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So we recommended using ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon PPA, which contains Cinnamon 4.2.4 package and higher version than universe repo. On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the Cinnamon desktop packages are also available under the universe repository, but it contains an older version of the desktop. The above steps will complete the Cinnamon desktop installation on Ubuntu systems. Press ‘y’ for any confirmation prompted by the installer.

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sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment This will also add multiple dependencies to your system.

Finally, install the Cinnamon desktop on your Ubuntu system.

The above command will already do it but in case it is not updated, execute the below command.

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Next, update the apt cache on your system.Enable the Universe PPA on the Ubuntu Bionic system.First, add the PPA to your system with the following command. Installing Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 and AboveĬinnamon stable packages for the latest Ubuntu distributions are available under universe PPA. You can also follow these steps on the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 18.04 LTS systems. This article will help you for installing the Cinnamon desktop environment in Ubuntu systems. Similar to other desktops Cinnamon also offers multiple desktops called “workspaces.” It is fast to load and works smoothly on older hardware.

It uses desklets, for single applications for the desktop like a weather app, photo frames, and clocks.Ĭinnamon desktop is supported by most of the modern Linux distributions including Ubuntu.

Cinnamon provides a beautiful and feature-rich user interface. It is actively been developed by the Linux Mint team. The project was originally derived from the GNOME 3 Shell. Launch the ‘Screenlets Manager’ from ‘Applications > Accessories > Screenlets Manager’.Cinnamon is a popular desktop environment based on GTK. Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install screenlets python-rsvg Sudo apt-add-repository ppa:screenlets-dev/ppa

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To make use in Ubuntu 9.10 through to Ubuntu 11.04 add ‘ppa:screenlets-dev/ppa’ to your software sources (Ubuntu Software Centre > Edit > Software Sources> Add New) or open a Terminal ( Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter the following two lines separately, entering your user password when prompted: Whilst this may contain bugs it will also contain fixes, features and new screenlets sooner than anywhere else. The best, and recommended, way of installing the newly updated version of Screenlets is to add the official development PPA.

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The theme works with the ‘Impulse ‘PulseAudio’ Visualisation Screenlet’ ( Download here) and adds a cool circular, spinning and audio-reactive visualizer to your desktop. And, to give credit, it is very neat and very bling-y. The author of this theme calls it ‘one of the most amazing pieces of eye candy’. But what it does do is tell you the weather without looking garish. Yeah – it doesn’t look glossy or fancy and nor does it spin, speak or run a set command when it starts raining.

Wide WeatherĪnother ‘default’ choice now: meet WideWeather Screenlet. one with sky in).īetter still it is now included by default in the newly updated Screenlets package – so it’s painless to give it a try. I’ll confess: this Moon phase screenlet isn’t exactly ‘new’ but it does look pretty swish when placed on the right kind of wallpaper (i.e.

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If you’re an Android fan – or just like the look of this ‘stock android clock skin’ – add it to your clock’s ‘themery’ and make reading the time less offensive on the eyes. Most, like the stock Gmail theme mentioned above, suffer from looking out-dated and poorly designed. The default Clock widget that ships with screenlets it comes with a multitude of themes. For reasons unknown we seem to forever been in need of knowing the time and whilst the clock applet that ships that is sat on the desktop panel is nice, it isn’t bling-y enough! That’s why I’ve swapped it out for this sophisticated, and much smaller, version by ~ luisperu9.ĭownload Gmail Screenlet Android clock themeĬlocks, clocks, clocks. The default Gmail widget shipped with Screenlets is horribly dated and horrendously large in size. In honour of Screenlets getting a much-needed kick up the posterior we present five widgets (and/or themes) we think are pretty neat. Sadly over the last few years a lack of development and direction has lead to the project falling out of favour with users.īut thanks to the work of a reinvigorated Screenlets Development Team new life has been breathed into the stagnant project, resulting in some fantastic new screenlets and changes for us to enjoy on our desktops. Screenlets, the desktop widget framework for Linux, was once the apple of eye-candy fans everywhere.