A few days ago we wrote informing that this graphical environment could already be installed, but not yet officially. From today, Cinnamon 3.2 is now available in stable repositories, so it can be installed with greater peace of mind, both by not having to add any repository in Linux Mint and by already being sure that when installing it we will be installing a new version of this graphical environment that is already sufficiently tested to be labeled stable.
If we wish, we can now install Cinnamon 3.2 also in Ubuntu 16.04 or later without risking anything in the same way that we can install other graphical environments such as KDE, MATE or Xfce. Below you have information that collects the news included in this new version of Cinnamon and how to install it in any Ubuntu-based distribution that has been released after April 2016.
What's New in Cinnamon 3.2
- Support for vertical panels.
- "Peek at desktop" function.
- Support for sound notifications.
- Improved keyboard applet.
- Option to show the percentage near the volume slider.
- Menu animation settings.
- Improved the workstation switcher.
- Simplified wallpaper manager.
- Changes in the applet layer.
- Various bug fixes.
How to install Cinnamon 3.2 on Ubuntu 16.04+
For install this graphical environment on Ubuntu 16.04 or any distribution based on this operating system and later versions, we just have to open a terminal and write the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon && sudo apt update && sudo apt install cinnamon -y
The last command will install the latest version of Cinnamon and all its dependencies, while "-y" will prevent it from asking for confirmation. To enter the new graphical environment we will have to close active session, click on the Ubuntu logo and choose the Linux Mint environment. Have you already done it? How about Cinnamon 3.2?
Hi!
Well, I have a problem with this version installed on Ubuntu 16.04. For whatever reason, it doesn't apply themes well. For example, the panel changes to the chosen theme, but when displaying the menu, the calendar, the secondary options menu, etc., the theme appears mixed with the "Cinnamon" theme that comes by default, and it looks pretty bad.
I have tried a virtualbox machine and the same thing happens to me, I don't know if it will be a generalized failure.
Another thing that happens to me is that when you pass an icon from a nautilus folder to the desktop it is copied, as if it were to another medium. If you do it from Nemo, the element does move. But the worst thing is that in both cases, the element moved in duplicate appears on the desktop (one is the element itself and the other is like an image, it cannot be clicked with the mouse)
It is as if Nautilus and Nemo are in the way and the desktop is displayed by both at the same time. Very rare!!
A greeting!
I like Cinnamon much more than Ubuntu, proper. I like Cinnamon better than Gnome-Shell or Mate. You know, to taste the colors. Cinnamon being a fork of Gnome, in my view, it has more to come than Gnome. Trying Cinnamon Sarah, which is based on Ubuntu, never ceases to amaze by its speed, simplicity and effectiveness. Who could have said it, paradoxes of life.
Cinnamon is not bad but I have always liked Mate more 🙂
I just installed it and I don't know how to use it, I don't see a difference in anything, what's more, I give the Ubuntu Software application and it opens and closes automatically, it won't let me use it…. What can I do, how can I go back and uninstall this. 🙁