Five methods to make the Cinnamon desktop environment run perfectly on ubuntu

Five methods to make the Cinnamon desktop environment run perfectly on ubuntu

The latest stable version of Cinnamon desktop environment is released. ubuntu users can install and use it.

On the basis of the installation, we can make some minor adjustments to enjoy a better experience.

If you have not installed Cinnamon on Ubuntu, you can refer to our previous articles for installation.

Change the Mint menu icon

The Mint menu icon is one of the characteristics of Cinnamon. It gives users a simple, fast, and familiar way to search, open, and organize applications. By default, use the Linux Mint Logo in the startup program. Since you use it in ubuntu, rather than Mint, why don't you use the orange circle of friends logo that is familiar with ubuntu to replace the original menu icon?

Implementation is simple:

To change the Cinnamon menu icon to ubuntu style, click the applet and select 'config'. In the settings window, 'use a custom icon 'appears ', then you enter the following path to use the ubuntu logo:

 
 

  
  
/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/actions/24/package-supported.svg  
 
 

You can use any supported image types. You only need to write the correct image path in the just filled area, or click the box below to open the file selector and select the icon you want to use.

Try Cinnamon topic

Like GNOME Shell, Cinnamon also supports custom themes. The theme I mentioned is not just the GTK topic of the application and simple window decoration, but the Panel and menu, programs and so on are combined into an overall visual style.

You can browse and download Cinnamon topics without having to leave the desktop. Open Appearance pane in Cinnamon Settings tool and select 'Online Themes '.

The following are some popular topics:

• Android Holo-Android 4.x style theme
• Zukitwo-Sleek, stylish and light
• Minty-Dark theme with bold green accents
• Metro-Based on the visual style of Windows 8.

Find your favorite Layout

Unity believes that the app launcher should always be on the screen side, but Cinnamon doesn't think so. It allows you to redesign the desktop layout that best fits your needs.

You can add, edit, and move the manual panel, or select three preset la S.

Choose Settings> Panel> Layout Options> Panel Layout:

• Traditional-this is the default layout and the control panel is on the top of the screen
• Flipped -- like Traditional, the control panel is at the top of the screen
• Classic -- two control panels, one at the top and the other at the bottom

You need to log out or restart Cinnamon to take effect.

Add Panel applet

Cinnamon is as scalable as GNOE Shell. Rich community plug-ins and extensions provide additional features and functions, such as weather, system monitoring, and window management tools, which can be browsed, install and start directly from the desktop.

Select Control Panel, right-click to add a applet, and select '... Add Appls to the Panel. Some famous applets are as follows:

• Weather-Does what it forecasts (ho)
• Stark Menu-Clone of the Windows 7 Start Menu
• Screenshot-Easy way to grab screenshots with delay

Change the date display format

Cinnamon's time and date program is very convenient, it lets you easily remember the date

However, the default time format is 24-hour, but we can easily adjust the clock format.

Right-click and select 'configure '. In the setting window, the "Use a custom date format" option box is displayed, or copy the paste bold fields in the following formats)

• % B % e, % I: % M % p(July 13, 7: 19 PM)
• % M/% d/% Y(07/13/2014)
• % L: % M % p(7: 19 PM)

The change takes effect immediately. If an error occurs halfway, you can cancel the custom time format option and restore it to the default status.

More

In Cinnamon desktop environments, only a few customized options are available for users. However, we believe that the adjustments mentioned above are a good stepping stone for continuous exploration, in the comment column below, let us know what your favorite adjustments are. You can use Facebook or Google +

Via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/07/5-things-installing-cinnamon-ubuntu

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