Last Updated on July 10, 2021
Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.
The desktop layout is similar to Gnome 2 with underlying technology forked from Gnome Shell.
Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy to use and comfortable desktop experience.
Features include:
- Desktop effects, including animations, transition effects and transparency using composition.
- Panels equipped with a main menu, launchers, a window list and the system tray can be adjusted on left, right, upper or lower edge of the screen.
- Various extensions.
- Applets that appear on the panel.
- Overview with functions similar to that in GNOME Shell.
- Settings editor for easy customization. It can customize:
- The panel.
- The calendar.
- Themes.
- Desktop effects.
- Applets.
- Extensions.
Website: github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon
Support: Addons Repository
Developer: Linux Mint team
License: GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
Cinnamon is written in JavaScript and C. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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When I first started out in Linux, KDE was my DE of choice, then a few years ago KDE started having issues. I was having way too many “lost time” problems, so I started testing various DE’s and found Cinnamon. I fell in love with it. Everything about the Cinnamon DE is exactly as I like it. To me, it’s Gnome 3 as it SHOULD be. Now there is no turning back to anything else.