How To Make Cinnamon Beautiful ...

[@ProgrammerInProgress]

I made mine into Windows XP for a laugh one weekend, then just left it like that

[@samarnagar9699]

This

[@c7dmz30]

same happened to me

[@mklys2662]

same happened to me

[@rizzhi.]

same happened to me

[@MuseHijinks]

I miss XP, bros...

[@marlonese]

Theming Cinnamon is just superior IMO. Gnome doesn't let you theme all apps for no reason, on KDE theming is unnecessarily complicated and on Cinnamon it's just perfect. Drag your stuff into icons or themes and apply it to one of the four categories. No hassle, no PhD needed, just works.

[@MichaelNROH]

Cinnnamon still uses more GTK3 apps, which is why it works so well. GNOME is still mid-transitition to GTK4, which is themed differently and still has a lot of changes due to its delevlopment. At some point it's probably gonna be the same

[@marlonese]

Really hoping so! Love me a uniform look 😁

[@agoniavr]

I really liked the video and discovered some interesting Applets, but as a Mint/Cinnamon lover that also thinks it looks WAY too old by default I found a quick way to make it look more modern without changing so much stuff. Simply choose the "Mint-Y-Light-Dark" theme, then the "Papirus-Dark" icons (HUGE boost in terms of freshness, and both included in the default Mint Cinnamon installation), move the Start menu and docked programs to the center (like in Windows 11) and with the right greyscale wallpaper the OS looks 10 years younger with settings you can change in less than a minute! Not taking anything away from your video of course, I love theming and this one you showed came out really nice, just wanted to add something super quick I do to my Mint computers that I want to keep close to stock without looking like Windows '98 :)

[@DevJeremi]

For me having start on center is the stranges idea that M$ ever got.

[@agoniavr]

@@DevJeremi well, it's a matter of preference but I can totally see why you think that. It was the same for me when I used only Windows and first experienced that change, as I always swore by the bottom left positioning of the Start button and menu since Windows '98. My preferences changed when I got Windows 11 as soon as it got released, then I added a M1 Mac Mini to my setup and I started using Fedora/GNOME more and more. I got back to Mint from Fedora since then, but at that point it was the only DE where my menu was on the bottom left by default and it kinda felt both odd and outdated to me, which is why I moved it to the center.

[@saberspecter]

I'm considering switching to Mint. This is very helpful as I didn't know it was that customizable.

[@eitanbirman1195]

Well if you're on Arch you can just use Cinnamon

[@PCs454]

no need so switch. just do sudo install cinnamon

[@CoolyCools]

not gonna lie, if you wanna use cinnamon you have to use linux mint. I tried cinnamon on arch and theres way too many missing things which are only on linux mint

[@gelbphoenix]

@PCs454 Cinnamon under Mint has some features that aren't in the other distros implementation of Cinnamon. Like e.g. uninstalling applications right from the starter.

[@PCs454]

@@gelbphoenix oh. hm guess so. but like you can also uninstall from the store page too right

[@martindjakovic7052]

Wow, I had no idea cinnamon was this customizable. Kinda makes me want to try it out.

[@laletemanolete]

My mint uses: - Graphite desktop and apps theme. - Tela circle icon theme. - Panel on top. - Planck (dock) centered at the bottom.

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

I use Metatron-Purple for desktop and apps theme, Bibata-Oringinal-Classic for mouse cursor, and Mint-Y-Pink for icons (would like a pink papirus-style iconset though).

[@DevJeremi]

I love themes made by LinuxMint team, the only changes I made it only one panel on top with grupping windows at center and Cinnamenu instead of build one menu. For themes I use Faded-Dream theme on panel to make it transparent, Mint- L-Dark-Blue Gtk to match it and Mint-Y-Sand for Icons.

[@cubeskywalker4953]

Great job showing off one of my favorite desktop environments! I honestly don't change a lot of the aesthetics of the default look of cinnamon. But one thing I did do for nostalgia is change the log in and log out sounds to Windows 2000 log in and out sounds. It always makes me happy hearing those sounds!

[@noxietech]

Edit: How to make Cinnamon look like GNOME

[@PiotrWieczorekSettlers]

The answer is update to Cinnamon 6.4

[@Periplaneta-0]

Ya they hate gnome and customize other de like gnome

[@PoeLemic]

Thanks for a spectacular video about customizing Cinnamon. I just didn't know it was this quick and easy to make it just exactly how many of us would like it. But, I'm a Noob, so I'm learning.

[@ObjectsCountries]

i personally used the "cinnamon dynamic wallpaper" extension when i was on cinnamon, which changes the wallpaper depending on the time of day there's also an equivalent for kde plasma if you know where to look

[@MichaelNROH]

That'a a nice one

[@ArkboiX]

man, compiz windows, magic lamp are some super cool extensions that i used on kde, and i found out i could use them on cinnamon too, and the jasper theme, which makes apps look modern is so cool!

[@YoutubeEnjoyer1]

Man, I've been using mint for a while with a few customization's, but I learned a few things from this video to maximize my efficiency and make my desktop look a little bit more modern. Thanks!

[@hooldenord]

Thanks for this excellent tutorial. I've been using KDE since version 3.5, but it's nice to see that Cinnamon is also highly customizable.

[@Dev-DDS]

Cinnamon never looked so good. Makes me want to actually use it.

[@شهيواتبسيطة-ي4و]

Conky and Plank are really great extensions for more customization

[@LongFangs-nt4hy]

If conky is what enables wobbly windows, I am all for it. With my poor eyesight, these sort of visual things make me focus better (and smile a lot)

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

Conky Manager 2 is great for managing Conky also. :)

[@xdweed5495]

The Mint team is doing a great job. They will probably fork GNOME apps and make GTK4 apps without things like libAdwaita. If Cinnamon gets big enough, it will probably be something like what GNOME would have been like if it still had its old philosophy. Like GTK-based KDE. The Mint team and Cinnamon should be supported.

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

I like Cinnamon and Budgie. They are basically what Gnome should of been like. More customizable out of the box, but still easy to use unlike KDE Plasma.

[@somhrsh]

Holy, i just switched to mint 1 weeks ago and couldn’t figure out how most people have a center time and dock, this video found me just in time

[@Lohlund]

I was literally thinking about installing Linux Mint on my Laptop yesterday hoping it would fix a issue I've been having with other distros but didn't because I am not a big fan of the Desktop (I want a KDE version of Linux Mint). After having watched this video I will probably install Linux Mint soon :)

[@danielpetre3574]

Thanks for the video it's great. I've been using Mint for a few months and yes it's really great.

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

And Merry Christmas to you, too Michael.

[@ChrisFredriksson]

Great video Michael! How about a video on how to make Cinnamon and/or Gnome look and "feel" like Windows and see how close you get to a 100%? 😋

[@henrylonghead]

Not going to lie, I like the default more.

[@marcelorauber_]

I just don't like the icons and I always change them. Currently I only put apps in the center of the menu. Simplicity is Cinnamon's strong point.

[@CalmSnow_]

Great video Michael, I've tried Cinnamon before and It was hard for me to customize it, I found Gnome better tho, but Cinnamon has some pretty good features.

[@rbartig]

Much improved, thank you.

[@MrPlazma]

Good timing for this video, considering the default cinnamin will change its design. On a serious note, very epic suggestions

[@Keizer_Soze]

awesome video, thanks michael

[@parichay.a]

Interesting. Cinnamon is not my favorite, but based on this video I am tempted to give it a try sometime in the future.

[@ramboi9498]

Nicely done

[@originalnamegoeshere]

4:25 if you're confident with the command line you can install the papirus theme in terminal by using the command "sudo apt install papirus-icon-theme"

[@themonyodeville1486]

looks good. i think i wanna try this

[@C0SSTY]

2 panels is just waste of space imo

[@rizalm.s.5994]

@@C0SSTY technically, it's just one panel since the bottom one is on autohide. But I personally like only one vertical panel to save vertical space.

[@ytchannel6569]

I put my dash on top panel but only opened apps are showing. I still launch apps from overview dash.

[@GX27-69]

I do daily drive cinnamon desktop and have added my own customization to make it my own

[@cugansteamid6252]

Hey Michael, that's cool man, thanks for this.

[@richard1311]

"Open up the web browser of your choice-" MY EYES!!!

[@satellitelazarus]

This has so much good customization! Changed most of it, but didn't want a bottom panel and kept default menu. Though, I used to be able to open up my pinned programs with Super+Number. However, now when I do that it starts searching for some reason.

[@chorba]

It's like Gnome and KDE had a child

[@hopelessdecoy]

Messing with the CSS of themes to make it your own is also fun!

[@FO0TMinecraftPVP]

Can you make a video about linux mint security and how to make it more secure

[@del669]

Thanks!!

[@doveofdestiny]

Could you do a cinnamon vs kde comparison?

[@WizardGCruz]

I personally love cinnamon catppuccin theme

[@Killerhippo111]

Why aren’t the bottom corners of all the windows rounded? Is it possible to change that? Could you display a rounded black corner on the desktop screen's edge?

[@ikuvaito]

I love Linux Mint and how much customization it supports. It would be my desktop of choice if only it was better suited for multi-monitor setup. The fact that you cannot have the panels appear on all the screens, or at least have multiple instances of same applets is awful. Really makes it difficult to hop to other applications or adjust things like sound settings while having a full-screen application open, like a game.

[@xgui4-studios]

yeah ... multi-monitor on linux just suck ....

[@John7No]

Cinnamon is probably the middle ground between gnome and ode. I have to wait though till they release a wayland version because the x11 with 4k and scaling still has screen tearing

[@rubendsouza6495]

So I have been using Linux mint with gnome desktop environments it works great with the Gnome look and feel

[@Dan01-01]

Cinnamon over plasma

[@no_name4796]

Debatable Cinnamon better then gnome sure

[@Jetway-Yefan]

no

[@wikwayer]

hilarious

[@PatriceGraczyk]

Linux Mint over Ubuntu

[@fabricio4794]

​@@no_name4796 Gnome is a prison,Cinammon is freedom.

[@tbsschiro1393]

Thanks!

[@BWGPEI]

Helpful - oh yes!

[@shadyKING057]

Only thing that hate and biggest reason why i prefer pop os to linux mint is icons. I want keep system icons as Linux Mint intended but also i want to keep all other applications that i install with icons that developer provided. I like everything to be NATIVE, and Linux Mint doesn't give me that opportunity.

[@mapu1]

You know that you can change what icon you use, right? If your doing half and half, you might have to set them manually, so it take a bit of effort, but you can just set whatever icon you want. Just click properties and click on the big icon picture in the basic menu (first one that opens), then put in whatever picture you want.

[@shadyKING057]

@mapu1 Currently im not on linux mint but i can say that i tried it, but i wasnt able to change icons for apps that i installed on desktop. Maybe i can do this in specific location but i didn't find it

[@shadyKING057]

@@mapu1 And this is not really cool to find and change every icon manually

[@CoolyCools]

​@@shadyKING057change the icon theme? try papirus

[@DildoraIbodullayeva-d5x]

KDE is the most customizable desktop in linux, however theming in KDE is weird. Most themes look unstable or inconsistent except the default breeze theme. Theming in GTK desktops is better. Cinnamon is the best option for this. I very like GTK + Orchis dark theme (black + macos+solid version). The only problem with cinnamon, it's currently not good at providing a great wayland experience for now. I know it will change soon! I also hope they will remain the incredible touchpad gestures customization in wayland too

[@TaxiDiver100]

You just recreated Pantheon desktop basically

[@deathtopigdogz]

Can anyone tell me if Mint has the ability to change the power plan with a single click, like in Ubuntu? How to set it up?

[@diurtydantv8061]

Is there a way to get rid of the blur effect on image thumbnails in the file manager? I do a lot of work with Minecraft textures and low resolution files look awful when blurred.

[@GIRGHGH]

Does anybody have some themes to suggest that include image thumbnail previews for folder icons? It's a feature of windows 10 I really enjoy and would love to see for my linux system to make navigating folders full of pictures easier.

[@gbncondor88]

How do you use all the Threads, the processors? On Windows you can choose from 1 to 4 having 4... I use 4... on Linux Mint can you make this choice? How do I know if I'm using the CPU at 100%, the performance of my PC?

[@MichaelNROH]

You always do if it's needed. Same on Windows. The core choice that can be set in Task Manager or the system monitor on Linux Mint (right click on the program) is only for advanced users and mostly apply to limiting performance manually or it is a measure against licensing whereas a software is licensed against the number of cores

[@CesarPeron]

CinnaGnome

[@referralacc1033]

Kde can be as simple as possible and if you want to customize you can replicate it to look like any DE. I used cinnamon for 2 months and got bored.

[@Afurai_]

"Especially someone switching for the first time." Yeah Windows refugees aren't going to like their "Start" panel up top, not a majority of users at least..

[@Shaker-qw3mm]

Thanks for making this vid! It would be great to also have a quick overview of what you can do with KDE Plasma in terms of customization.

[@GreyHoodie937]

A quick overview of KDE customization would be an hour long at least

[@ZKRZAYAN]

@@Shaker-qw3mm he has done it - check out his 'replicating GNOME in KDE' video. This is also like replicating GNOME in Cinnamon. There's just something about GNOME UI that's just addicting if you use GNOME and like it. I customized my KDE setup to be GNOME, with my own couple tweaks.

[@MichaelNROH]

I think I already covered most features several times already

[@ellef9331]

I've read that Cinnamon is pretty much stuck on X11 and won't see Wayland unless someone does a full rewrite of the code. Any thoughts on this? Imo its not really a DE of the future if it will stay that way.

[@MichaelNROH]

That's probably a hoax, since they already rolled out an experimental Wayland session which kind of works

[@ellef9331]

@@MichaelNROH Kind of? Is it sort of a compatability layer or a native rewrite? 😄

[@MichaelNROH]

@@ellef9331 No it's experimental. Wayland is just a protocol and a compositor that handles it. The compositor is just not done

[@xycoflos]

welp, first time ever using linux, donk know alot and your videos realy helped me ! thankss :3

[@deod087]

lol, I recently switched to Ubuntu Cinnamon and then u made a video about the DE xD

[@casadogaspar]

Would not be easier to install Pantheon? Never understood these people who install Gnome and procede to try make it looks like windows and install KDE and try to emulate MacOS.

[@LazzyNerd]

Please make video on optimising linux mint for older laptops. I have i38th 256gb ssd Asus laptop

[@AR_-xi5xg]

If linux mint supports wayland, i would love to use it

[@mihairomulus2488]

i mean it has a wayland session

[@vikkran401]

​@@mihairomulus2488that is still very experimental, outdated and do not offer the same experience as something like Plasma or even Hyprland offers.

[@matheusmoraes2316]

Too much trouble to look a little descent. Imagine if there’s a problem with your applets and you have to reset them and by doing so, it breaks your taskbar. This happened to me and is one of the reasons why I prefer KDE instead. It offers a great UI by default without having to spend a lot of time customizing it. Nice customization though!

[@Destide]

Enable wobbly windows job done

[@Internat-doener-federation]

Ich persönlich finde kde plasma für ex-windows user besser.😅

[@thefanboy3285]

But that's just Gnome with extra steps 🤨 or Mate

[@ZKRZAYAN]

Kinda.... but for me, I'm one of those who can't get enough of GNOME UI.

[@Aoitori365]

"how to make cinnamon look like gnome"

[@docilelikewintercatfish]

i'll change it to Windows 95 :)

[@Malik.Jalolov]

It would be great if you do the same with mint xfce)))

[@MichaelNROH]

XFCE is on the list, but it's gonna be a while

[@marcd419]

Great video! I'd love to see a similar video for MATE 💙

[@jmacdono]

MATE, really? And I guess while we're already in 1998, we might as well do one for Xfce.

[@marcd419]

@jmacdono And people wonder why no one wants to move to Linux ... too much negativity in the community. I have a few older laptops mixed in with my newer ones including a 2014 MacBook Air that can't run Cinnamon but does just fine with MATE. I'll likely be passing this down, keeping more e waste out of the trash, and I'm sure whomever gets it will be more than happy to have a functional machine and if I can "jazz" it up with better looking graphics, that's even more of a positive

[@samarnagar9699]

You don't need to gnomify everything

[@henrylonghead]

Yeah, you don't. Somebody might.

[@jmacdono]

Yes you do, because it is the best look for a modern Linux OS.

[@mihairomulus2488]

@@jmacdono nah

[@Lanzetsu]

@@jmacdono As a joke it was funny, Gnome is the worst looking and customizable DE out there, this video reminded me of Homer when he took the design of his brother's car and made as horrible as he could lol

[@mihairomulus2488]

@Alejandra2005 Cinnamon is great by default and 6.4 won't be bad either and it's not like they'll forbid you from making Cinnamon look like it used to, also Gnome/KDE ricing is a very visually pleasing topic so of course a lot of people will look into that, it's not a Cinnamon specific thing

[@bobafett2598]

Customizing Cinnamon in a 7 minute video only to make it look like Gnome intead of using Debian with regular Gnome instead: *signature look of superiority*

[@srvelectronics]

good one

[@Error_4x5]

You turned Mint into Pop OS. Just install Pop OS.

[@Br--kfast]

I am in the matrix

[@guilherme5094]

👍

[@mendigotomendigotagens]

Bro posted it in the same day I switched to mint after nuking my manjaro 💀💀💀

[@MichaelNROH]

Well, perfect timing I guess

[@reece2080]

gnome w/ dash to dock...

[@shadeofentropy]

I pretty much have to use a slideshow as I have an OLED monitor.

[@MichaelNROH]

I have heard burn-in is not that bad as long as you don't use overall bright imagery anymore. Kinda scared since I also want to get one without having the Davinci Resolve interface burned in

[@jpedrothejo]

i dare you to use plasma for a day or so

[@doveofdestiny]

He already uses it, and has been torn between plasma and gnome for a while. You can find a lot of them on the channel.

[@jpedrothejo]

@ ah ok

[@DanielClear2]

That's... that's just GNOME. There's no reason to use Cinnamon if you're not using it the traditional way, because you'll just be using GNOME with older components. And again, two panels are just waste of space. The original panel is already both space efficient and is easy to read.

[@davidb636]

Yes, you could style Cinnamon to have a shell like layout, or you could use gnome shell

[@sirwlat]

We could say it's now minty! :)

[@Karti200]

thanks for removing my yet another comment that was aimed just to give more help with yout video theme...

[@MichaelNROH]

No comment was flagged or deleted yet. Either this comment is bait, or you just didn't sent it

[@Karti200]

@@MichaelNROH Ok, sorry then, it seems KZbin is simply just doing KZbin things... The comment I made was sent, and I even saw it on the comment section, but hour later the comment was gone... I did make a comment related to "ocs-url" which is the app used for "cinnnamon-look" and other sites from that domain. Sorry for the inconvenience. With that app you don't have to manual extract and put files you download to your certain directory, this app simply download, unpacks and transfers everything you need to proper place - and if that place does not exist, it just creates one. It is very Linux-new user-friendly and simply wanted to mention it since this fits to the topic of your video, that's all

[@christoffandersen1697]

just gnome ??? .. just download gnome !!!!

[@LunarList]

KDE plasma gang?

[@LunarList]

Arch gang?

[@xgui4-studios]

fedora kde here !

[@oplkfdhgk]

old green and white mint logo is the best. the new one is kinda lame.

[@StenIsaksson]

How to make it look good? Use something else. ;)

Challenge almost impossible.

[@alternatuber6698]

Why some people like Cinnamon dunno. Heavy, oldish.

[@mihairomulus2488]

heavy? nah oldish? not really, looks really good and consistent, clean top tier DE

[@ZKRZAYAN]

​@mihairomulus2488 not the best, but top 3. So, yes, top tier.

[@kryzerk9203]

How to make Cinnamon beautiful? Install KDE! XD

[@BottleOfCoke]

Mint has so ugly themes by default 🤮