Linux Mint Desktop
one of the best alternatives to Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS. - Linux Mint / Cool desktops don’t change
- Linux Mint Releases - and ubuntu correspondance
- linux mint 22 (Wilma) <-> Ubuntu Noble 24.04 LTS
- linux mint 21.3 (virginia) <-> ubuntu Jammy 22.04 LTS
- linux mint 21 (vanessa) <-> ubuntu Jammy 22.04 LTS
- Wayland - wayland is coming
Linux Mint 21
- display manager is lightdm
Add Application to Cinnamon Menu and Panel
Add an entry in /usr/share/applications with the name of the <desired_name>.desktop and
with content (see also Recognized desktop entry keys):
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=2.9.9
Name=Newshosting
GenericName=Newshosting Launcher
Type=Application
Exec=/bin/sh -c "/home/scking/newshosting-2.9.9/newshosting.sh"
Icon=/home/scking/newshosting-2.9.9/64x64_newshosting.pngWhen complete, save this file and using chmod, give it 644 permissions:
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/applications/newshosting.desktop
BUT it will be erased when a package add the very same entry. So for custumisation of an existing entry, it’s better to first copy it locally to your user config:
cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/Custimoze the launch command for eg, then run update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/ - it should now override the /usr/share one.
Cinnamon Add shortcut to panel
This require to add the launcher app to panel (default panel, allows only unpin, not add)
Recent files - pull up the menu, type ‘privacy’
Worskpace seting
- open Workspace configuration
- open applets manager and add workspace applet
File Explorer Nemo
- ThumbnailFactory
- One can add custom thumbnail generators by adding configuration files in share/thumbnailers. Typically: /usr/share/thumbnailers/ or ~/.local/share/thumbnailers
- Custom thumbnail generators - bwrap hardening - Thumbnailer for APK files
- disabling thumbnail cache
Post install fix
Updating
- How to upgrade to Linux Mint 20
- How to upgrade to Linux Mint 19
sudo touch /etc/timeshift.json