[PCWorld]

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[Ubiety]

As a Linux Mint user, I prefer the simplicity of the Cinnamon desktop. I think that there's always a place for that kind of traditional environment.
In that regard, computers are like motorcycles: You can buy a Kawasaki Ninja if you want to look like a time traveling cosmonaut, or you can buy a Royal Enfield if you want to look like you just discovered Tut's tomb. Both are brand new, both look completely different, and both work just fine.

[Internet2k4]

Also working with Mint's Cinnamon on a thumb drive, it's elegant and maturing rapidly (currently version 1.6) for a fairly new environment. Article is interesting for contrasting recent innovations in desktop/laptop oriented interfaces with the new touchscreen offerings that can seem both intrusive and restrictive on older hardware.

Apart from developers and a certain breed of operating system fanchildren, most users of the traditional desktop/laptop configuration have not been much interested in OSs since Mac and XP finally provided reliable ones. On the other hand, the touchscreen is still in its infancy, open to a lot of innovation (and error) for while yet.