linuxmint/cinnamon
A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
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Where it stands
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2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 356 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a Linux desktop environment with a traditional layout built on modern technology and innovative features.
- Delivers a familiar and comfortable user experience by combining classic desktop design with advanced underlying technology.
- Use for creating a user-friendly Linux desktop that appeals to users preferring a traditional interface similar to GNOME 2.
- Use for developing or customizing a modern Linux desktop environment with a focus on usability and innovation.
- Use for integrating a stable, GPL-licensed desktop environment into Linux distributions targeting desktop users.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 2.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
Cinnamon is a Linux desktop that provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.
The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2 with underlying technology forked from the GNOME Shell. Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy-to-use and comfortable desktop experience.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
935+41
Open issues
818-105
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| linuxmint/cinnamon | 5.6K | — | 35 | today |
| Category median | 48.4K | +6.2K | 44 | — |
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