Introduction

I have been using Linux for over a year now and I'm still trying to find THE desktop environment/window manager for me. I've tried many including (but not limited to):

• KDE

• Gnome

• Deepin

• Budgie

• I3

• BSPWM

• Qtile

• Awesome

• Unity

  and many others.

I saw a video a couple of weeks ago by The Linux Cast about Cinnamon and I thought,

"Hmmm, never tried Cinnamon, let's give it a go"

So I did.

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a Desktop Environment developed by the Linux Mint team. It offers a panel at the bottom which has a menu, app switcher and a basic sys tray. Cinnamon has a load of community developed applets called Spices which can add functionality and features that are not default.

Experience

I spent a week or two running Cinnamon and it's definitely got potential, 100%. But I am of course going to try others before I say for certain that this may be THE desktop environment for me.

• The customisation is decent, not as good as KDE and WM but not as bad as Gnome.

• Settings are easy to find and easy to understand.

• Decent default panel and settings.

Conclusion

This Desktop Environment may be THE ONE for me, but I'll have to wait till I try others before I crown this the one.