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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. | 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. | ||
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=== 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. | ||
=== Spices === | === Spices === | ||
Spices are cinnamon's names for add-on applets, desklets, themes, widgets, and more. They can be found at the Cinnamon Spices repository website. | Spices are cinnamon's names for add-on applets, desklets, themes, widgets, and more. They can be found at the Cinnamon Spices repository website. | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 10 July 2024
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.
Spices
Spices are cinnamon's names for add-on applets, desklets, themes, widgets, and more. They can be found at the Cinnamon Spices repository website.