Cinnamon 3.4 Desktop Environment Released with Many Changes, Here Is What's New

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Cinnamon 3.4 released

 

If you've been waiting to update your beloved Cinnamon desktop environment, we're happy to inform you today that the Cinnamon 3.4 stable series was released.

 

Cinnamon 3.4 is a massive release, that's why there's no official announcement published on Clement Lefebvre's blog at the moment of writing, but the full changelog is available along with the source tarball, and have been attached at the end of the article.

 

Over 160 changes are currently included in Cinnamon 3.4.0, but, as usual, there will be a few bugfix releases published before it's ready to hit the stable channels of various GNU/Linux distributions, including Linux Mint. Talking about Linux Mint, the upcoming Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" series is launching with Cinnamon 3.4.

 

Highlights of Cinnamon 3.4

 

For your reading pleasure, we've gathered some of the highlights of the Cinnamon 3.4 desktop environment, such as a cinnamon-stap-monitor utility, better panel intellihide when on vertical panels, as well as the ability to manage various of the systemd services that are present on the operating system.

 

A "Run now" button will be displayed when selecting a row in Cinnamon Settings' module for managing your startup applications, the applets that do not offer support for vertical panels will no longer be displayed, and there's now support for lightdm-settings in Cinnamon Settings to configure the LightDM login manager.

 

Support for the Arch Linux-based Manjaro operating system was added in System Info, a new Cinnamon Settings option allows users to control acceleration and sensitivity of their mice, and it appears that the Cinnamon desktop environment is now capable of adapting to to multi-process CSD (Client Side Decorations).

 

Critical notifications are now finally displayed while in full-screen, the panel launcher animation should now work properly, new mouse cursors are available for the Menu applet and panel launcher while dragging apps, and dozens of bugs were squashed. Again, check out the full changelog below for all the technical details.

 

Changelog

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[ Lars Mueller ]
Fix gnome terminal losing desktop file association during cinnamon restart

[ Odyseus ]
cinnamon-json-makepot: Added support to scan for JS files inside sub-dirs.

[ leigh123linux ]
Start systray applet first
Use generic marshaller
Fix file permissions

[ Jason Hicks ]
Pull functions out of loops in _refreshPlaces, _refreshApps...
Move uri assignment in _refreshRecent's while loop into new...
Use let instead of var in new handler functions

[ brownsr ]
panel: rework allocation logic to avoid looping in edit mode this was causing the context menu animation to fail to complete causing the user not to be able to exit edit mode
theme-node: Fix leak on stylesheet change. From upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/72bfa9125945919e9d69505d3e739480855f331e
cinnamon_dbus_acquire_name: don't leak the result from upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/3f0fbae7e213b2fbe7267b9d25ac7fcfaa8afcff
cinnamon_dbus_acquire_name: Don't leak error from upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/7f1a258ff9fc768a7fc13e5c37e1fd6d7ab5c33b
keyboard: destroy the key's boxpointer from upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/9d933356e171a1dc49b61b5864826531c0f24d97

[ Lars Mueller ]
Fix hotcorner hover delay timeout removal This fixes a "Invalid or null source id used when attempting to run Mainloop.source_remove()" when leaving a hotcorner. The timeout is already destroyed by returning false in the callback, but we still knew about the timeout id and tried to remove the non-existing timeout.

[ brownsr ]
st-box-layout: Don't report a paint volume when we have no allocation from upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/aa6f352cb06d3ae8940af323f048c8c7886fa0cd
window-tracker: fix memory leak from upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/ac22172a6ec37a158ca4cecf8c18f8fb29c1aa97

[ Michael Webster ]
tooltips.js: Remove leftover logging.
Add cinnamon-stap-monitor utility.
panel.js: Couple fixes to previous commit.  Let the panel sections cover the entire panel in edit mode.  Clean up _allocate a bit - since we always have the center zone occupied (artificially or naturally,) we don't ever need to handle cases where it isn't.
panel.js: Fix dnd pseudo-class style application for vertical panels.
panel: Allow right and left panel zones to naturally fill space.  Fix vertical allocate calculations in st-box-layout (align_end was only working for horizontal box layouts).
panel.js: Cleanup actor and style class names, simplify some code that no longer needs to differentiate between vertical and horizontal panels.
cs_screensaver.py: Expose setting for floating widgets.
panel.js: restore 'important' style flag, accidentally removed from panel zones.

[ Chris Allan ]
expoThumbnail.js: Don't reposition thumbnails on position-changed.

[ Michael Webster ]
cs_screensaver.py: Use a stack to switch between default screensaver and plugin previews.
panel.js: Restore some allocation code mistakenly removed in a previous commit.  This restores the behavior of allowing left/right panels to occupy more than half the panel if the center zone is empty.

[ Lars Mueller ]
[Sound applet] Fix a segmentation This fixes a segmentation fault that happened when menu animations were disabled. Fixes #5977

[ itzexor ]
cinnamon-desktop-editor: use the default icon when file is nonexistent

[ brownsr ]
st-theme-node.c: rename a confusing variable At the moment we have an outer loop on i, and then a separately declared internal loop on i This changes the name of the variable in the internal loop to avoid confusion
st-theme-node: Improve error reporting from upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/1d235395765226a981fd31f16adae505ad8642de#diff-ea7efd941b083a785ba5e4b928a26d59
St: support css margin property From upstream https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/2935fd4ffe9176d28f68192bb34bdba1a0e57a2b and https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/216e996f6680a3ffb797caafe1ed29990360c8f1

[ leigh123linux ]
Fix cursor black background when taking screenshot

[ Jason Hicks ]
JS API misc/util.js: Add spawnCommandLineAsync

[ JosephMcc ]
recent-applet: Fix wrong menu placement

[ NikoKrause ]
Cinnamon Tutorial: Add instructions for xlet l10n

[ Stephen Collins ]
User applet: Remove inaccurate comment - This is not actually the shutdown applet by Shelly

[ JosephMcc ]
windowManager: Move handling of workspace switch effects to one place
window-list: Don't lose our focus style class when opening the context menu

[ Stephen Collins ]
Settings widgets range: Add an optional argument to show the current value of on the scale widget. This was originally the way it worked in the xlet settings, but with the rework, that functionality wasn't reimplemented. This rendered the settings of several applets less usefull. This pull request reimplements the functionality for applets and also makes it available for cinnamon settings as well.
Show desktop applet: fix preview being stuck by keyboard-triggered menu open
settings.js: Rebuild the settings file if it becomes corrupted. If the settings have already been loaded, we use the latest version we have, otherwise we restore from defaults.

[ JosephMcc ]
vertical-panels: Make proper calculations for panel intellihide

[ Stephen Collins ]
Keyboard applet: always show something in panel edit mode
Power applet: always show something in panel edit mode

[ Jason Hicks ]
JS API util.js: Add doNotReap parameter to trySpawn ct. itzexor

[ Stephen Collins ]
util.js: add documentation for spawn_async

[ Sam Burgos ]
added support to manage the systemd services available on the system

[ Michael Webster ]
cs_startup.py: Add a "Run now" button for when a row is selected.

[ Stephen Collins ]
Make sure applets that don't support vertical panels don't get droped on a vertical panel. This was happening with at least some applets, causing them to 'disappear', and could only be recovered by removing them from applet settings and readding them again.

[ JosephMcc ]
cinnamon-settings: Fix some sliders being drawn backwards

[ Stephen Collins ]
settings.js: Handle corrupt settings the right way. Fixes several issues with the previous implementation.
xlet settings: add list widget

[ Odyseus ]
[Xlet settings] Fix reference to new option added to wrong element

[ Clement Lefebvre ]
Settings: Add support for lightdm-settings

[ NikoKrause ]
[xlets-about-dialog] show timestamp if exists else show version & show "more info" button

[ itzexor ]
spawn_async: clean up the callbacks after we're done
looking-glass: use bracket notation for property accessors when inspecting
Environment: don't fail in toString()
looking-glass: set null results' value to "[null]"

[ Lars Mueller ]
Fix panel timeout spinbuttons jumping around Fixes #6374

[ Madh93 ]
Add Manjaro Support in System Info #6387

[ brownsr ]
systray: add css class to permit theming
st-theme.c: rename confusing variable Compiler is complaining about shadow variables because the same variable names are defined in a function and in an if statement in the function

[ itzexor ]
systray-applet: don't crash in on_applet_removed_from_panel

[ brownsr ]
st-theme-node: remove a double declaration that gives a compiler warning
cinnamon-app-system: rename a doubly declared variable causing a compiler warning
st-background-effect: avoid a couple of ISO C90 compiler warnings

[ Daniel Schürmann ]
Start inode/directory app instead unregistered x-scheme-handler/file in case of unmounted bookmarks

[ brownsr ]
st-entry: change variable type to avoid compiler warning

[ Lars Mueller ]
Add a chooser for "inode/directory" to be able to choose the default file manager

[ brownsr ]
st-polygon: avoid a couple of ISO C90 compiler warnings

[ leigh123linux ]
remove ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_API defines

[ NikoKrause ]
xlet-settings: add missing string for l10n

[ brownsr ]
st-box-layout: remove unused variable

[ itzexor ]
panel.js: refactor Panel._showPanel and Panel._hidePanel
panel.js: don't clip the panel box shadow when showing after hide

[ JosephMcc ]
cs_accessibility: Restore previous theme when disabling High Contrast

[ Michael Webster ]
remove panelMenu.js, which is unused but for 2 applets.  There are a bunch of applets that import it but don't use it, all of which can be fixed now.

[ JosephMcc ]
hotcorners: remove the icon option

[ itzexor ]
cinnamon-looking-glass.py: handle numpad enter in entry

[ leigh123linux ]
Remove aclocal as autoreconf runs it

[ Odyseus ]
Fix for non translated applet names on Remove context menu items.

[ Lars Mueller ]
[Xlets] Expose config deletion request to xlet
Revert "Fix panel timeout spinbuttons jumping around"
[cs_panel.py] Remove unused methods
[cs_panel.py] Better fix for jumping spinbuttons This fixes it, avoiding excessive disk writing

[ brownsr ]
st-texture-cache: use convenience function to free linked list
modalDialog: avoid a js warning

[ Michael Webster ]
utils: add check-js, to scan for runtime-breaking javascript syntax errors.

[ brownsr ]
Adjustments after enabling margin for st
st-box-layout: change variable type to avoid compiler warning
st-drawing-area: redefine a variable to avoid a compiler warning
st-private: change variable types to match and so avoid compiler warnings
st-button: avoid redundant redeclaration compiler warnings
st-label: avoid redundant redeclaration compiler warnings
st-theme-node: avoid compiler warnings about redundant redeclarations
st-widget: avoid redundant duplicate declarations giving compiler warnings
st_theme: add missing enums and default case avoids compiler warnings done upstream

[ Nicholas Carrington ]
cs_user.py: Save appropriately sized .face for cinnamon-screensaver

[ JosephMcc ]
cs_mouse: Add new settings to control acceleration/sensitivity
power-applet: Add support for warning and error style classes

[ Stephen Collins ]
cs_panel.py: rework individual panel page to simplify code, fix some bugy behavior, and improve readability

[ brownsr ]
st-widget: use g_clear_pointer https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/4d1358b7ed483b3822ab889e4851cca2c3fa8841#diff-9ad11fdf581414b0f2501e50921d1052

[ Harry Wynn-Williams ]
Update keybindings.js

[ Clement Lefebvre ]
Adapt Cinnamon to multi-process CSD

[ JosephMcc ]
messageTray: Show critical notifications in fullscreen

[ itzexor ]
panel.js: fix missing variable declaration

[ Stephen Collins ]
cs_panel.py: replace panel widgets with backended ones. This will hopefully ensure that the widgets are consistent with the rest of Cinnamon in terms of behavior and appearance, as well as easier to maintain.

[ itzexor ]
panel.js: improve code uniformity in show/hide functions
panel.js: cleanup _processPanelAutoHide usage
panel.js: move clipping code into new _setClipRegion helper
panel.js: keep track of panelPosition and monitor changes
panel.js: refactor _moveResizePanel

[ brownsr ]
St: support margin: corrections to PR 6271
st-scroll-bar: add default to case statement to avoid compiler warning done using g_return_val_if_reached as upstream
st-scroll-view: add missing enums and default case statements avoids compiler warnings missing enums are placed in the same places as upstream

[ itzexor ]
layout.js: don't include clipped off areas in input region

[ brownsr ]
st-theme-node: add defaults to case statements to avoid compiler warnings also treat an iso C warning by moving a variable declaration

[ Elias Ojala ]
README file to reStructuredText file

[ brownsr ]
st-widget: add missing enums to avoid compiler warnings
cinnamon-window-tracker: add default to case statement to avoid compiler warnings and a couple of other very minor changes, again to avoid compiler warnings
St: Margin: remove margin:auto from menu applet and default theme This avoids warning messages as margin:auto is not supported And it also means third party theme developers will not copy non-functional CSS The warning messages for the programmatic insertion of margin:auto in the menu applet were particularly cryptic

[ JosephMcc ]
st: Fix a couple icon/text-shadow bugs

[ Odyseus ]
cinnamon-json-makepot: Fix for undefined global name.

[ mikee805 ]
Update cs_power.py

[ Michael Webster ]
Use St.Icon instead of fetching icons from St.TextureCache.
all: adapt to changes for new cjs (gjs 1.48/mozjs38)

[ itzexor ]
panel.js warning fix
lookingGlass.js: fix warning
sound-applet: fix warning

[ JosephMcc ]
osdWindow: Fix the level bar display

[ Michael Webster ]
Remove memory info stuff from looking glass, cinnamon-global.
control: adjust version reqs for libcjs
all: Some additional warning fixes due to gjs 1.48.0->1.48.2 changes.

[ JosephMcc ]
panel-launchers: Fix the panel launcher animation

[ itzexor ]
melange: don't freeze on quit with custom log watchers

[ JosephMcc ]
desklet.js: Ignore an extra argument to setContent()

[ Jason Hicks ]
js/ui/tooltip.js: Check if this.mousePosition is defined
Move this.mousePosition initial assignment to TooltipBase
Supress CJS mozjs38 warnings in applet, dbusMenu, indicator...
Correct indentation

[ SteveMoto ]
reformatting and fix css (#6510)

[ Simon Brown ]
cinnamon-util: sort out various compiler warnings (#6506)
cinnamon-perf-log: treat a couple of compiler warnings (#6503)
cinnamon-tray-manager: remove an ISO C compiler warning (#6505)
cinnamon-recorder: remove some compiler warnings (#6504)
cinnamon-doc-system: remove a couple of compiler warnings (#6502)
cinnamon-app-system: treat various compiler warnings (#6501)
cinnamon-app: avoid default case and integer/unsigned compiler warnings (#6498)
st-theme-node-drawing:  add default cases to switch statements to avoid compiler warnings (#6495)
workspace-switcher: correct undefined property warning (#6497)
na-tray-manager: remove an ISO C compiler warning (#6508)

[ Jason Hicks ]
js/ui/dnd.js: Fix undefined error with mozjs38
ui/js/panel.js: Fix undefined this._dragShowId error with mozjs38
js/ui/appletManager: Fix undefined error with mozjs38
js/ui/extension: Fix undefined requiredArray[2] error with mozjs38
js/ui/appletManager: Fix invalid parameter count with mozjs38 for Gio.File.delete

[ itzexor ]
main.js: improve logging of GLib.Errors and objects (#6486)

[ NikoKrause ]
[menu-applet & panel-launchers] added new mouse cursors while dragging apps (#5859)

[ Clement Lefebvre ]
l10n: Update POT file
l10n: Generate additional files

 

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