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Ambient Noise (ANoise) Player Fixed For Ubuntu 16.04 And Newer

| Date: June 14, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: anoise, cinnamon, gnome shell, media player, productivity, sound, unity

Ambient Noise, or ANoise is a simple, lightweight application for playing ambient noises, such as waves, rain, fire, and so on, useful to help you stay focused and boost productivity, or fall asleep.

The application didn't work in Ubuntu 16.04 and newer until recently, when it was updated to GStreamer 1.0 and Python 3, along with some bug fixes.

Ambient Noise Ubuntu

How To Install Cinnamon 3.0 In Ubuntu 16.04 Or 15.10 Via PPA

| Date: April 26, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, customization, desktop environment, linux, ubuntu

Cinnamon 3.0 was released yesterday and it includes improved GTK+ 3.20 support, new accessibility and sound settings and more.

Cinnamon 3.0 Ubuntu

Mailnag Email Notifier 1.2 Released With New IMAP Folder Chooser, Updated Popup Menu Layout For GNOME Shell, More

| Date: March 25, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, email, email notifier, gnome, gnome shell, linux, linux mint, mailnag, ubuntu

Mailnag is a desktop-independent email notifier for Linux. The application supports both POP3 and IMAP servers and on email arrival, it performs various actions like visual or sound notifications, allows executing a script and more.

For Unity and GNOME Shell, there are two Mailnag extensions that further integrate the application with the desktop. 

Mailnag email notifier Unity
Mailnag Unity integration with Messaging Menu

Using the Mailnag Unity plugin, the application integrates with the Messaging Menu, while using the GNOME Shell plugin makes Mailnag available on the top panel, and it includes an email counter and popup menu (updated with the latest 1.2 version), which you can see below. 

Mailnag email notifier gnome shell
Mailnag GNOME Shell extension

Cinnamon 2.6 Officially Released [Video, Screenshots]

| Date: June 03, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, desktop environment, linuc mint, nemo

Cinnamon 2.6 was released yesterday, bringing important changes like improved multi-monitor (with multi-panel) support, redesigned and reorganized system settings, a plugin manager for Nemo as well as various other changes which should bring improved responsiveness, load times and CPU usage.


Global Menu Applet For Cinnamon Desktop: `Global Application Menu`

| Date: May 18, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, customization, global menu, linux, linux mint

A much requested applet was released to the Cinnamon Applets website recently: Global Application Menu.

Global Application Menu is a Cinnamon (the desktop environment used by default in Linux Mint Cinnamon edition) applet which allows displaying the application menu on the Cinnamon panel, either as a horizontal menu or as a menu button:

Cinnamon global menu

Install Cinnamon 2.4 (Stable) In Ubuntu 14.04 Via PPA

| Date: December 05, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, desktop environment, linux, ubuntu

Cinnamon 2.4 Ubuntu 14.04

Quick update for Ubuntu 14.04 users who want to try the latest Cinnamon 2.4 (stable): the two Cinnamon stable PPAs we covered a while back were updated recently with the latest Cinnamon 2.4 (2.4.5).

Linux Mint 17.1 `Rebecca` Available For Download

| Date: November 29, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, distro, linux mint, mate

Linux Mint 17.1 "Rebecca" has been released and is available as usual in two main editions: MATE and Cinnamon. Let's take a look at what's new!

Cinnamon 2.4 Brings A Smoother Experience, Improved Settings

| Date: November 03, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: cinnamon, desktop environment, linux, linux mint, ubuntu

Cinnamon 2.4 was released recently and it comes with improved settings, a redesigned toolbar for Nemo along with various other changes which bring a smoother overall experience.

Cinnamon 2.4

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