<s>
Cinnamon	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
desktop	O
environment	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
deriving	O
from	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
but	O
following	O
traditional	O
desktop	B-Application
metaphor	I-Application
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
began	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
team	I-Application
as	O
a	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
April	O
2011	O
release	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
in	O
which	O
the	O
conventional	O
desktop	B-Application
metaphor	I-Application
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
was	O
abandoned	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
several	O
attempts	O
to	O
extend	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
such	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
suit	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
design	O
goals	O
,	O
the	O
Mint	B-Application
developers	O
forked	B-Application
several	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
components	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
independent	O
desktop	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Separation	O
from	O
GNOME	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applets	O
and	O
desklets	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
compatible	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
distinguishing	O
factor	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
has	O
generally	O
received	O
favorable	O
coverage	O
by	O
the	O
press	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
for	O
its	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
gentle	O
learning	B-General_Concept
curve	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
respect	O
to	O
its	O
conservative	O
design	O
model	O
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
(	O
and	O
GNOME	O
Flashback	O
)	O
desktop	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
several	O
other	O
desktop	O
environments	O
based	O
on	O
GNOME	O
,	O
including	O
Canonical	O
's	O
Unity	B-Device
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
was	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
dissatisfaction	O
with	O
GNOME	O
team	O
's	O
abandonment	O
of	O
a	O
traditional	O
desktop	O
experience	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
)	O
had	O
included	O
the	O
traditional	O
desktop	B-Application
metaphor	I-Application
,	O
but	O
in	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
this	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
,	O
which	O
lacked	O
a	O
taskbar-like	O
panel	O
and	O
other	O
basic	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
conventional	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
elimination	O
of	O
these	O
elementary	O
features	O
was	O
unacceptable	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
distributions	O
such	O
as	O
Mint	B-Application
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
are	O
addressed	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
want	O
interfaces	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
immediately	O
be	O
comfortable	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
overcome	O
these	O
differences	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
team	I-Application
initially	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
develop	O
extensions	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
to	O
replace	O
the	O
abandoned	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
results	O
of	O
this	O
effort	O
were	O
the	O
"	O
Mint	B-Application
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
Extensions	O
"	O
(	O
MGSE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
the	O
MATE	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
environment	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
12	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
subsequently	O
included	O
both	O
,	O
thereby	O
giving	O
users	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
either	O
GNOME	O
3-with-MGSE	O
or	O
a	O
traditional	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
even	O
with	O
MGSE	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
was	O
still	O
largely	O
missing	O
the	O
comforts	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
and	O
was	O
not	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
the	O
GNOME	O
developers	O
were	O
not	O
amenable	O
to	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
Mint	B-Application
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
give	O
the	O
Mint	B-Application
developers	O
finer	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
was	O
forked	B-Application
as	O
"	O
Project	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
"	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradually	O
,	O
various	O
core	O
applications	O
were	O
adapted	O
by	O
the	O
Mint	B-Application
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
's	O
window	O
manager	O
is	O
Muffin	B-Language
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
3	I-Language
's	O
Mutter	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
since	O
September	O
2012	O
(	O
version	O
1.6	O
onwards	O
)	O
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
includes	O
the	O
Nemo	B-Language
file	I-Language
manager	I-Language
which	O
was	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
Nautilus	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cinnamon-Control-Center	O
,	O
included	O
since	O
May	O
2013	O
(	O
version	O
1.8	O
onwards	O
)	O
,	O
combines	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
GNOME-Control-Center	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
Cinnamon-Settings	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
update	O
applets	O
,	O
extensions	O
,	O
desklets	O
and	O
themes	O
through	O
the	O
control-center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gnome-Screensaver	O
was	O
also	O
forked	B-Application
and	O
is	O
now	O
called	O
Cinnamon-Screensaver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
October	O
2013	O
(	O
version	O
2.0	O
onwards	O
)	O
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
frontend	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	O
desktop	O
like	O
Unity	B-Device
or	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
,	O
but	O
a	O
discrete	O
desktop	O
environment	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
is	O
still	O
built	O
on	O
GNOME	O
technologies	O
and	O
uses	O
GTK	B-Application
,	O
it	O
no	O
longer	O
requires	O
GNOME	O
itself	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
improvements	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
include	O
a	O
desktop	O
grid	O
,	O
wildcard	O
support	O
in	O
file	O
searches	O
,	O
multi-process	O
settings	O
daemon	O
,	O
desktop	O
actions	O
in	O
the	O
panel	O
launcher	O
,	O
separate	O
processes	O
for	O
desktop	O
handling	O
and	O
file	O
manager	O
in	O
Nemo	B-Language
;	O
an	O
additional	O
desktop	O
panel	O
layout	O
option	O
that	O
offers	O
a	O
more	O
modern	O
looking	O
theme	O
and	O
grouped	O
windows	O
;	O
improved	O
naming	O
for	O
duplicate	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
menu	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Flatpak	O
vs.	O
deb	O
packages	O
)	O
,	O
pinned	O
files	O
in	O
Nemo	B-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
performance	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cinnamon	B-Language
introduces	O
X-Apps	B-Language
which	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
GNOME	B-Language
Core	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
but	O
are	O
changed	O
to	O
work	O
across	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
and	O
XFCE	B-Language
;	O
they	O
have	O
the	O
traditional	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
UI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
there	O
was	O
no	O
official	O
documentation	O
for	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
itself	O
,	O
There	O
is	O
documentation	O
for	O
the	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
edition	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
chapter	O
on	O
the	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
overview	O
modes	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
two	O
modes	O
are	O
"	O
Expo	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Scale	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
in	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
Settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cinnamon	B-Language
can	O
be	O
modified	O
by	O
themes	O
,	O
applets	O
and	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Themes	O
can	O
customize	O
the	O
look	O
of	O
aspects	O
of	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
including	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
menu	O
,	O
panel	O
,	O
calendar	O
and	O
run	O
dialog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	O
can	O
modify	O
the	O
functionalities	O
of	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
providing	O
a	O
dock	O
or	O
altering	O
the	O
look	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
switcher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
upload	O
their	O
themes	O
,	O
applets	O
and	O
extension	O
to	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
's	O
web	O
page	O
and	O
let	O
users	O
download	O
and	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
all	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
versions	O
13	O
and	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
17	O
,	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
described	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
2.2	O
as	O
"	O
being	O
perhaps	O
the	O
most	O
user-friendly	O
and	O
all-around	O
useful	O
desktop	O
available	O
on	O
any	O
platform.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
18	O
,	O
ZDNet	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
You	O
can	O
turn	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Cinnamon	I-Application
desktop	O
into	O
the	O
desktop	O
of	O
your	O
dreams.	O
"	O
</s>
