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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
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sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
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sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:lestcape/cinnamon
To install Cinnamon 2.2 nightly on Ubuntu 14.04 run the following commands:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install gir1.2-cmenu-3.0
Cinnamon will be used by default on Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Tip1:
To fix ugly looking themes, disable overlay scrollbars:
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gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
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gsettings reset com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode
When you install Cinnamon 2.2 on Ubuntu 14 you'll notice that when you use the default Ubuntu theme that the desktop icons font looks dark. To fix this:
create a css file with this content:
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/* sidebar */
NemoWindow .sidebar .view {
background-color: #3F3F3F;
color: #EEEEEE;
/* text-shadow: 1px 1px alpha (#000000, 0.8); */
}
NemoWindow .sidebar .view:selected {
color: #EEEEEE;
}
NemoWindow .sidebar .view:hover {
background-color: shade(#3F3F3F , 1.4);
}
/* inactive pane */
.nemo-inactive-pane .view {
background-color: shade(@theme_base_color, 0.95);
}
.nemo-inactive-pane .view:selected {
background-color: @theme_selected_bg_color;
}
/* Adjust size of small nemo status bar buttons */
NemoWindow .toolbar .button {
padding: 2px 4px;
}
.nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item:active,
.nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item:prelight,
.nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item:selected {
text-shadow: none;
}
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/usr/share/themes/ambiance/gtk-3.0/apps/
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/usr/share/themes/ambiance/gtk-3.0/gtk-main.css
and add this line at the very bottom:
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@import url("apps/nemo.css");
you can do the same for nautilus too by adding the folllowing to the very bottom of /usr/share/themes/ambiance/gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css
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.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:active,
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:prelight,
.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item:selected {
text-shadow: none;
}
Now you should be happy
I recommend that you copy /usr/share/themes/ambiance to .themes, rename it and do the above changes