Does anyone know if LO works with the Cinnamon, which is a "shell" [I 
> think that is the correct term] that is placed over GNOME 3.x so it 
> looks and works like GNOME2.x?  I remember that there was some issues 
> with LO working with GNOME 3.x desktop environment's way of displaying 
> "windows".  Since the 2.x project is closed and people were going to 
> other distros and desktops due to their dislike of GNOME 3.x, Linux 
> Mint  decided to develop a way for people to have their GNOME 2.x 
> style of desktop on 3.x.  It seemed that people were going to Mint 
> since they still supported 2.x, but when they could no longer get it 
> from their source [Mint is a fork of Ubuntu, with another Mint a fork 
> of Debian] they had to provide a GNOME 2.x style of desktop shell to 
> keep their users happy.
>
> Cinnamon is not stable, according to the web site.  It is on Linux 
> Mint 12, and either in the repository, a Git repository, or in a PPA 
> for; Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16, OpenSUSE 12.1, Arch Linux, and Gentoo.
>
> I have not tried it, since I am still using Ubuntu 10.04.  I did not 
> like Ubuntu's switch to GNOME3 and could not use it with my needs.  So 
> I was stuck with 10.xx.  If LO will support that desktop shell 
> combination, I will now be able to look into having a more up-to-date 
> OS, other than what Ubuntu places in its 10.04 repository updates.  At 
> least 10.04 now shows LO 3.4.4-402 as the latest version in the 
> repository, which I installed from LO's web site when it came out.
>
> http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61
>
> With Win 8 going to the Tablet-style of desktop environment, like 
> GNOME 3 seems to be as well, there is talk about many users will 
> either have to back-port it to Win 7 or go to Linux.  If Linux is 
> chosen, then they have to use something other than the standard GNOME 
> 3 desktop.
>
> For myself, I use a combination of GNOME2.x and KDE since there are 
> packages in KDE that are better than GNOME 2.x's version and some of 
> GNOME 2.x works better than KDE for me for the actual desktop. Many of 
> the  KDE system monitoring and modification packages are easier for me 
> to use over GNOME 2.x versions.  So I have a "interesting" setup.  
> Now, if I can get a replacement drive for my test system, I will try 
> Mint 12 with Cinnamon, but it may take time to get that really old 
> system [bios will not work with any Windows newer than Win ME, not 
> even Win2000] a replacement drive.  So it will be awhile before I can 
> test Cinnamon with LO, and I would like to know if it does work well 
> with LO.


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Jay Lozier
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