This week, Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre added Cinnamon 3.2 to GitHub page of the project, which means that the next version of this graphical environment is already finished and that any experienced user who wants to can download the source code and test it. Its official launch will take place together with Linux Mint 18.1 Serena, the new version of this popular operating system that will arrive at the end of the year.
The most outstanding novelty, or the one that will stand out the most, is the support for vertical panels, of which you have an image heading this post. As you can see in the image, you can put the panels on the left and right of the desktop, something that personally I have never liked. On the other hand, it will also be able to play sounds when displaying notifications, it will arrive with a applet Improved keyboard, a setting for new menu animations, and improved Xlet settings.
Cinnamon 3.2 Coming in late 2016
Cinnamon 3.2 will also include the following new features:
- Improvements in the change of workspaces.
- Simplified background manager.
- Keyboard navigation through contextual menus.
- Updated app settings and indicators.
- Support to show the percentage near the slider of the volume.
- Effect vfade default.
- The position of the system notifications on the tray has been fixed.
- Notifications no longer depend on GConf.
- Users can launch the Cinnamon settings even if there is no panel available.
- Most applets and components will arrive with a new layer to support the new function of vertical panels.
- New function called "Peek at desktop" that will allow us to see one of our active desktops.
- bin utils from Cinnamon has been converted to Python 3.
- Support for GTK + 3.
Just today I decided to try Linux Mint MATE and I am loving how it works. Personally, I don't see myself using Cinnamon 3.2 because my computer is not very powerful, but the next version of the Linux Mint graphical environment will come with many interesting news that are worth taking into account, especially for those who already use it on their PC. If you want to try Cinnamon 3.2, you can do it by downloading its code from the GitHub page that we added at the beginning of this post.