How to Install Cinnamon 3.0 Desktop Environment in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Share
  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The final release of the Cinnamon 3.0 desktop environment was launched last week, tagged as ready for deployment as part of the upcoming Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” operating system.

As usual, we were the first to report on its new features. We thus know that, being a major release and all that, Cinnamon 3.0 packs a few interesting goodies, such as a brand new Sound settings panel rewritten in Python, support for muting all volume controls at once, or the renaming of the “Natural scrolling” Touchpad option to “Reverse scrolling direction.”

Other exciting new features introduced in Cinnamon 3.0 include the ability to disable all extensions at once, two-finger scrolling and edge-scrolling support for modern laptops, the ability to rename battery powered devices, better GTK 3.20 support, as well as many useful… (read more)

Remember to like our facebook and our twitter @ubuntufree for a chance to win a free Ubuntu laptop by Dell or HP!

Top Trending Pages: Ubuntu Downloads | Ubuntu How To Guide | Download Ubuntu Software | Share Ubuntu Files With Windows