LinuxBSDos.co posted a guide about installing Cinnamon 1.4 on Fedora 17

The just released Fedora 17 offers a choice of four main desktop environments GNOME 3, KDE, LXDE and Xfce. All have their loyal base, but there is a significant segment of the user community that will not use a GNOME 3 desktop in its default state.

  Install Cinnamon 1.4 on Fedora 17