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Cinnamon 2.8 Gears Up For Release

Written by Michael Larabel in Desktop on 20 October 2015 at 09:37 AM EDT. Add A Comment

Clement Lefebvre of LinuxMint tagged the Cinnamon 2.8 desktop this morning.

The release announcement has yet to go out, but Cinnamon 2.8 is now available via its Git repository.

Cinnamon 2.8 features power applet improvements, an improved preview mode for alt-tab, sound applet improvements, indicator improvements, and many other changes.

Those interested in more Cinnamon 2.8 details can also see screenshots and other information about this new release when scrolling through the LinuxMint development blog.

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