Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Linux Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 Based Distro using PPA

Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Linux Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 Based Distro using PPA

Cinnamon is a GTK+-based desktop environment. It originally started as a fork of the GNOME Shell, which is a user interface and was initially developed by (and for) Linux Mint. Cinnamon provides many features, including: Desktop effects, including animations and transition effects; A movable panel equipped with a main menu, launchers, a window list and the system tray; Various extensions; Applets that appear on the panel; Overview with functions similar to that in GNOME Shell; and Settings editor for easy customization. It can customize: The panel, The calendar, Themes, Desktop effects, Applets, Extensions.

The official release notes highlight some of the bigger changes, including: 

• Cinnamon desktop starts with “zoom” animation
• 30 memory leaks fixed as part of code review
• ‘Super+e’ shortcut opens ‘Home’ folder
• Desktop font can now be changes
• Timeout in ‘Logout dialog’ has been removed
• ‘Theme and Background’ settings redesigned
• Background slideshow support (plus new panel applet controller)
• ‘Notification and Privacy’ settings pane added

For more information on the major Cinnamon Changes in the upcoming version 2.4 please consult this page.

The Nemo file manager also benefits from the following improvements:

• Redesigned toolbar
• ‘nemo-emblems‘ extension supports adding emblems to folders
• Sidebar hover highlight effects
• ‘Smarter dynamic bookmark section’ in sidebar
• Folder colours can be quickly configured using nemo-folder-color-switcher (not yet released)

To Install Cinnamon 2.4 in Linux Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 Based Distro using PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

Already have Cinnamon installed? I’d advise running the following command in lieu of the one above. This will ensure that any package conflicts are automatically resolved by the package manager:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Installed and want shot? That’s easy enough; you can remove Cinnamon 2.4 and the bulk of its configuration files, dependencies and cruft by running this command:

sudo apt-get purge cinnamon

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