One of the best desktop environments for our Linux distros Cinnamon 2.8 is now available. This environment is a divergence from the GNOME Shell and the Muttin window manager and has been named by the Cinnamon developers as Muffin. Although Cinnamon was originally developed for Linux Mint, We can already have all its success in other distributions and its installation does not present much difficulty and of course, that is a reasonable excuse to try it.
And is that Cinnamon 2.8 brings us some novel features that have been designed to satisfy that group of users who are not entirely satisfied with GNOME and they are looking for something that is more adapted to the traditional. Beyond its look that leans towards the traditional, it places great importance on graphic effects, and it also incorporates the functionalities that are in other modern desktops and that have marked the way forward. The team of developers of this desktop continue working to improve it and this is very clear in the new versions that have been released.
After taking a look at it, we can say that it comes with a good amount of news, starting an improved collection of its appletsIt also has new functionalities for the desktop and some corrections that have been tried to make this environment more and more complete. Some applets have been renewed both in appearance and in functionality, the sound one for example, now has an improved appearance and greater usability so much so that it can be used as a mini-reducer and it looks great when paired with our favorite music software, also the innovative controls for the input devices have been conceived to make interaction with the Cinnamon environment much easier.
The energy applet has also been renewed, with greater functionality and that brings us among its improvements the possibility of detecting the batteries that we are using in the computer at the same time (laptop battery, peripheral batteries, etc.) and another of the improvements that this environment brings is the support to display the icons following the visual theme with which we configure the desktop, the list of windows with an interesting innovation that can make it easier to navigate between it with its thumbnail view.
For visual effects enthusiasts in their environments, the animations They have also been taken into account to bring something new in Cinnamon 2.8, and you can simply see that they have made an effort to raise their name, “cinnamon”, with their new visual scent the changes in the taskbar to show the windows have not been made wait, also the optimization for NVIDIA GPUs, also the bug fixes and the fix of some details in this package.
This version has been a great advance for this desktop environment, the changes in Cinnamon 2.8 are noticeable with the naked eye on the outside, but also inside. The compatibility between hardware and its drivers, the simple HiDPI detection (especially through the HDMI connection), or the session management, which makes it much more accurate and user-friendly. All of the above means a considerable improved overall desktop performance.
Other new features that have been released are the new functions in the Nemo file manager, with its "fast renaming" when double-clicking Windows-style. If you want to know more about all the changes and news that this environment brings and / or download it here is the right place, there are also the repositories Linux Mint that are also of interest.
The truth is that with the appearance of Plasma 5 and no desktop environment makes sense; Plasma is not only the best, but as good as it is, it is already unique, the rest is garbage.
Above all, you have to respect, if there is one thing I have learned from the Linux world, it is that there is freedom of choice… Not because you like Plasma 5 and the other environments are disposable, that's selfish on your part, linux brother ... I use Cinnamon and it seems quite stable and light to me. Also, you must remember that not all users have the same technology to support Plasma 5 in your PCs ..
Sldos from Cuba… .. 🙂
This is one of the stupidest comments on the web
What good is it if it is the best if it is the most unstable? And as they said, it is the most stupid comment there is
By the way, the only trash here is you ...
As my linux brothers said earlier, "This is the stupidest comment on the web", I use Gnome, I have my reasons….
Toño, the fact that you like Plasma 5 would not have to suppose that you rant against the rest of the Linux desktops. I myself am a Plasma 5 user, but I also use Cinnamon and am very happy with the latter. Learn to respect the developers of the rest of the desktops, keep in mind that most of them strive to develop them without receiving anything in return.
These are trolls friend, do not waste time giving a masterful explanation to those parasites
Excellent news
Something about the news xDDD but thanks. The truth is that the new thing that cinnamon brings is great, although it lacks improvements, I feel that it is on the right track and to tell the truth I've been using this environment for 4 months and I loved it more than KDE 5 or GNOME Shell. The reason is its stability and simplicity I hope that it does not lose it over time.
Oh something I want to say. I admit that kde 4 or 5 is beautiful, I used it for a year, therefore I love it very much and it has many things that simplify it for the user. But the fact that it has so many things and the demands of the user makes its first version releases, not pleasant, but in Fin it is an excellent environment, but it is not my type.
Very good news, excellent especially for Linux Mint users