Linux Mint 22.1 Slated for Release in December with Revamped Cinnamon Theme - 9to5Linux
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The Linux Mint 22.1 distribution was slated for release in December 2024 with a revamped Cinnamon theme and better package management.

The Linux Mint 22.1 distribution was slated for release in December 2024 with a revamped Cinnamon theme and better package management.

Slated for release in December 2024, near the Christmas holidays, Linux Mint 22.1 will ship with the soon-to-be-released Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment featuring a revamped theme that’s much darker and contrasted than before, rounded elements, redesigned dialogs, and a gap between the applets and the panel.

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  • kusivittula@sopuli.xyz
    21·
    2 months ago

    finally some new visuals. mint cinnamon is always advertised as beautiful looking, but it’s absolutely not. i love cinnamon, but the default themes look depressing.

  • BlanK0@lemmy.ml
    15·
    2 months ago

    Finally, modern UI. Mint really needed it, less reasons for noobies to not try it out now

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      2 months ago

      This is my grandpa time, but I love Cinnamon for the less modern UI.

      The new UI won’t bother me a cent, but I really disliked KDE for no apparent reason, and Cinnamon hit right what I like about a UI.

      I understand that a lot of things can be customized, but I am talking about OoB experience.

    • Leaflet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I don’t think this new design will be used in Linux Mint by default. I believe this is just for distros that use Cinnamon’s default theme, which is different from Linux Mint’s default theme.

      But who knows, maybe it could also become default in Linux Mint.

        • Leaflet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          It says that in the 9to5Linux article, not the original source. The blog post simply says “becomes ready for inclusion in the next version of Cinnamon.”

          Not to say that the 9to5Linux article is wrong since Linux Mint very well could ship the new theme as an option, but not the default theme.

    • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
      16·
      2 months ago

      There’s experimental support, they’re hoping it’ll be feature complete by 2026.

    • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      2 months ago

      There is an experimental option for it but not fully supported no. It works pretty well but youll have black lines and glitches sometimes.

      • GlenRambo@jlai.luEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I installed an emoji quick search app (not sure what one). It freezes Wayland/mint.

        I tried Wayland once and didnt realise I was still logging in with it.

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    Great to see Cinnamon keeps on trucking and like XFCE has a solid following.

  • notaviking@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    I love Mint 22 so far, it really has matured where my home computer is running Mint is more stable than my work computer running Windows 11, luckily my company uses CrowdStrike so nothing to worry there.

    But really I now recommend Mint to my non tech savvy friends and family, as a person who uses Linux should! But joking aside took my sister’s old laptop running Windows 7, slapped a SSD and upped the ram to 8 GB into it with Mint and she has been happy

  • Blisterexe
    2·
    2 months ago

    Great idea, cinnamon is nice but the visuals are a tad dated