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	== What is GNOME?	== What is GNOME?

	GNOME is a complete graphical desktop for X, including everything from a window manager to web browsers, audio players, office programs, graphical login programs and more. MATE is a continuation of the old GNOME 2 desktop environment. Cinnamon is originally a fork of GNOME 3's gnome-shell, but grew into its own desktop environment.	GNOME is a complete graphical desktop for X, including everything from a window manager to web browsers, audio players, office programs, graphical login programs and more.
		MATE is a continuation of the old GNOME 2 desktop environment.
		Cinnamon was originally a fork of GNOME 3's gnome-shell, but grew into its own desktop environment.
		grahamperrinUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions was (past tense, because grew into is past tense) grahamperrin: //was// (past tense, because //grew into// is past tense)

	== How to install these desktop environments?	== How to install these desktop environments?

	There are some so called meta ports available for installing these desktop environments or parts of them. They are:	There are some so called meta ports available for installing these desktop environments or parts of them.
		They are:

	* gnome3 (full GNOME desktop)	* gnome3 (full GNOME desktop)
	* gnome3-lite (minimal GNOME desktop)	* gnome3-lite (minimal GNOME desktop)
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	* mate-lite (minimal MATE desktop)	* mate-lite (minimal MATE desktop)
	* cinnamon	* cinnamon

	The easiest way of installing is to run the following command and replace gnome3 with the desktop environment of choice:	The easiest way of installing is to run the following command and replace gnome with the desktop environment of choice:

	....	....
	# pkg install gnome3	# pkg install gnome
	....	....

	Or if you prefer to build from source:	Or if you prefer to build from source:

	....	....
	# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome3	# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome
		grahamperrinUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions Superflous, compared with e.g. https://www.freshports.org/x11/gnome/#add. grahamperrin: Superflous, compared with e.g. <https://www.freshports.org/x11/gnome/#add>.
	# make clean
	# make install clean	# make install clean
	....	....

	== State of the port:	== State of the port:

	GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon for FreeBSD are currently fully supported on 11.1, 11-STABLE, and 10.4, while support for 12.0-CURRENT is provided on a best effort basis.	GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon for FreeBSD are currently fully supported.

	GNOME is simple and easy to build using the FreeBSD ports system, but sometimes things simply go wrong. Please see our link:docs/bugging/[Bug reporting] page for more info.

	== Resources	== Resources
		ygyUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions Deleting the bug reporting link here seems to left the whole "but sometimes things simply go wrong" hanging. Maybe restore the link, or get rid of the "sometimes" part? ygy: Deleting the bug reporting link here seems to left the whole "but sometimes things simply go…
		grahamperrinUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions Personally, I'd delete the entire sentence. grahamperrin: Personally, I'd delete the entire sentence.

	* link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/Gnome[FreeBSD GNOME's wiki page]	* link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/Gnome[FreeBSD GNOME's wiki page]
	* link:https://www.gnome.org/[GNOME Project]	* link:https://www.gnome.org/[GNOME Project]
	* link:https://news.gnome.org/[GNOME Project news]	* link:https://foundation.gnome.org/news/[GNOME Project news]
	* link:https://developer.gnome.org/[GNOME development platform]	* link:https://developer.gnome.org/[GNOME development platform]
	* link:http://planet.gnome.org/[Planet GNOME (blogs)]	* link:https://planet.gnome.org/[Planet GNOME (blogs)]
	* link:https://mate-desktop.org/[MATE Project]	* link:https://mate-desktop.org/[MATE Project]
	* link:https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon[Cinnamon Project]	* link:https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon[Cinnamon Project]

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