The Cinnamon Desktop 3.2 was released two weeks ago. There’s now a stable PPA to make it easy to install it in Ubuntu 16.04 and/or Ubuntu 16.10.
Cinnamon 3.2 is a massive release with hundreds of changes, it brings support for vertical panels, the ability to play sound effects when displaying notifications, revamped Keyboard applet, a setting for the new menu animations.
Other features include:
- new “Peek at desktop” feature
- workspace switcher improvements
- simplified background manager
- keyboard navigation for context menus
- updated appindicators and settings
- support for displaying percentage next to the volume slider
- hover delay functionality to hot corners.
- For more details, see the changelog
How to install Cinnamon 3.2 in Ubuntu:
For Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10, there’s now stable build PPA available. Just open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the commands below to install it:
1. Run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
Type your password when it asks (no visual feedback), and you may take a look at the PPA description before hitting Enter to continue.
2. Then update package index and install Cinnamon Desktop:
sudo apt update sudo apt install cinnamon
Once installed, log out and select log in back with Cinnamon session.
Uninstall:
To uninstall the Cinnamon Desktop, simply run apt command with remove flag:
sudo apt remove cinnamon && sudo apt autoremove
And the PPA can be removed by going to System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Other Software tab.
