Cinnamon 1.3 Released! See What's New Inside

Good news for Cinnamon users! Cinnamon 1.3 has been released. This major update brings many improvements, new features and bug fixes. Below is a brief overview of the new features and major improvemets.

Applet improvements
Now, every component on Cinnamon panel is an applet. So, you can remove it, add third party applets or drag and re-arrange it to fit your need.

Settings Improvements
A lot of new features come to Cinnamon settings which let you to customize not only Cinnamon preferences, but also fonts, desktop icons, cursor theme, gtk themes, etc. It gained ne graphical user interface too that makes it more simple and without using more screen estate.

Menu Improvements
Cinnamon menu gained the following improvements:

• New hover delay preference
• Better icon sizes (crispier icons)
• Fixed menu size when the number of favorites is high
• More exhaustive search results

Other Improvements

• Panel launchers can now be re-ordered by drag & drop
• Improved visuals in the default theme
• Workspace navigation is now possible in scale mode (note that we’re still planning an Expo mode)
• Multiple bug fixes

Install Cinnamon 1.3 on Ubuntu
Ubuntu users can "taste" Cinnamon on his/her desktop by typing the following command:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install cinnamon

Once installed, there will be a new option called "Cinnamon" in login window, select it and give the new version of Cinnamon a try.

via: Linux Mint

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Sun Java 6 Now Can Be Installed on Ubuntu via PPA, Cinnamon too!

As we all know, Sun Java 6 are being removed from Ubuntu for the following reasons:

• As of August 24th 2011, Canonical no longer have permission to redistribute new Java packages as Oracle has retired the “Operating System Distributor License for Java”.
• Oracle has published an advisory about security issues in the version of Java currently in the partner archive. Some of these issues are currently being exploited in the wild.
• Due to the severity of the security risk, Canonical released a security update for the Sun JDK browser plugin which disables the plugin on all machines.
• In the near future, Canonical will remove all Sun JDK packages from the Partner archive. This will be accomplished by pushing empty packages to the archive, so that the Sun JDK will be removed from all users machines when they do a software update. Users of these packages who have not migrated to an alternative solution will experience failures after the package updates have removed Oracle Java from the system.

Install Sun Java 6 on Ubuntu via PPA
Of course, this news brings some panic to many Ubuntu users, but don't worry! You can still install Sun Java 6 via PPA:

• sudo apt-add-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/java
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

The above PPA contains Sun Java 6 package for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin!

Install Cinnamon on Ubuntu via PPA
There is also another news about Cinnamon, it can be installed on Ubuntu via PPA with some addition "Cinnamon Settings" for easy Cinnamon configuration.

By installing via PPA, you can have the latest release of Cinnamon while updating your system.

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install cinnamon cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings

The above PPA can only work with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

via: Ubuntugeek and WebUpd8

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Give Cinnamon a New Look with Minty Theme

On my past two posts, we've talked about what Cinnamon is and how to install it on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and openSUSE. If you have not heard yet about Cinnamon please click here. Lazy to read whole post? Here's a brief description:

Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME Shell developed by Linux Mint Team that brings innovative features of GNOME Shell and simple layout of GNOME 2.

Cinnamon is a good innovation which is trying to combine the hi-tech GNOME Shell and simplicity of GNOME 2. Unfortunately, Cinnamon can not use usual GNOME Shell themes, if you force it, there will be something messy on "Application Launcher". So today, I'd like to share s new theme created for Cinnamon called "Minty".

As you can see at the picture above, this theme have a "minty" green highlight color and a clean look interface.It's suitable for you who are looking for latest GNOME version with simple and lightning fast interface.

Install Minty theme on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
Ubuntu Oneiric users can install Minty theme easily by typing the following command:

• sudo apt-add-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install cinnamon-theme-minty

Although, Cinnamon is usable by now, it's in early development stage. You might encounter some bugs, errors or another annoying stuff. Please use with your own risk!

Regards.

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Cinnamon Can Be Installed on Fedora and openSUSE too!

Let's have a brief review:

Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME Shell developed by Linux Mint Team that brings innovative features of GNOME Shell and simple layout of GNOME 2.

Recently, I have written about how to install Cinnamon on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. If you are using Fedora or openSUSE you might be interested in install Cinnamon on your system. Does it work? Of course, Yes!. Today, I'd like to share my blog walking experience at WebUpd8 on how to install Cinnamon on Fedora and openSUSE.

Install Cinnamon on Fedora:
Simply add a repository created by Fedora user to your system and then install Cinnamon. You can do those steps by typing the following command:

• su -
• curl http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/leigh123linux/cinnamon/fedora-cinnamon.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-cinnamon.repo
• yum install cinnamon

Once installed, please logout, select Cinnamon on "Session" and then login back.

Install Cinnamon on openSUSE:
First thing first, download Cinnamon from here. Once downloaded double click on it to add Cinnamon and some GNOME Shell extensions repository on your system.

If you want GNOME Shell extension get activated on your system, please fire up dconf-editor and navigate to "org > cinnamon > enabled extensions"and add the extensions you want to enable, e.g.:

• ['system-monitor@paradoxxx.zero.gmail.com', 'apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org', 'dock@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org', 'drive-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org', 'places-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org', 'windowsNavigator@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org', 'xrandr-indicator@gnome-shell-extensions.gnome.org']

via: WebUpd8

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Cinnamon: Bring GNOME2-Like Layout on GNOME Shell

Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME Shell developed by Linux Mint Team that brings innovative features of GNOME Shell and simple layout of GNOME 2. Before we jump into the rest of article, please take a look at the figure below.

As you can see, Cinnamon comes with single panel contains "menu" button on the left, followed by "quick launch" icons and window list. Indicator applet and another notification icon is positioned on the right of panel. Pretty simple, huh? Application launcher is simplified too, with single large box containing installed applications shortcut, favorite applications, and session control to logout, etc.

Installing on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
Although Cinnamon is developed and intended for Linux Mint, it can be installed on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. First thing first, install GNOME Shell by typing the following command:

• sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

Once installed correctly, please download the Cinnamon installer here. Download both "cinnamon" and "cinnamon-session" packages and install them:

• sudo dpkg -i cinnamon_1.1.2_i386.deb
• sudo dpkg -i cinnamon-session_1.0.0_all.deb

Now, you may logout and select "Cinnamon" on session choices when login.
Cinnamon is in early development, so use with your own risk!

Good luck!

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