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In the news: Latest Cinnamon Desktop Releases with a Bold New Look; Armbian 24.11 Released with Expanded Hardware Support; SUSE Renames Several Products for Better Name Recognition; ESET Discovers New Linux Malware; New Linux Kernel Patch Allows Forcing a CPU Mitigation; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Released; Open Source Development Improves Software Security, Says LF Report; AI-Powered GitHub Spark Released for Creating Micro Apps; and Open Source AI Definition Now Available.
Latest Cinnamon Desktop Releases with a Bold New Look
There's a new Cinnamon desktop (version 6.4) for everyone to enjoy, and it has a decidedly newer (and more modern) look. The new polish on the default theme includes darker colors, an increased radius on window corners, and better use of accent colors.
But that's not all. The new look also makes use of Clutter (a toolkit for creating Linux GUIs) for nearly all modal dialogs (pop-up windows that require user input). The buttons within those dialogs also pick up the chosen accent color, so there's more uniformity throughout.
Other changes to version 6.4 include a native Night Light feature, adjustable color temperature (to replace Redshift), over-amplification is now easier to find (Settings | Sound), an improved Power applet to simplify switching between power profiles, Quit now renamed Shutdown, menu navigation using the number pad arrows, and more.
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