Clement Lefebvre, developer and responsible for the Linux Mint project, has released the first maintenance version of the newly launched desktop environment Cinnamon 3.4, which will be included in the next operating system Linux Mint 18.2.
When Cinnamon 3.4 debuted earlier this month, we reported that several maintenance releases would be required for it to reach the stable software repositories of various GNU / Linux distributions that provide this GNOME 3-inspired desktop environment. And Cinnamon 3.4.1 is here precisely to provide a number of improvements in this regard.
Following the official Cinnamon 3.4.1 change notes we can see a huge amount of bug fixes and improvements. Some of the most prominent are perhaps the removal of the GTK_POLICY_EXTERNAL environment variable and a number of improved icons in the sound settings.
The Menu applet appears to have received more attention in the first maintenance release of the Cinnamon 3.4 desktop environment in order to provide users with improved keyboard navigation when opening context menus.
On the other hand, the desktop environment Cinnamon 3.4.1 also fixes issues with various components, including the User applet, which no longer allows users to switch to a Guest account through the LightDM home manager. However, you can take a look at all the release notes on the release page. GitHub of this project if you are curious to discover all the improvements and corrections of this new version.
You can download the Cinnamon 3.4.1 tarball file right now if you want to try all the new features for yourself, but it is best to wait until it reaches the stable software repositories of your favorite GNU / Linux distribution.
Cinnamon 3.4.1 is listed on GitHub as ready for deployment on Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya”.