The Linux Mint project head has unveiled exciting updates for Cinnamon 6.4, including a modernized theme featuring darker contrasts and rounded edges. Users can expect this in December.
The Linux Mint project head, Clem Lefebvre, has shared what the community has been up to over the last month and it’s quite interesting what he has to share. This month, the flagship desktop environment, Cinnamon, has been receiving an overhaul to make it look more up-to-date, the new theme has even landed in the Cinnamon master branch which means people can use it soon.
As a bit of background, Lefebvre said last month that while Linux Mint ships with the Mint-Y default theme, other distributions of Linux that use Cinnamon tend to stick to the default theme which has grown comparatively ugly over time.
Lefebvre said the ideal situation is for each distro to use its own Cinnamon theme to spruce things up a bit but as that is not happening in some cases, Cinnamon 6.4 will include a «much-improved default theme.»
The new theme that has been created is described as being much darker and contrasted than before with objects being rounded and a gap being introduced between applets in the panel to make things more spacious.
