Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Linux Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 based distro [PPA]

Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Linux Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 based distro [PPA] 

Cinnamon is an open source project that provides users with a full featured desktop environment for GNU/Linux operating systems. It is a fork of the GNOME Shell user interface distributed with the GNOME project. It has been designed from the ground up to provide users with a traditional, yet advanced and modern graphical session for their Linux-based operating systems. It's usually deployed on the Linux Mint distribution. and Cinnamon 2.4 Will Include on Linux Mint 17.1 “Rebecca”

Chamgelog Cinnamon 2.4.1

Responsiveness and memory usage:

• CJS was rebased on a newer version of GJS in an effort to reduce memory usage and provide faster execution times.
• All Cinnamon components were reviewed and their source code was checked with static analysis tools. Although most of them were small, about 30 memory leaks were fixed.
• Icons used in Cinnamon Settings were added to the Mint-X icon theme. This increased responsiveness (This is specific to Linux Mint so we encourage all artists and distributions to do the same).

More polish:

• Credit to and similar to GNOME Shell, the Cinnamon desktop now starts with a zoom animation.
• The login sound is now handled directly by Cinnamon (as opposed to cinnamon-settings-daemon) and plays in sync with the login sequence.
• Modules in Cinnamon Settings and categories in the application menu are now sorted alphabetically.
• Similar to Windows, “Super+e” now opens up the home directory.
• Cinnamon 2.4 ships with many small refinements (multiple panel launchers, improvements in the sound applet, removal of the timeout in the logout dialog…etc) and a lot of bug fixes.

To Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Linux Ubuntu (Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr) derivative system using PPA's, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

To revert the changes, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
sudo apt-get update

To install or update Cinnamon 2.4 on Linux Mint 17, we have to add the Romeo (Backports) repository, update the local repository index and install the cinnamon package. open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.linuxmint.com qiana romeo"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

To revert the changes, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove cinnamon
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://packages.linuxmint.com qiana romeo"
sudo apt-get update

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