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cinnamon, the fork of GNOME Shell for those nostalgic for GNOME 2, has reached version 1.2, which is considered fully stable.
The new version brings many new features, But also separates a cinnamon even more of GNOME-Shell. |
Stationery
Cinnamon 1.2 reintroduces desktop effects and the ability for the user to set animations or disable them entirely. This feature is added for those users who love Compiz effects. This version is characterized by two plugins for animation:
- Fade, which changes the opacity of the windows
- Scale, which changes its dimension
And add 30 transition styles.
Pre-defined Desktop Schemes
Although the elements of the desktop (like the panels) still cannot be moved freely, with Cinnamon 1.2 we can choose 3 predefined designs for our desktop.
- With the panel at the bottom (default).
- With the panel on the top.
- With both panels, just like on the classic Gnome.
Easy customization
Customizing Cinnamon is now much easier. A preferences manager is added that is reminiscent of Mozilla Firefox, where we have each option organized by tabs. Therefore it is easier for us to change themes, apply effects, add applets and extensions and configure some of the desktop settings.
applets
Cinnamon 1.2 also includes applets for the desktop. By default 5 of them come:
- Accessibility
- Recent Documents
- Removable devices
- Trash
- Monitor (control for XrandR)
Menu improvements
The main menu has been significantly improved. If you search for something, the categories become inactive, and by simply pressing [ENTER] after a search, the first item of the results will be executed.
Some changes under the hood
Cinnamon now uses its own window manager, a fork of Mutter called Muffin. This means that it no longer supports Gnome Shell themes. However, it is possible to define the styles of a theme for both Gnome Shell and Cinnamon, and make it compatible with both desktops.
There are also many more changes that can be seen in the release notes (in English).
Installation
Cinammon 1.2 and Muffin have not yet been uploaded to the Ubuntu PPA. However, the Cinnamon packages can be downloaded, while we will need to compile Muffin.
Linux Mint users will surely receive the corresponding updates in the coming days.
Source: Cinammon & Desde Linux
I liked it a lot more how easy it is to customize in Cinnamon, and it needs more applets for Cinnamon ... I believe that later versions will add more applets and more features to this fantastic fork Gnome Shell environment.
If the menu finder could be integrated with Synapse or had extensions to mimic its capabilities (at least one for searching for files), Cinnamon would be god. 😀
The popularity of this fork is impressive and it is also good. I use it in openSUSE 12.1 and it works quite well.
Anyone have any idea how to remove the list of windows, to use dockbax ???
The Linux Mint guys are gaining more and more followers. This fork is very, very good.
I love it, the design of Unity and Gnome 3 I liked, but what I really missed were the old effects, Cinammon seems to me a combination of the beautiful graphics of Gnome 3 and the beautiful effects that could be given to Gnome 2, now only I will find a good dock and put it (Note: It is the impression of someone who has just installed Cinnamon for the first time on their ubuntu)
It still does not catch my attention or will KDE already delete gnome from my mind 🙂