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[[File:Screenshot mint 2024-07-10 05-20-47.png|thumb|Cinnamon on Linux Mint 21.3]] | [[File:Screenshot mint 2024-07-10 05-20-47.png|thumb|Cinnamon on Linux Mint 21.3]] | ||
Cinnamon is a desktop environment maintained by the Linux Mint team. Forked from GNOME Shell, it provides the user with panels, menus, window management, hot corners, and more. The user-interface is written in JavaScript, with core libraries being written in C. | |||
== Overview == | |||
[https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon Cinnamon] is a desktop environment maintained by the [https://www.linuxmint.com/ Linux Mint] team. Forked from GNOME Shell, it provides the user with panels, menus, window management, hot corners, and more. The user-interface is written in JavaScript, with core libraries being written in C. | |||
== Features == | == Features == | ||
=== Panel === | === Panel === | ||
Cinnamon provides a traditional desktop experience out-of-the-box, with a panel that resembles the taskbar of Microsoft Windows. Panel items — called "applets" — can be organized freely. Additional applets can be downloaded from the internet. | Cinnamon provides a traditional desktop experience out-of-the-box, with a panel that resembles the taskbar of Microsoft Windows. Panel items — called "applets" — can be organized freely. Additional applets can be downloaded from the internet, either from the Spices website or the applet manager included with Cinnamon. | ||
=== Spices === | === Spices === | ||
A "Spice" is Cinnamon's name for an add-on applet, desklet, theme, widget, and more. They can be found at the [https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/ Cinnamon Spices repository website]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:42, 8 August 2024
Overview
Cinnamon is a desktop environment maintained by the Linux Mint team. Forked from GNOME Shell, it provides the user with panels, menus, window management, hot corners, and more. The user-interface is written in JavaScript, with core libraries being written in C.
Features
Panel
Cinnamon provides a traditional desktop experience out-of-the-box, with a panel that resembles the taskbar of Microsoft Windows. Panel items — called "applets" — can be organized freely. Additional applets can be downloaded from the internet, either from the Spices website or the applet manager included with Cinnamon.
Spices
A "Spice" is Cinnamon's name for an add-on applet, desklet, theme, widget, and more. They can be found at the Cinnamon Spices repository website.