[Discuss] MATE

[ozbek at gmx.com (F. Ozbek)]

On 01/18/2013 10:14 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
>
> What is Mint using as their default desktop these days? If it is still
> MATE, will it be Cinnamon in the next release? Their choice should be a
> good indicator of their opinion of how ready they think Cinnamon is, and
> which they see as the future direction.
>
>   -Tom
>

There is no default desktop concept on Linux Mint.
You can use Mate, Cinnamon, KDE or Xfce.
I have tested Cinnamon on Linux Mint 13, decided that
it is not stable enough for my taste and switched to
Linux Mint 13 Mate and it is rock solid so far.(6 weeks.)