Linux Mint reveals redesigned application menu for the Cinnamon desktop environment
Mar 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Linux Mint reveals redesigned application menu for the Cinnamon desktop environment

Linux Mint has initiated a redesign of the Cinnamon application menu, anticipated to debut with the forthcoming Cinnamon 6.6 release. The updated menu showcases an expanded side panel that reveals full names of pinned icons and includes standard home folders. Additionally, screen lock, log out, and shutdown buttons have been relocated to the bottom of the app browser, while the side panel now displays the user's name and avatar.

In related news, Linux Mint has alerted users about an upcoming expiration of a root certificate used by Firefox on March 14, 2025. This expiration will affect Firefox versions 128 and lower, potentially causing significant issues. To prevent such problems, users are advised to keep their systems updated via the Update Manager, with Firefox 135.0.1 currently available on all supported Linux Mint releases.

Mar 3, 2025 by Paul

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Linux Mint is a widely-used desktop Linux distribution, known for its modern, elegant, and user-friendly interface. It aims to provide a powerful yet easy-to-use operating system. Based on Ubuntu, it offers a Windows-like experience and supports Nvidia drivers. Rated 4.7, Linux Mint's latest release is Wilma (22). Top alternatives include Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora.

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mimumu
Mar 3, 2025
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Looks good. I have always jumped from Gnome to Plasma and back again. Maybe it's time for me to give Cinnamon a chance.

UserPower
Mar 3, 2025
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Mint, one of the best Linux distro, has always kept the same old-school interface (for all its DE: Cinnamon, Xfce and Mate). It's coherent to its stable model over new features, but the overall look is outdated and dull (especially since the flat-design era) and there is not a lot of customization options offered. Even if touch-inspired interfaces, with fewer but larger buttons, have became the norm, and have not always improved readability, adding some colors to improving clarity could only be a good thing, as long as many basic features are not removed for the sake of "simplicity" (that often makes simple tasks more difficult). However, I do not worry since Mint has added more new features theses last years that has ever removed.

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