Cinnamon is an enterprise cms with all functions of a component cms, and is ideal for versioned management of assets of all types, like modular technical documentation dita and other standards, media assets, documents, contracts, software releases etc. For those who are complaining about the static windows icon. It attempts to provide a more traditional user environment based on the desktop metaphor. Apr 11, 2015 the last time i used cinnamon desktop was around a year ago when mint 16 was the latest version. This wiki page is created and managed by user community to offer guidance to new fellow users. Take fedora for a test drive, and if you like it, you can install fedora directly to your hard drive straight from the live media desktop if you like. Linux mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable gnulinux desktop distribution. About sergey tkachenko sergey tkachenko is a software developer from russia who started winaero back in 2011. Jan 27, 2012 tired of ubuntus unity desktop environment. Cinnamon is a desktop environment developed by linux mint. Cinnamon is the principal desktop environment of the linux mint distribution and is available as an optional desktop for other linux distributions and other unixlike operating systems as. May 15 was produced by freezing new features featurefreeze for the new version free graphical shell for cinnamon 2. Cinnamon is an open source project that provides users with a full featured desktop environment for gnulinux operating systems.
Apr 01, 2020 the cinnamondesktop library and common settings schemas for the cinnamon desktop linuxmintcinnamon desktop. Linux mint 19 cinnamon edition see whats new youtube. The official release has not yet been announced, but it will happen soon. This also provides you with nemo nautilus fork and cinnamon control. We had a fantastic release and it was an amazing feeling to be able to deliver it to. Cinnamon is a linux based desktop that provides advanced and innovative desktop offering a traditional user experience.
Welcome to the qiana edition of the linux mint cinnamon operating system built around the awesome cinnamon desktop environment and using the latest linux technologies from canonicals ubuntu distribution availability, supported platforms, boot options. How to update cinnamon to the latest version mintguide. The cinnamondesktop library and common settings schemas for the cinnamon desktop linuxmintcinnamondesktop. Linux mint 18 finally arrives download cinnamon and mate. It has been designed from the ground up to provide users with a traditional, yet advanced and modern graphical session for their linuxbased operating systems. How to install cinnamon desktop on a chromebook with. Fedora 28 is here download the overall best linuxbased operating system now. Cinnamon is the principal desktop environment of the linux mint distribution and is available as an optional desktop for other linux distributions and other unixlike operating systems as well the development of cinnamon began as a. Cinnamon is now available in the universe repository. They are the reason, normal people who have no knowledge about the internal working of the computer are able to use computers for a wide variety of purposes.
If youre not sure which one is right for you, cinnamon 64bit edition is the most popular. The libcinnamon desktop library provides api shared by several applications on the desktop, but that cannot live in the platform for various reasons. Cinnamon is a linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. Try cinnamon, the latest desktop environment from linux mint. That was only the second linux distro i had ever installed, with ubuntu 12. Cinnamon is a desktop environment for linux based operating systems which can be installed on any distributions, it is a default desktop environment for linux mint.
Linux mint is usually distributed into two main editions, one with the cinnamon desktop and another one with the mate, a clone of the. Cinnamon is a fork of the gnome 3 desktop environment that features a traditional layout similar to gnome 2 but with gnome 3s more modern technology and newer features. Jun 29, 2016 the wait for this summers hottest linux distro is over and you can finally download the release version of linux mint 18 sarah with new features. This feature proposes that fedora switch the default desktop interface from gnome 3 to cinnamon. This entry was posted in linux and tagged cinnamon 3. Jun 03, 2015 the development team of linux mint announced the release of the desktop environment cinnamon 2. The mission of cinnamon is to provide users with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience while also staying current with the latest technology and capabilities. It is now available directly as part of debian 8 and fedora 22. It is a fork of the gnome shell user interface distributed with the gnome project.
If you do not want the cinnamon desktop, you can remove it completely from your respective linux distributions using following instructions. Install the cinnamon desktop environment on ubuntu using both a standard package manager and a personal package archive ppa. Cinnamon offers a more traditional, gnome 2like layout, but its based on the modern gnome shell and you can install it on ubuntu. The underlying technology is forked from gnome shell. The underlying technology was forked from the gnome desktop. Featurescinnamon as default desktop fedora project wiki. While mints default desktop is cinnamon, like i said earlier, you, not some company, get to choose your desktop. The desktop layout is similar to gnome 2 with underlying technology forked from gnome shell.
Just like linux mint, it aims to be easy to use, powerful and flexible. Jul 12, 2018 linux mint 19 has been released and announced by linux mint project, now available to download which ship with the cinnamon, mate and xfce editions both for both 32bit and 64bit architectures. Cinnamon desktop is best known as one of the two default desktops for linux mint. It contains multimonitor support, classic panels and improved speed. So whats the big deal i have had a look at the archwiki and it says very little about the detail procedureso i have tried to show the detail thing in. Though theres no official announcement published on linux mint blog at the moment of writing, you can now install it in ubuntu 16. Cinnamon, 32bit 64bit, an edition featuring the cinnamon desktop. Cinnamon consists of the server, a desktop client and all libraries the desktop client is built on. How to install cinnamon desktop on fedora 23 linuxhelp. Grab the latest linux mint iso with cinnamon desktop. Cinnamon is a desktop environment which combines a traditional desktop layout with modern graphical effects. Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
Christian schmalfeld this tutorial is supposed to guide the reader through the features of the cinnamon desktop, mints new desktop environment to be used in linux mint. Installing cinnamon desktop on arch linux unixbhaskars blog. It provides advanced modern features on top of a traditional desktop layout. Aug 25, 2016 unity is the default desktop interface for ubuntu, many people like it and many dont, for those who dont like it, well explain to you how to completely remove or replace unity from ubuntu and install cinnamon and mate interfaces easily. The mint developers have continued to develop cinnamon to the point where gnome itself is no longer required, and cinnamon is a completely independent desktop environment that retains many of the interface features that users appreciated about the gnome interface. Jul 07, 2016 according to my notes, i was able to use the laptop for about 4. Since crouton doesnt support linux mint, ubuntu 18. To be clear, linux mint users will eventually be able to use cinnamon 3. Cinnamon is a fork of gnome shell, initially developed by linux mint. It is compatible with and available in most linux distributions. The default cinnamon desktop with the system settings tool open. The emphasis is put on making users feel at home and providing them with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience. Cinnamon provides a desktop interface that is more familiar to windows and gnome 2 users than the standard gnome shell interface, while being built from gnome 3 components. Cinnamon desktop the best desktop environment for new.
It will download files of around 150 mb in size if i remember correctly. Cinnamon is a desktop environment thats derived from gnome 3 but using a traditional desktop layout, being the main desktop environment of the linux mint distribution. Cinnamon desktop environment has reached the new massive 3. In this article we can see how to install in fedora system. Cinnamon desktop the best desktop environment for new linux. How to remove unity and install cinnamon and mate desktop. Many thanks to all the people who financially support the project. How to install the latest cinnamon desktop environment on ubuntu. Cinnamon is a free and opensource desktop environment for the x window system that derives from gnome 3 but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. Cinnamon is a desktop environment which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. How to install cinnamon desktop on ubuntu its foss. Developers can upload their themes, applets and extension to cinnamons web page and let users download and rate. The underlying technology is forked from gnomeshell.