"PC-BSD 10.1 was the worst edition of any distribution I have even reviewed.
An installation of the Cinnamon desktop, which shipped with Cinnamon
2.2, was especially bad. Out of the box, it was unusable. When PC-BSD
10.1.1 was released (on February 2 2015), I knew I had to take another
look at a Cinnamon installation.
So that’s what this article is about – a cursory review of an installation of PC-BSD 10.1.1 Cinnamon.
The test machine has an Intel Core i3 inside, and I used the
integrated graphics. It’s the same machine that was used for the PC-BSD
10.1 review. All attempts to install PC-BSD 10.1.1 using the UEFI-aware
version of the installer failed. So I used the standard installer. By
the way, I did file a bug report about the problem with the UEFI-aware
installer. Hopefully the issue will be fixed before the next release.
The Cinnamon Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.2 is what you’ll get if you opt
for a Cinnamon desktop during installation. By a mile, it’s better than
the Cinnamon 2.2 desktop I used on PC-BSD 10.1. It still has bugs that
should not have made it past a QA, but it’s at least usable. Figure 1
shows the desktop with the menu."
