This guide will take you through how to install Cinnamon desktop environment on Ubuntu 24.04|22.04|20.04. Cinnamon is a popular GTK-based desktop environment. The project was based on the GNOME 3 Shell at first. The Linux Mint team is actively working on it. Cinnamon has a lovely and feature-rich user interface. It employs desklets, which are single desktop applications such as weather apps, photo frames, and clocks. Most modern Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, support the Cinnamon desktop. It loads quickly and runs smoothly on older hardware. Cinnamon, like other desktops, provides multiple desktops known as “workspaces.”
Features of Cinnamon Desktop Environment
The following are some awesome features of Cinnamon Desktop Environment:
- It has desktop effects, such as composition-based animations, transition effects, and transparency;
- The left, right, top, and bottom edges of the screen can be used to move panels that include the system tray, window lists, launchers, and main menu.
- Has panel applets that show up.
- Overview featuring features akin to those found in GNOME Shell.
- Use the scroll wheel to adjust volume and brightness while hovering at the corresponding taskbar icon.
- It has Hot corners on the screen
- With the setting editor, you can customize the following:
- The panel
- The calendar
- Themes
- Desktop effects
- Applets
- Extensions
Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 24.04|22.04|20.04
Installing the Cinnamon Desktop Environment involves a few steps. Follow the given steps below for the successful installation of the Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 24.04|22.04|20.04.
Update the Ubuntu 24.04|22.04|20.04 system
Cinnamon Desktop Environment packages for Ubuntu can be found in the operating system’s repositories. All that remains is to update the cache and begin the installation.
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt upgrade -yInstall Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 24.04|22.04|20.04
Next, install Cinnamon by running the below command:
###Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 24.04|22.04###
sudo apt install task-cinnamon-desktop -y
###Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 20.04###
sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment -yThe installation will take some minutes so be patient. After the installation, reboot your computer;
sudo reboot nowAccess the Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 22.04|20.04
Once you’ve rebooted the system, you can now launch the Cinamon by clicking the settings button below as in the screenshot below. In the list of available Desktop Environments on the login screen, choose “Cinnamon.”
After logging in, you will now be able to see Cinnamon Desktop Environment.
Install screenfetch, then review the results:
sudo apt install screenfetch -yNow run;
screenfetchSample Output;
You’re done!
Conclusion
Our installation of Cinnamon is prepared for use, and by adjusting the settings, you may create an environment that is tailored to your needs while using the fewest resources possible. Play around and enjoy the Cinnamon Environment.
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