Cinnamon 2.6: a Massive Update Loaded With Performance Improvements

jones_supa writes: The Linux Mint team has just announced that Cinnamon 2.6 desktop environment is considered stable and ready to download. It is a big update. The load times have been greatly improved and unnecessary calculations in the window management part are dropped, leading to a 40% reduction in the number of CPU wakes per second. Other improvements include a screensaver that does more than just lock the screen, panels that can be removed or added individually, a much better System Settings panel that should make things much clearer, a cool new effect for windows, and a brand new plugin manager for Nemo. Linux Mint users will receive the new Cinnamon as an update by the end of the month.

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Linux Mint? Cinnamon?

[ArcadeMan]

Does mint even go with cinnamon? It's always chocolate+mint or apple+cinnamon...

Re:Linux Mint gets it right.

[ArcadeMan]

I've installed Ubuntu on my mother's laptop to replace Windows Vista. Since she never had a computer before Windows Vista, she didn't have any problem with it being "different" from earlier Windows versions. But even so, she's been more happy with Ubuntu than with Windows.

I wish people would stop with the "useful software" argument, it's almost a joke meme at this point. Home users who only need a computer for Internet-based activities don't need ultra-specialized software that's only available on Windows or OS X.

Re:Linux Mint gets it right.

[Anonymous Coward]

Most people can't install Windows themselves.

And if they're the type that could install Windows themselves, they can install Linux themselves.

And if they're the type where you're installing Linux on their old laptop, I doubt they are going to ask 'Where's my proprietary business software X?', they most likely will ask 'and which is the button for facebook?'