Cinnamon

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” arrived on 13 January 2026 as the final point release in the Mint 22 series. It keeps the dependable Ubuntu 24.04 LTS foundation while updating the desktop to Cinnamon 6.6, adding Linux 6.14, improving Wayland and input-method support, and introducing better troubleshooting tools. Support continues until 2029, so it is a... » read more

Cinnamon offers a traditional desktop, but its theme stack is not a single traditional GTK theme. The panel and menu are Cinnamon Shell, application controls are GTK, and window borders come from Muffin’s Metacity-compatible decorations. The Themes panel exposes all of them on one page, which is convenient until similarly named packages make it look... » read more

title: “Ubuntu vs Linux Mint vs Zorin OS: Three Easy Linux Distros Compared” date: 2026-07-14 categories: [“operating-system”] tags: [“ubuntu”, “linux-mint”, “zorin-os”, “linux-distro”, “comparison”, “windows-10-eol”, “gnome”, “cinnamon”, “snap”, “desktop-linux”] Ubuntu vs Linux Mint vs Zorin OS: Three Easy Linux Distros Compared Why these three make sense to compare side by side All three are Ubuntu-based, all... » read more