Cinnamon

Updated: 12/06/2024 by Computer Hope
Cinnamon desktop environment

First released in 2012, Cinnamon is a desktop environment developed by Linux Mint. It is based on GTK+ 3 and is available for use with the X Window System on any Linux or BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) distribution.

Cinnamon's features

  • Compositing, transparency, and transition effects.
  • Fully configurable panels, main menu, launchers, window list, and system tray.
  • Panel applets.
  • Extensibility via themes.

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