Cinnamon 5.8 is in the Arch repos

Desktop Environments Cinnamon
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That was quick! (It was only posted on the Linux Mint GitHub 6 hours ago).

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/cinnamon/

There’s no changelog - you’ll have to scroll through the commits on Github https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/commits/master and recent editions of the Linux Mint blog https://blog.linuxmint.com/.

Bugs should be reported here: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues

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Cinnamon 5.8.1 is now in the repos, along with .1 for other Cinnamon components and Xapps.

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I have updated on my one laptop that has Cinnamon on it dual boot with Windows.

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Any tiling yet? (not gtile)

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Still only snapping to grid. It has got touchpad gestures now though.

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feels even more snappy here…

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:crocodile:

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Finally had a chance to play with it, and it is a bit snappier :crocodile: as @joekamprad says.

Cinnamon works particularly well in Endeavour generally. The :enos: modification of the Arc theme to a more readable font is matched by Kvantum having an Arc theme too, so you get a nice consistent look across GTK, Qt5 and Qt6 apps :heart_eyes: (The elephant in the room is of course libadwaita, but at the moment it’s possible to find (often better) alternatives for those apps with the libadwaita infestation “feature”).

Cinnamon in Arch also has fewer required dependencies than in Linux Mint, so it’s possible to get a good looking, less bloated and more personalised Cinnamon desktop in :enos:

:enos_flag:

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i do currently have cinnamon the default used Desktop on my T60 Thinkpad it is running totally fine and feels fast and clean.

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Is this enabled by default or it is done through some settings?
Any extra packages needed for this?

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No extra packages needed, it appears in Cinnamon Settings. It’s not enabled by default for me, but that’s probably because the laptop I’ve installed it on is so old that gestures doesn’t work at all (gestures don’t work in Gnome either).

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Thanks for the reply @r0ckhopper!

Great, good to know!.

Cinnamon always brings back good memories from my Linux Mint time.
I did actually started off my EnOS journey with Cinnamon as well before moving to … you know what :wink:

Let’s see if I can get around to take 5.8 for a spin, perhaps this weekend.

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just … do it !

:rocket: :man_detective:

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YES!

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PS. I think I’m going to make me one :yum:

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