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 == Cinnamon ==
-[[File: cinnamonde.png|thumb|left|375px]]
+[[File: Cinnamon screenshot.jpeg|thumb|left|375px]]
-'''[http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon]''' is a desktop environment based on Gnome 3 that utilises a large panel-style menu to access applications. It is not compatible with compiz. Despite being based on Gnome, it has more customisation options and is easier to configure. Users of Windows Vista or Windows 7 may find Cinnamon's interface comfortably familiar. A 64 bit installation of Manjaro running Cinnamon uses about 350MB of memory. '''To install Cinnamon, enter the command:'''
+'''[http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon]''' is a desktop environment based on Gnome 3 that utilises a large panel-style menu to access applications. It is not compatible with compiz. Despite being based on Gnome, it has more customisation options and is easier to configure. Users of Windows Vista or Windows 7 may find Cinnamon's interface comfortably familiar. A 64 bit installation of Manjaro running Cinnamon uses about 665MB of memory.
+====== Install a basic cinnamon environment ======
   sudo pacman -S cinnamon
-If you are installing Cinnamon alone on the NET Edition, then it is '''essential''' to install a terminal as well, as one will not be provided with Cinnamon by default. The command to install the Gnome terminal is:
+====== Optional: Install additional commonly used components ======
+ sudo pacman -S cinnamon-wallpapers cinnamon-sounds gnome-terminal
+====== Optional: Install and use LightDM, the recommended display manager for cinnamon ======
+ sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-slick-greeter lightdm-settings
+ sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service --force
+edit '''/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf''', under [Seat:*] replace the greeter-session setting with '''greeter-session=lightdm-slick-greeter'''
+====== Optional: Install the Manjaro configuration and theming for cinnamon ======
+ sudo pacman -S manjaro-cinnamon-settings adapta-maia-theme kvantum-manjaro vibrancy-icons-teal
+Either create a new user or enter the following command to update the current user
+ /usr/bin/cp -rf /etc/skel/. ~
+To configure LightDM to match the community edition replace the contents of /etc/lightdm/slick-greeter.conf with
+ [Greeter]
+ background=/usr/share/backgrounds/greeter_default.jpg
+ background-color=#263138
+ draw-grid=false
+ theme-name=Adapta-Nokto-Eta-Maia
+ icon-theme-name=Vibrancy-Full-Dark-Teal
+ font-name='Cantarell 11'
+ xft-antialias=true
+ xft-hintstyle=hintfull
+ enable-hidpi=auto
- sudo pacman -S gnome-terminal
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