Add Cinnamon Desktop Environment to RHEL8.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

Issue

  • Include Cinnamon Desktop Environment in RHEL8.

Resolution

  • Cinnamon will not be shipped with RHEL 8

Root Cause

Cinnamon provides a metaphor closer to what users are used to... an Applications drop-down or pop-up menu, a traditional application task bar, and traditional applications on the desktop. Cinnamon leverages the Gnome 3 shell and still provides users with the Desktop experience they have come to expect.

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