Desktop Fork for GNOME; Yet Another One Bites the Dust...!

Been reading some interesting news and stumbled across several sites referencing to the founder of Linux Mint forking from the GNOME Desktop. I don't know if this is just rumour or if there is an actual backing behind the new forked desktop. Just look up "Cinnamon Desktop" or Links here: Cinnamon: GNOME Shell Fork With A GNOME2-Like Layout ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog Gnome Shell Looks Like Gnome 2 – Cinnamon Desktop | Smashing Web Sounds like the Cinnamon Desktop will be a further improvement on GNOME MGSE. A new hybrid desktop of GNOME 3 and 2. I was always curious and wondered what Mint's Gnome extensions would do, sorta had that gut feeling it might be the start of a fork. Yet Another one, it appears as though GNOME's new route is quickly losing followers and supporters. On my count it is up to 3 forks since GNOME 3's release. (The Magic number being 3) You've got Unity Desktop, MATE, and Cinnamon (if this holds to be true) That seriously suggests something concerning...! 3 forks from what used to be the Top Desktop Environment in just a few months. That should be ringing alarm bells for GNOME developers.

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