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Cinnamon 5.2.2 announced
The 5.2.2 version of the Cinnamon desktop environment developed by Linux Mint , which
offers advanced innovative features, but continues the traditional user experience in some way,
has been announced. The new version, announced by Clement Lefebvre on github.com , was thus
made available. The release reportedly handles 3 file changes, 107 additions, and 1 deletion.While
expressing the happiness on behalf of the whole team and developers the release of the
version, users were requested not to hesitate about the feedback of the bugs they detected
regarding the new version that comes with various improvements and innovations.
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Cinnamon 5.2.1 announced
The 5.2.1 version of the Cinnamon desktop environment developed by Linux Mint , which
offers advanced innovative features, but continues the traditional user experience in some way,
has been announced. The new version, announced by Clement Lefebvre on github.com , was thus
made available. The release reportedly handles 2 file changes, 24 additions, and 1 deletion.
While expressing the happiness on behalf of the whole team and developers regarding the
release of the version, users were requested not to hesitate about the feedback of the
bugs they detected regarding the new version that comes with various improvements and innovations.
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Cinnamon 5.2 arrives preparing the desktop that Linux Mint 20.3 will use
Today, about five and a half months after the earlier version, the launch of Cinnamon
5.2. Although it is also used in many others, the cinnamon desktop achieved much of its
fame thanks to Linux Mint, an operating system based on Ubuntu in which a large number of
users took refuge when Canonical decided to make the leap to its Unity. It has come with
news for everything, such as an improved menu applet that now makes it easier for us to
navigate with the keyboard in languages ​​that are read from right to left.
Visual enhancements have also been introduced, such as symbolic icons for all applications,
the ability to hide application buttons by default and when the menu is closed, or support
for completing results only when the file system path entry is activated. Below you
have a list with the most outstanding news that have arrived alongside Cinnamon 5.2.
Cinnamon 5.2 Highlights
Improved the sound applet, also in languages ​​that are read from right to left.
The keyboard applet now shows the correct size of the icons when the panel is vertical.
Improvements to the Calendar applet, including support for the Evolution data server (GNOME).
The notifications applet now allows us to avoid showing the number of notifications
in the system tray. The grouped window list now automatically
updates the application group icon each time a new window is added to the group, among
other improvements. Scrolling can now be disabled in the Workspace
View applet. Python 3.10 support in the menu editor.
Improvements in the management of covers in applications like Spotify.
The Cinnamon 5.2 Code can now be downloaded from this link, but it is best to wait for
our Linux distribution to add the new packages to the official repositories. Linux Mint 20.3
will use it when its stable version arrives, a release that is scheduled for Christmas.
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Cinnamon 5.2 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New
Five and a half months after the release of Cinnamon 5.0, Linux Mint’s flagship desktop
environment has been updated to version 5.2, a major release that comes with new features
and many enhancements.
Cinnamon 5.2 is packed with an improved Menu applet that now features better keyboard navigation
for RTL (Right-to-Left) languages, symbolic icons for all apps, the ability to hide the
app buttons by default and when the menu is closed, support for displaying completion
results only when the file system path entry is enabled, and the ability to show refreshed
menu items while the menu is open.
Also improved in this release is the Sound applet, which no longer shows “Unknown Artist”
on the panel and improves both the media control buttons and player status label with RTL layouts,
as well as the Keyboard applet, which now correctly show icon sizes when the panel is
vertical.
The Calendar applet has been improved as well in Cinnamon 5.2 with support for GNOME’s
Evolution Data Server unified backend for apps that handle contacts, tasks, and calendar
information. Moreover, the Notifications applet received a new “Don’t show notification
count in tray” setting if you don’t want to see a notification count in the system
tray notification icon.
Cinnamon’s GWL (grouped windows list) component was also improved in this release to automatically
update the AppGroup icon every time a new window is added to the group, no longer force
the “New Window” option to be displayed, fix a window preview issue when the fade-out
effect is used, and to remove the redundant check when skipping the taskbar.
Among other noteworthy changes, Cinnamon 5.2 comes with an option to disable scrolling
in the workspace-switcher applet, the ability to check if a Cinnamon Spice is currently
enabled or not, the ability to disable Cinnamon as the default handler for notifications,
a new confirmation dialog when removing a panel, a new toggle to turn the window labels
on or off, and improved RTL support for the window button layout setting.
Cinnamon 5.2 also respects the PrefersNonDefaultGPU desktop entry when launching apps with either
the dedicated or integrated GPUs, adds support for Python 3.10 to the menu-editor, improves
window ordering with vertical panels, simplifies window animations, adds a radial shader effect
to the Lightbox, adds some styling to the Run dialog, and better handles album art for
the Spotify app.
When will Cinnamon 5.2 be available in my distro? Well, one thing is for sure, Linux
Mint 20.3 “Una” will ship with Cinnamon 5.2 by default, but, if you can’t wait until
its official release in December, you should be able to install it in Arch Linux in the
coming days.
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