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Hello,
An unofficial respin of Cinnamon Desktop has just updated and is now available.
If you are interested in this, please try it.

You can download this respin at:
sourceforge.net/projects/mx-respin-iso/files/cinnamon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-respin-cinnamon/

Re-spins are also archived at https://archive.org/details/@usergreen?query=cinnamon

Best regards,
Green

Very nice. MX Linux with Cinnamon instead of XFCE. 1.4 GB ISO. If I do MX Cinnamon, then I would do this one rather than my CinnaMX respin. I would need to rebuild my theme, of course, but the Cinnamon settings function better on this one. With that, you pretty much killed my CinnaMX respin project. (hee hee) Suggestion: Replace Galculator with GNOME Calculator and ROX Terminal with GNOME or Tilix Terminal. They will look better.

REQUEST: Is it possible for you to make a Budgie respin? Thanks.

Joseph DeGarmo, thank you for your posting.
GNOME terminal is already installed. too. As for Roxterm, it has automatically included during installation process, due to dependency.

As you requested, it maybe possible to release Budgie Desktop edition soon.
To tell the truth, I could not enable desktop icons on Budgie until now, but I just found a way to solve it.

Best regards.

P.S.
I uploaded a Budgie re-spin on the internet.
Please see the related posting of https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=701713

Thanks. I'll check it out on VirtualBox.

Hello everyone,
An up-to-date version of Cinnamon core Desktop is now available, based on Debian 11.6 (bullseye).

user-green wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:24 am Hello,
An unofficial respin of Cinnamon Desktop has just updated and is now available.

I use the unofficial resoin of mxlinux(cinnamon). Please can you give details of this update. Especially if the version of cinnamon was updated. Thank you.

You can see the details of this updates at history.log files of the following page:
https://github.com/usergreen/mx-respin- ... e-20221221

Updates are mainly security fixes provided by Debian as 11.6 point release, and also updates of MX Tools with their translation.
But Cinnamon Desktop itself had no updates.

user-green wrote: Sun Dec 25, 2022 5:32 am You can see the details of this updates at history.log files of the following page:
https://github.com/usergreen/mx-respin- ... e-20221221
But Cinnamon Desktop itself had no updates.

From the debian repository, because cinnamon never has any updates. In my case I added to my respin the repositories of linuxmint LMDE5 which is based on bullseye. So I have the latest version of cinnamon and also the latest version of mint-update which is flatpak compatible.

Therefore, if we want to use mxLinux with cinnamon we don't have to stay with a version of cinnamon that is already a bit obsolete. Of course, hopefully the latest versions of cinnamon will be added to the mxlinux repository.

Here is how I did it: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 03#p703403

Thank you, Juan_David95

I know that many users want to use the latest version of Cinnamon 5.6 Desktop.
But I consider it important for Desktop to be stable and reliable rather than to be the newest. I do not prefer to mix repositories outside of MX and Debian. MX relies on security fixes mainly on Debian.

Cinnamon 5.6 is expected to be shipped on Debian 12, which will be released 6 months later. So, I'm going to release re-spin for Cinnamon 5.6 version then.

I thank you for your advice. Perhaps, someone who wants the latest Cinnamon Desktop might customized his computers by himself with your support of your comment above.

Best regards.

user-green wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:58 am But I consider it important for Desktop to be stable and reliable rather than to be the newest. I do not prefer to mix repositories outside of MX and Debian. MX relies on security fixes mainly on Debian.

Well, of course it is up to each user which version to use. But from my own experience I can affirm: that a software version, because it is old, does not always make it "stable" (I think this is the philosophy of Debian); or being updated does not make it "unstable". You just have to test, and the test result is what determines if it is "stable" or if it has failures.

For example with Cinnamon 4.8.6, it is supposed to be the stable version that the debian repositories have, but when you use sticky (an app similar to windows notes) and use the show desktop applet, app restore stops working with left click on the taskbar: A crash caused by sticky losing focus. This has been fixed in later versions of cinnamon. This was what led me to look to upgrade.

It's a lottery, more updated versions can add new features and fix bugs and vulnerabilities or they can simply spill over and damage what was already well done.

In my case, thank God, the cinnamon 5.4.12 version of the LMDE5 repositories worked perfectly and the same, as well as the latest cinnamon 5.6.

Juan_David95 wrote:
It's a lottery, more updated versions can add new features and fix bugs and vulnerabilities or they can simply spill over and damage what was already well done.

Thank you for your nice comment.

MX Respin Cinnamon デスクトップ日本語版を追加リリースしました。ふつうの Linux ディストリビューションとして使えます。従来の通常版とも、すべてのアップデートを適用済みです。下記アドレスよりダウンロードできます。

MX Respin Cinnamon Desktop has been updated and additional Japanese edition has been released too. See the following link:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-res ... -20230123/

An updated version has been released now.
It includes Debian 11.7 point release and it is up-to-date as of 2023-05-04.

Downloading is available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-res ... -20230504/

Best regards

Hello all,

A new re-spin for Budgie Cinnamon Desktop have just been released, which is based on MX Linux 23 and Debian 12.1.
Downloading is available now:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-respin-cinnamon/

Best regards

Here are updated versions now.

I also uploaded to Internet Archive at
https://archive.org/details/mx-23-respi ... 31114_1321

Best regards

Updated release: mx-23-respin-cinnamon-x64-20240205_1430.iso

Main changes are as follows.

Added new MX-Locale manager by MX dev.
Added locales: ar, bn and ur
Installed fonts-noto-core to support the above and several Asian languages
Applied all latest updates

Note:
As for this re-spin, default locale is set to English. But you can select your preferred locale from among pull-down list at Boot Menu Option. If there is no option like Bengalese or Urdu language, run the following command as root after login. To enable this change, restart your session by logoff & login.

Best regards

Wow! You are a very hard-working person!

Excellent work!

I downloaded it- it's interesting
But...I don't see an < install > icon, nowhere

Is it commandline install ?
If yes, please < . . . . . . . . >
Thanks

Tony45 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 9:26 am I downloaded it- it's interesting
But...I don't see an < install > icon, nowhere

Is it commandline install ?
If yes, please < . . . . . . . . >
Thanks

Take a look in the Desktop folder. I know when I make my fluxbox snapshots, the install icon isn't on the desktop.

Isn't the command sudo minstall, or something?

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2024 11:10 am Isn't the command sudo minstall, or something?

Yes but minstall isn't on the ISO. What I found out was to update apt, then open MXPI and install MX Welcome. You can start the installer from there.

Thanks for your responses
1--Went to /home and checked for install icon --> didn't see one
2--I used < sudo minstall >
3--From there onwards , everything was standard
There were zero problems or glitches.
4--Rebooted and all is fine
Thanks for a good cinnamon iso

Hello,
An updated version of Cinnamon Desktop is now available for download. Applied Debian 12.7 updates.
It added Korean and Vietnamese language support for Firefox browser and input methods.

Best regards

I would like to ask if the < Thai languge pack > is fully functional in Cinnamon.
My wife, who is Thai , is getting interested in MX-Cinnamon
For some good reason I am asking before even trying. Sorry about that,,,difficult to explain

Hello, Tony45
As for Firefox browser, you should install the following language pack for Thai language.

Best regards

OK, Thanks
I will give it a go in a few days ( on a fresh install on 'her' laptop )

@user-green
Would it be possible to add one application to Cinnamon
Name: folder-color-switcher

https://github.com/linuxmint/folder-col ... witcher.py

For proper tagging of a user, remove the space between @ and username, and use the dropdown that appears when you start typing the name.

For proper tagging..........................................
Thanks, I never noticed the dropdown list
Will not happen again

It won't appear when you hit the space right after the @ :)

Hello, Tony45

I searched 'folder-color-switcher' at Official Debian repository, but it seemed there is no binary package.
I think it may work if you install it from linuxmint repository.

Thanks, I will see what I can do !

it may work if you install it from linuxmint repository.

I don't know how to ad it, despites looking at some videos at youtube about it.
Getting old

To Tony45,

I think you can refer to a posting at viewtopic.php?p=800773#p800773

Update version is now available for download.
It has applied all MX updates and Debian 12.10 update.

Best regards,
Green

Request for assistance
A few weeks ago, my Acer Aspire desktop which served me well for 10 years, died on me !
Despites all my efforts/experience and same efforts of 2 friends, it's now declared << Gone >> and RIP

This leaves me with an over 10 year old Lenovo G470, Bios only .
I installed/updated/added apps succesfully !

Just ONE small thing
When connecting my 12 year old Samsung Monior, then there is in the bottom-right corner the yellow icon representing the --extra--toolbar, designed for extra accessibility for special cases
Normally you can remove it by right-click + quit this toolbar, BUT, in my case it does not even react to my clicks.
As I have not and never had any need for it, I would like to remove it completely

How do I do that

Thanks

Edit:
I removed uim package and it seems to work