The cinnamon desktop environment is based on the gtk+ 3 toolkit and was first released in 2011 having started as a fork of the gnome shell; and since it became its own desktop with the release of cinnamon 2.0, it has come to be one of the most popular desktop environments in the linux world.. This article will explain how to install cinnamon desktop on ubuntu 18.04 bionic beaver. use this guide if you wish to change your default gnome desktop to cinnamon environment. see also our article: the 8 best ubuntu desktop environments (18.04 bionic beaver linux) for more desktop environment choices.. Linux mint’s clement lefebvre has announced the release of cinnamon 3.4, the latest stable update to the rather popular linux desktop environment.. better yet you can already upgrade to or install cinnamon 3.4 on ubuntu using a ppa — no waiting required!.
This tutorial shows you how to install cinnamon desktop environment on ubuntu. cinnamon is the default desktop environment of linux mint.unlike unity desktop environment in ubuntu, cinnamon is more traditional but elegant looking desktop environment with the bottom panel and app menu etc.. Instead, we will show you how to install the latest stable release of cinnamon on ubuntu 14.04 lts. ubuntu 14.04 lts remains widely used the poll in our ubuntu 15.04 eol post shows that a large percentage of you still trust the trusty tahr to be your desktop operating system.. Linux mint is free of charge (thanks to your donations and adverts on the website) and we hope you'll enjoy it. some of the packages we distribute are under the gpl. if you want to access their source code you can use the apt-get source command..