So, ill parse this out a bit to help, and add a little bit extra info to help show how this all works. Cinnamon is the original flavor of linux mint whereas mate is a desktop environment with legacy. The mint implementation of xfce is a beautiful and functional desktop. However, i currently use mint kde on most of my machines because of its builtin window management for multiple monitors. Linux mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable gnulinux. Unity was so unpopular it wiped out ubuntus lead on distrowatch and made linux mint number one.
In our last article, we looked at the installation of deepin desktop environment on linux mint 19. Another reason for dropping kde is that mint team works hard on developing features for tools like xed, mintlocale, blueberry, slick greeter but they only work with mate, xfce and cinnamon and. How to install kde desktop environment on linux mint 19 tara. Moreover, as its based on ubuntu, its stable and fluent. How to install kde plasma desktop on linux mint 19.
To open terminal in linux mint mate, click the main linux mint menu, then go to system tools and select terminal or type terminal in the search field or click the terminal icon. But this could be it, the one linux desktop for normal people. The available editions are for cinnamon, xfce and mate desktop environments. I want to install kde env without destroy my cinnamon env. What is the difference between linux mint, ubuntu, lubuntu, and cinnamon. Each release was given a new version number and a code name, using a female first name starting with the letter whose alphabetical index corresponds to the version number and ending with the letter a e. So far no issues related to software compatibility. Linux mint used to provide an iso file for kde edition with every new release but this stopped as from linux 19. Intel core 2 quad 8gb ram 500gb wd 7200rpm nvidia geforce gts250. Aug 25, 20 steps needed for when i next need to do this. This is the mintx theme, and unlike the default gnome adwaita theme, this one is seriously much more elegant.
The mint desktop with nautilus file manager in focus. Ubuntu linux using kde, gnome, cinnamon and xfce linux. Go ahead and install it, run the session usually launched by clicking a gear and selecting cinnamon from. If youre not sure which one is right for you, cinnamon 64bit edition is the most popular. How to install kde, mate, cinnamon, and xfce all on mint. Dec 12, 2019 in this article, i will show you how you can install kde on linux mint 19 or possibly any other distro gets released after linux mint 19 tara. May 12, 2018 linux mint kde edition will soon be history. This short guide explains how to install xfce on your linux mint 14 desktop. Cinnamon is a free and opensource desktop environment for the x window system that derives from gnome 3 but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. Upon first login youre greeted in familiar linux mint style. My rating of des used by mint is xfce kde mate cinnamon.
The linux mint 19 s graphical firewall program is also available as you can see from the screenshot below. Diehard mint and kde fans can still get kde working via a ppa, but its not officially supported by linux mint. I have also changed my wifes laptop from windows 8 to mint 18. Cinnamon, 32bit 64bit, an edition featuring the cinnamon desktop. According to clement, kde apps, ecosystem and qt toolkit have very little in common with their present project. Cinnamon is the principal desktop environment of the linux mint distribution and is available as an optional desktop for other linux distributions and other unixlike operating systems as well the development of cinnamon began as a.
Linux mint releases last kde edition sylvia by sohail december, 2019 december, 2019 0 mint fans rejoice as the latest version of linux mint 18. Cinnamon concentrates on holding on to classic design and functionality in times where gnome 3 and unity. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. Kde is a great desktop though, especially mint maya w kde. Cinnamon works smooth and flawlessly in my old dell workstation. Some of the packages we distribute are under the gpl. Linux mint is the best linux distro not only for linux beginners but in almost all aspects of computing, linux mint fits very well. Desktop the default desktop in linux mint maya cinnamon has the classical layout. Arch linux prior mint user cinnamon 3 points 4 years ago i prefer cinnamon myself, it draws a lot of gnome dependencies, but less dependencies than kde overall. If i start with linux mint mate 64bit which is based on gtk2 and then install the latest xfce 4. The linux mint team has released two new editions of the projects ubuntubased series.
Linux mints cinnamon desktop is highly customizable and can be made to look however preferred. Technically speaking, linux mint maya cinnamon runs on linux kernel 3. Kde plasma is one of the most popular desktop environments for linux desktop. Having tried many distros from slackware, mandriva, suse, kubuntu and of course ubuntu i finally found linux mint.
Linux mint s cinnamon desktop is highly customizable and can be made to look however preferred. Linux mint is a linux desktop distribution based on ubuntu desktop and is one of the most popular linux distributions still in active development. The linux mint project head, clement lefebvre announced it in a blog post detailing the future plans of the project. Linux mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable gnu linux desktop distribution. To open terminal in linux mint mate, click the main linux mint menu, then go to system tools and select terminal or type terminal in the search field or click the terminal icon in taskbar. One day, linux mint people decided they had enough with gnome 3, the bland and moronic interface that killed functionality and turned everything sluggish. With the dominant desktop gnome and the dominant distribution ubuntu both failing to set users hearts racing were reminded once again why we love using linux theres so much choice. There are two homegrown projects, cinnamon really linux mints main desktop and mate, which started as a kind of cinnamon light and has since become a very capable desktop in its own.
Both new releases are part of the projects larger 18. How to install kde desktop environment on linux mint 19. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you. May 11, 2017 how to install kde desktop on linux mint. Ive been using linux mint with the kde plasma desktop for a couple of years now, and really like the setup. May 17, 2017 i used the cinnamon default that came with my install of linux mint 18. To install kde desktop on linux mint, you need to add authors personal repository.
This guide was created as an overview of the linux operating system, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. Now, on top of ubuntu, linux mint comes up in different desktop environments. May 30, 2012 the very popular linux distribution, mint, has a new version linux mint , maya, and a new take on the gnome 3. The timeshift utility of linux mint 19 is running on kde plasma 5 desktop environment just fine. I have lm cinnamon on my desktop and lm mate on my netbook. I want to install plasma desktop kde through synaptic. I gotta say the desktop theme colour palette is very cool excluding the wallpaper. Best linux kde plasma vs cinnamon why is kubuntu better than mint. The projects new offerings include editions for the kde and xfce desktop environments.
What is the difference between linux mint, ubuntu, lubuntu. This feature allows linux mint to enjoy the support from one of the largest linux communities of all. Up to 2014 there had been two linux mint releases per year, about one month after the ubuntu releases they were based on. Linux mint is free of charge thanks to your donations and adverts on the website and we hope youll enjoy it. But if this turns out to be yet another passing fad, then were doomed forever. Unlike ubuntu, mint comes preloaded with a wealth of preinstalled software. This tutorial presents a stepbystep guide on how to dualboot either one with windows 7 on a computer with a single hard drive. While mint s default desktop is cinnamon, like i said earlier, you, not some company, get to. This means linux mint 19 will be available only in cinnamon, xfce and mate editions. So far, the only other choice it offers besides cinnamon and mate is the xfce lightweight environment. This tutorial shows how you can set up a linux mint maya desktop kde version that is a fullfledged replacement for a windows desktop, i. I can see youre very confused about whats what right now.
Kde neon vs linux mint detailed comparison as of 2020 slant. This tutorial will show you how to install and use kde plasma desktop envi ronment on linux mint. Linux mint with kde plasma is the best choice for computer or laptop with the high specification. Jun 06, 2012 linux mint cinnamon and linux mint mate are the latest editions of the popular linux desktop distribution based on ubuntu desktop.
But more importantly, cinnamon is the new desktop environment for linux, based on the gnome technology, and the last hope for the linux world. Before choosing the title, i checked, cinnamon is technically a spice, so all is well. The panel is a darker share of grey and the window manger color is a very subtle shade of grey. This is the mint x theme, and unlike the default gnome adwaita theme, this one is seriously much more elegant. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. Linux mint is a communitydriven linux distribution based on ubuntu or debian. It is very easy to use for beginners, and also allows more advanced users to choose their own partitions. As quidsup youtube channel noticed, a base cinnamon takes. Sep 27, 2012 a quick look at the look and feel of the different user interfaces linux mint maya has to offer. These 2 are the most popular choice as the desktop environment of linux mint.
It doesnt matter whatever desktop environment youre using, its always easy to shift to a new desktop environment. Christian schmalfeld this tutorial is supposed to guide the reader through the features of the cinnamon desktop, mints new desktop environment to be used in linux mint. Choosing a linux distro is becoming more of a choice of desktop environments than anything else. I will install kde plasma 5 desktop environment on top of linux mint 19 tara cinnamon edition.
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