Set desktop Cinnamon 3.0 in Ubuntu 16.04

Set desktop Cinnamon 3.0 in Ubuntu 16.04
 

After six months of development formed release user environment Cinnamon 3.0 , in which the developer community distribution Linux Mint is developing a fork shell GNOME Shell , the file manager Nautilus and the window manager Mutter , aimed at providing the environment in the classical style GNOME 2 c support successful interaction elements of the GNOME Shell . Cinnamon is based on components of the GNOME , but these components are supplied as periodically synchronized fork, no external dependencies associated with GNOME .

Desk Cinnamon 3.0 will be the default in the distribution Linux Mint 18 , which is scheduled to be released in May / June (the exact date is not reported by developers – on availability).

Edition Cinnamon 3.0 is not a cardinal, but there are some innovations vnёm.

The main innovations:

In the window manager as improvements related to the work of the mosaic mode (tiling), binding and grouping of windows, tracking window disclosed in full screen
Improved support for touchpads. Added the ability to configure separate scrolling modes with two fingers and moving along the edge of the touchpad, which is now enabled by default.
A new interface customization tools for people with disabilities and a new system of audio adjustments, which have been completely rewritten in Python using cinnamon-settings modules (previously configurators data were written in the C language), which significantly simplifies their maintenance. Of the 33 units setting only three modules are in C language, originating from the gnome-control-center: network configuration, screen color and Wacom tablet.

Implemented the ability to rename devices powered by battery. For example, all of Bluetooth-keyboard the default output with the name “Wireless Keyboard”, renaming solves the problem with the identification of the presence of several devices

support binding application handler for text files, with the code of documents and files.

In the panel added the ability to call additional steps in running applications (eg, opening incognito mode in the browser or write a new message in your email client)

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Enabled by default to use animated effects for menus and dialog boxes

on the host desktop applet with the implementation of photo frame adds the ability to scan photos in subdirectories, and a slide show.

Improved support for GTK 3.20, Spotify 1.0.27 and Viber

Set Desktop Cinnamon 3.0 in Ubuntu 16.04

Warning . Install additional environment (desktops) is not recommended in a working system. It is advisable to do this in the VirtualBox, either in a test system on a separate partition w / disk

Open a terminal, copy and run the following commands:.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: embrosyn / cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon cinnamon-core

Log surrounded Cinnamon on the installation is complete, close all applications, log out and in of the new login screen, select the Cinnamon :

Deleting Cinnamon

to delete an environment Cinnamon from the system, enter the environment Unity and run the following commands in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa: embrosyn / cinnamon
sudo apt update
sudo apt purge cinnamon cinnamon-core
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean

Source: http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2016/04/cinnamon-3-0-released/

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