14 DAY TRIAL // After many months of hard work, the team behind the unofficial Ubuntu Cinnamon flavor has announced the release of the first ever version.
The popular Ubuntu Linux operating system comes with a wide range of variants, with some of the most popular Open Source desktop environments, including GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce, LXQt, MATE, and Budgie, but it never had an official flavor featuring the Cinnamon desktop environment made by the creators of the Linux Mint distro.
Well, someone has been working on a Cinnamon flavor for Ubuntu for quite some time now, and we kinda observed the progress during several months. After a lot of hard work, a final release is now finally available for download of the first, unofficial Cinnamon flavor, which, for now, is called Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix.
"I am speechless. I have gained so much help from the community, and people across the world. I am glad to present that with the help of people from Ubuntu Budgie, Alan, and Simon Quigley's (Lubuntu Lead) jokes, Ubuntu Cinnamon 19.10 Eoan Ermine is now released. I cannot thank you anymore for this," said developer Joshua Peisach.
Meet the Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix
If you ever wanted to use the Cinnamon desktop environment on your Ubuntu computer, you had to install it over an existing desktop environment from Ubuntu's official repositories. But that needed a lot of tinkering on your part, so some wouldn't want to go to all that trouble just for a desktop. That's why Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix is here!
The first release is based, of course, on the latest Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) operating system so you'll get all of its goodies and recent GNU/Linux technologies. Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix features the latest Cinnamon 4.0.10 desktop environment, UEFI support, Calamares installer, LightDM and Slick Greeter, Kimmo themes, and a great software selection.
Of course, it's called Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix because it's not an official flavor, yet. But it has the potential to become an official Ubuntu flavor if it gets enough love from the community and Canonical decides to accept it, like it happened with the Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Budgie flavors. Without further ado, you can download Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix right here.