Ubuntu Cinnamon is an official spin of the open-source desktop operating system that makes Linux immediately familiar to any user or skill level. As for me, my preference falls more toward the modern ...

The big three get all the attention, but they’re far from your only good options.

Linux Mint has long been praised for its user-friendly design, with the Cinnamon desktop being a core feature. However, Cinnamon's look outside the Mint distro often leaves users unimpressed. In many ...

I cut animations, trimmed startup apps, and hid desktop icons to make Linux Mint feel cleaner and more responsive.

Linux Mint's Cinnamon, MATE, and XFCE are all different versions of the "desktop environment" for the same Linux Mint OS.

Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre was happy to announce today the official availability of the Cinnamon 3.4 desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions. We've already informed our readers ...

Ubuntu Cinnamon is a brand new “remix” project that incorporates the Cinnamon Desktop Environment into Ubuntu. It’s not an official “flavor” of Ubuntu, but the developers are hoping that — like Ubuntu ...

The Cinnamon desktop brings a familiar look and feel to RoboLinux Rapture 9.2.1. The upgraded versions provide Long-Term Support until 2021. They run newer Linux kernels, which improve speed, security ...

To put Cinnamon to the test, I used my faithful old Lenovo ThinkPad R61. This 2008-vintage notebook is powered by a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7500 and has 2GBs of RAM. I also used it on my ...