Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu

Last year saw the Cinnamon desktop receive a much-needed modern makeover, but it seems the visual revamp effort isn’t over yet. Work is underway on a design update for the Cinnamon app menu (applet). Compared to the current Cinnamon Menu, the proposed redesign sticks to a three pane layout but opts to show more information at-a-glance, put common folders within immediate reach, and both relocate and restyle the session controls. Here’s how the two approaches compare: Nothing you see above is finished, signed-off on, or completed. Linux Mint has not said much on the plans for the menu, i.e., whether […] You're reading Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

Mar 3, 2025 - 02:50

Last year saw the Cinnamon desktop receive a much-needed modern makeover, but it seems the visual revamp effort isn’t over yet. Work is underway on a design update for the Cinnamon app menu (applet). Compared to the current Cinnamon Menu, the proposed redesign sticks to a three pane layout but opts to show more information at-a-glance, put common folders within immediate reach, and both relocate and restyle the session controls. Here’s how the two approaches compare: Nothing you see above is finished, signed-off on, or completed. Linux Mint has not said much on the plans for the menu, i.e., whether […]

You're reading Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.