Cinnamon 2.8 新变化一览
Cinnamon
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除了Gnome和KDE外，Cinnamon是另一个很多人使用的桌面环境。它是由创作Linux Mint的团队制作的，并且可以被安装在许多其他发行版上。该桌面环境的最新版本 - Cinnamon 2.8 - 于去年底发布，此版本修复了许多的Bug、做了许多改进并添加了一些新功能。


我将仔细介绍该发行版本的主要改进，以及如何更新到Cinnamon 2.8或者第一次安装它。


### 对Applets的改进


在此版本中，对面板中已有的Applets做了若干的改进。


#### 声音 Applet


![cinnamon-28-sound-applet](/data/attachment/album/201602/06/205933xrumy6oprrrrp4vp.jpg)


声音Applet经过修正，目前可以显示音轨信息并且可以在音频文件的艺术家封面上面进行媒体控制。对于支持拖动的音乐播放器来说（例如Banshee），会有一个进度条显示同样的播放进度，您可以用它来改变音轨位置。在applet的面板上右击将显示对输入和输出设备静音的选项。


#### 电源 Applet


电源applet则会使用电池制造商的数据而不是通用名称来显示每一个连接的电池和设备。


#### 窗口缩略图


![cinnamon-2.8-window-thumbnails](/data/attachment/album/201602/06/205933hlml8mma65pfjoy5.png)


在Cinnamon 2.8中，可以在鼠标悬停于面板里窗口列表时展示窗口缩略图。如果您不喜欢该功能，您还可以关闭该选项。


#### 工作区切换 Applet


![cinnamon-2.8-workspace-switcher](/data/attachment/album/201602/06/205933fzmxxnqm80cctnto.png)


添加工作区切换applet到您的面板将为您显示一个代表该工作区的可视化图像，一些矩形嵌套显示在其中，代表您的窗口的位置。


#### 系统托盘


Cinnamon 2.8支持在系统托盘中显示应用程序指示器。您可以很容易地在设置中禁用它，这将强制应用程序到以前使用状态图标的方式。


### 视觉改进


Cinnamon 2.8还做了很多视觉上的改进。经典的切换器和Alt + Tab预览切换器都被精细打磨，有了显著的改进，同时修复了Alt + F2对话框的bug，并赋予了它更好的命令自动补全功能。


而且，传统的最小化窗口时动画效果的问题现已被解决，并可用于多个面板。


### Nemo 的改进


![cinnamon-2.8-nemo](/data/attachment/album/201602/06/205933koobbrc9hoq71ozi.jpg)


Cinnamon默认的文件管理器也修复了一些bug，并有了新的“快速重命名”的功能，用于重命名文件和文件夹。可以通过两次点击文件或文件夹并在两次点击之间进行简短的停顿以重命名文件。


Nemo也会自动地检测缩略图存在的问题，并提示您快速地修复它们。


### 其他值得注意的改进


* Applets如今会在它们被更新的时候自动地重新加载一次。
* 对于多个监视器的支持有了显著的提高。
* 对话框窗口有了改进，并且会附加到它的父窗口上。
* HiDPI检测有了改进。
* QT5应用程序现在看起来更加原生并使用了默认的GTK主题。
* 窗口管理和渲染性能有了提升。
* 修复了许多bug。


### 如何获得 Cinnamon 2.8


如果您在运行Linux Mint，您会在更新Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa”Cinnamon版本的时候获得Cinnamon 2.8的更新。BETA版本现在已经放出，因此，如果您想立刻尝试新的软件，您可以试试。


对于Arch的用户来说，Cinnamon 2.8已经在Arch的官方仓库了，您可以通过更新软件包和系统级的更新获得Cinnamon的最新版本。


最后，对于Ubuntu用户来说，您可以通过下面的命令安装或更新Cinnamon 2.8：



```
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:moorkai/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

```

您已经尝试了Cinnamon 2.8了么？感觉如何呢？




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![Cinnamon Feature](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-feature.jpg)

A sometimes-forgotten Linux Desktop Environment, Cinnamon is a contender for your desktop that you may not have seen coming. While Cinnamon is developed by the Linux Mint team as a flagship for their distribution, it is also available to download and use on any other distro. This article covers Cinnamon desktop in depth, exploring the user experience and customization options, performance, usability, and recommendations for who should use Cinnamon.

**Also read:** [GNOME Shell Review: Minimal Desktop with Great Performance](https://www.maketecheasier.com/gnome-shell-review/)

## First Impressions of Cinnamon

Cinnamon was initially a fork of GNOME, but with Cinnamon 2.0, it became an independent desktop environment that is no longer reliant on the GNOME library. Upon logging in, Cinnamon looks clean, modern, and focused. It follows a very traditional desktop paradigm from Windows, with an application menu in the bottom left, applications along the bottom panel, and a system tray in the bottom right. It also has desktop icons for all your disks/file systems with “Computer” and your home folder with “Home.”

![Cinnamon Login Screen](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-login-screen.png)

![Cinnamon Desktop](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-desktop.jpg)

![Cinnamon Lock Screen](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-lock-screen.jpg)

Once you get over the initial “Wow, this looks like Windows,” you see that there’s been some work done on Cinnamon to make it feel distinct from both the GNOME backend and the Windows-esque appearance. The “Themes” application gives you a nice overview of all your look-and-feel settings and options, with tons of color choices available, with the options to change things around.

## User Experience

If the aim was to create a DE that follows traditional paradigms, then the Linux Mint team has absolutely done that with Cinnamon. Right out of the box, there are dedicated minimize and maximize buttons, all the window controls are on the right side of the window borders, and the application menu in the bottom left has categories and a powerful search function that not only searches application titles but also descriptions. Navigating the desktop is super simple; the desktop puts you in the driver’s seat while not asking you to drive anything too unwieldy.

![Cinnamon Themes](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-themes.jpg)

For anything you need in Cinnamon, you simply open the applications menu and either look through the categories or start typing to search. It’s a centralized location for you to start digging through everything the system has to offer, and it unifies all of the applications into logical categories and a universal access point. It’s quite similar to Windows in that way, but the feel of the applications is reminiscent of many GNOME applications. The interface is simple but effective, and it gives you what you’re looking for without getting in the way. A great example of this is Xed, which is Cinnamon’s take on Gedit from GNOME. It’s simple, elegant, minimal, and allows you to quickly write your script, text file, or readme without much hassle.

### The Cinnamon X-Apps

Many of the Cinnamon default X-Apps are like GNOME Core apps plus a little extra user-friendliness. Xed, the text editor, is like Gedit with some easier preferences and choices. The ways the apps are designed is partially why Linux Mint has a great reputation of being user-friendly.

![Cinnamon Xed](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-xed.jpg)

![Cinnamon Gedit Comparison 1](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-gedit-comparison-1.jpg)

### Customization

Cinnamon also has a great deal more customization right out of the box than its ancestor. While the default interface is Windows-like, you can easily move the panel around (or remove it if you want) and make it [macOS-like](https://www.maketecheasier.com/make-ubuntu-look-like-macos/)/Ubuntu-like or any other style you like. You can customize the panel, the icon for the applications menu, the global theme, the accent colors, the icon theme, the window decorations, the window border, and so much more. Almost every aspect of the desktop interface can be customized. The customization isn’t on par with [KDE Plasma](https://www.maketecheasier.com/kde-plasma-review/), but it’s much more thorough than other offerings. It makes space for you to move in and feel at home without overwhelming you. It’s the best parts of Linux without the worst parts: you have the choice and control without the overwhelming amount of freedom that some options give you.

### Keyboard Shortcuts in Cinnamon

Cinnamon also comes with great keyboard shortcuts, especially around window tiling. By holding down the `Super` key and pressing `Left`, `Right`, `Up`, or `Down`, you can half-tile windows to the left, right, top, or bottom of your screen. Plus, once a window is half-tiled to one side, you can quarter-tile it by pressing `Up` or `Down`. The windows tile without any animation or delay, making things feel incredibly fast and like you can just get work done.

![Cinnamon Quarter Tiling](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-quarter-tiling.jpg)

Window management is done with a classic `Alt` + `Tab`, giving you an application icon and a drop-down menu of the window preview. In terms of [workspace management](https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-work-with-workspaces-gnome/), it’s a similar setup: hold down `Ctrl` and `Alt` and press either `Left`, `Right`, `Up`, or `Down`. `Left` and `Right` will switch workspaces, `Down` will show you an overview of your workspaces, and `Up` will give you a gridded overview of all of your workspaces with the option to add more.

Cinnamon focuses on the keyboard, which is playing to the strengths of Linux particularly well, especially with a lack of easy touchpad gestures in Linux. Being able to hold `Super` or `Ctrl` and `Alt` and use the arrow keys to navigate the system, especially with the quick snap of the keyboard shortcuts, gives you a really logical and simple way to work around the system, and once you embrace those shortcuts, you won’t go back.

![Cinnamon Expo](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-expo.jpg)

`Ctrl`

+ `Alt`

+ `Up`

### Cinnamon Extensions

There are all kinds of Cinnamon extensions available, like a Compiz Cube for your workspaces, a background blur in overview, and wobbly windows, a favorite among its diehard fans. The Cinnamon Extensions give you access to some functional changes in the desktop rather than the typical visual changes afforded by the Themes app. It’s another layer of customization that gives you flexibility in your system.

### Cinnamon Desklets

Another great strength of Cinnamon is its Desklets. These are little applets that you can add to your desktop to give you a larger clock, a dedicated application launcher, CPU usage graphs, and many others. It’s a great way to be able to quickly glance at important information without having to crowd a system tray or open another application. It’s all just baked into the desktop.

![Cinnamon Desklets](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-desklets.jpg)

## Performance

Cinnamon performance is excellent. At idle on a freshly-booted Linux Mint 19.3 virtual machine, CPU usage is around two to three percent, and idle RAM usage is at 566MB. That’s quite a small footprint, especially considering its lineage. That makes it ideal for older machines with less powerful CPUs and that have lower maximum RAM specifications. I could envision an older ThinkPad running very well with Cinnamon, especially given all of its useful keyboard shortcuts.

![Cinnamon Htop](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-htop.jpg)

As mentioned before, there are very few animations, which can feel a little un-modern. However, it increases overall system performance and makes things feel lightning fast. Switching workspaces, tiling windows, opening the application menu, everything feels incredibly fast. It makes me want to work faster in order to keep up with the desktop, almost like the desktop challenges me to keep up.

## The Cons of Cinnamon

Cinnamon is an excellent desktop environment, but there are some negatives to it. The Mint Icon theme feels a little dated, and it feels like somebody made a caricature of an icon theme from 2007. It’s simple enough to change, like with all Linux desktops, but there’s clearly been much thought that’s gone into the design, theming and accent colors that I’d love to be able to stick with the Mint icon theme. It’s a bit of a letdown.

Another downside is some of the extra applications that come with Cinnamon. Things like Transmission, HexChat, two distinct fonts apps, and two distinct USB formatting and writing applications makes me wonder how much of it is really necessary. I often find myself uninstalling a fair number of applications that come stock with Cinnamon just because they get in my way. The X-Apps are great, as they add usability to the GNOME Core apps, but it’s just hard to get past HexChat in my applications menu.

## Where to Experience Cinnamon

The obvious choice is [Linux Mint](https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php). The Linux Mint team has been iterating on Cinnamon for a good while, and the polish that they’ve achieved is commendable. On top of Cinnamon itself, there are tons of useful applications developed by the team and integrated into Mint specifically, which makes for an incredible user experience. Things like Warpinator, Timeshift, and the Driver Manager give little user-friendly edges to Mint that are hard to find elsewhere.

![Cinnamon Neofetch](https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/07/cinnamon-neofetch.jpg)

## Who Should Use Cinnamon

Anybody looking for a lightweight desktop that looks good and works well out of the box should give Cinnamon a try, especially if you consider yourself a keyboard shortcut kind of person. Using Cinnamon even for a day or two will give your desktop a new lease on life and help you realize the potential of how quickly and efficiently you can get work done.

Now that you’ve learned some of the ins and outs of Cinnamon, make sure to check out [how to enable Autologin in LightDM](https://www.maketecheasier.com/enable-autologin-lightdm/) and [why you should use Timeshift in Linux Mint to back up your computer](https://www.maketecheasier.com/backup-computer-timeshift-linux-mint/).

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