Topic: Cinnamon

News articles, tutorials and themes for the Cinnamon desktop environment, developed by Linux Mint.

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Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released, This is What’s New

Linux Mint 22.3 beta brings a redesigned app menu, regex file search, new on-screen keyboard, and improved Wayland support. See what's new in this update.

20 December 2025

Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Will Be Released This Month

Linux Mint 22.3 Beta is due to be released in the coming weeks, but what new features can you expect to find in it? A quick recap on why this matters.

2 December 2025

Linux Mint 22.3 Plans App Menu Revamp, Better Wayland Support

Linux Mint 22.3 is due for release in December, and we just got our first idea of what's planned: redesigned app launcher, new applets, and Wayland integration.

13 September 2025
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Linux Mint 22.2 Modernises its Default Theme

More details on the makeup of the upcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release have been revealed, including its new codename (for those who track those). Linux Mint 22.2 (due to be released in late July or […]

8 May 2025

Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu

The Cinnamon desktop app menu is being redesigned with a cleaner layout, modern look , and usability improvements ahead of the next Linux Mint release.

2 March 2025

Plank Reloaded: Desktop Dock App for Cinnamon

Once upon a time, Linux dock apps were a rich, plentiful species, ranging from innovative ‘panel painters’ like GNOME Do/Docky to all-out bling-kings like AWN, DockBarX and Cairo Dock. Yet it was the rather more […]

25 February 2025

Linux Mint 22.1 Beta is Now Available to Download

A beta version of Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” is now officially available to download, ahead of an anticipated stable release at the end of December. Linux Mint 22.1 is an in-series update to Linux Mint […]

12 December 2024

Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Brings New Look, New Features

A new version of the Cinnamon desktop environment has been released with a raft of improvements. As the flagship desktop of Linux Mint, Cinnamon 6.4 comes preinstalled in the latest Linux Mint 22.1 release. This […]

2 December 2024
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Linux Mint is Adding a Native ‘Night Light’ Feature to Cinnamon

Linux Mint has announced it’s adding a native Night Light feature to the Cinnamon desktop. Earlier versions of Linux Mint included a third-party app called Redshift to provide similar ‘blue light’ filtering functionality. However, when […]

3 November 2024
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Linux Mint Gives First Look at New Cinnamon Theme

As revealed last month, Linux Mint is working on an improved default theme for the Cinnamon desktop – and today we got our first look at what’s coming. The way Cinnamon looks in Linux Mint […]

30 September 2024

Linux Mint Tease ‘Improved’ Default Cinnamon Theme

The Cinnamon desktop environment looks pretty nice on Linux Mint, but if you install it on other distributions it doesn’t look as good — but that’s about to change. In his latest monthly mail-shot, distro […]

12 September 2024
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Linux Mint 22 Officially Released, This is What’s New

And we’re go – Linux Mint 22 ‘Wilma’ has been officially released and made available to download. This major update is the first to be based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS This major update is built […]

25 July 2024