Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Released with New Look
Quoting: Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Released with New Look - OMG! Ubuntu —
As the flagship desktop of Linux Mint, Cinnamon 6.4 will come preinstalled in Linux Mint 22.1 when it’s released at the end of December (though should beta testing reveal issues the date could slip into early 2025).
But this post isn’t about Linux Mint 22.1, but Cinnamon. Linux Mint may develop, maintain, and cheerlead the desktop but it can installed on nearly every Linux distribution out there, including Ubuntu (which also has an official Cinnamon flavour).
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with the majority of the new features in Cinnamon 6.4 as I’ve written about them over the past few months.
A recap never hurts though, does it?
It's FOSS News:
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I Tried The New Cinnamon 6.4 Release With EndeavourOS: Here's How It Looks
Cinnamon 6.4 is here.
A new default Cinnamon theme debuts with this release (revamped Mint-X), which should enhance your Cinnamon desktop experience on distros apart from Linux Mint.
While the new release is not available for Linux Mint yet, you can get the latest package on Arch Linux (or any Arch-based distro).
I always try Cinnamon's latest releases with the help of EndeavourOS (an Arch-based Linux distribution) and in my brief testing, I would say it is a pretty nice update.
Some part of the redesign could feel like GNOME to you (you will see why), but it is not that big of a problem.
The Register:
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New releases of Xfce, Mint, Cinnamon by the holidays
Fancy spending time refreshing your setup over the holidays? Two of the more popular Windows-style FOSS desktops are about to drop new point releases, one for higher-end machines and one for lower-end kit.
Cinnamon is the default desktop of Linux Mint, but it's also included in lots of other distros. Release 6.4 appeared on Github a few days ago, and some downstream distros have already picked it up – it looks to be in Arch's repositories already, for instance. They might have jumped a little bit too soon, as release 6.4.1 followed in days.
As last month's Linux Mint blog post described, one of the new features of this version is integrated "night light" support. This is a newly native feature, which works similarly to the external Redshift program. (Windows and Mac types might be more familiar with the free F.lux.) These tools progressively dim the screen and reduce the amount of blue in its image, which some research seems to indicate may help you sleep, although whether the effect is real remains controversial.
Linux Magazine:
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Latest Cinnamon Desktop Releases with a Bold New Look
Just in time for the holidays, the developer of the Cinnamon desktop has shipped a new release to help spice up your eggnog with new features and a new look.
By Arindam:
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Cinnamon 6.4 Brings Visual Overhaul: Key Features
A polished and revamped desktop experience arrives with Cinnamon 6.4 desktop. For months, the GNU/Linux Mint team has been steadily improving their flagship – Cinnamon 6.4, a desktop environment update that’s not just incremental, but transformative.