Cinnamon
 Cinnamon 6 on Linux Mint 21.3 | |
| Initial release date | 26 November 2011 |
|---|---|
| Latest release version | 6.0.4 |
Cinnamon is a desktop environment created by the Linux Mint team for Linux and UNIX-based operating systems. It was released into the Linux Mint repositories in May 2011, and officially made the default desktop environment for Linux Mint in May 2012. It originated as a fork of the GNOME Shell, with the Linux Mint team aiming to provide a more familiar and user-friendly desktop experience.
Adoption[edit | edit source]
| Distribution | Since | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Arch does not provide a GUI by default, it is available in the repositories. |
| Artix Linux | — | Available as a GUI option on the download page. |
| CentOS | — | — |
| Debian | Debian 8 | — |
| EndeavourOS | — | — |
| Fedora | — | Available as a spin, and also included in repositories. |
| FreeBSD | — | — |
| Funtoo Linux | — | — |
| Gentoo Linux | — | — |
| Linux Mint | Linux Mint 12 / LMDE 1 | — |
| Mageia | — | — |
| Manjaro | — | — |
| OpenMandriva | — | — |
| openSUSE | — | — |
| Pardus | — | — |
| Sabayon | — | Sabayon was officially discontinued in November 2020. |
| Ubuntu | Ubuntu Cinnamon 19.10 | Ubuntu Cinnamon is released as a flavor of Ubuntu. |
| Void Linux | — | — |