Here's how you can install Linux Mint's Cinnamon Desktop onto Ubuntu and have the best of both worlds. If you'd like me to help you get started with Linux, please check out http://www.ezeelinux.com/ To install Cinnamon, copy and paste these commands into your terminal one at a time. Enjoy! sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamon sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cinnamon sudo reboot