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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    At that point, what are you using Mint for? The Cinammon DE?

    IMHO, KDE feels much more modern, while Cinammon kind of feels like it's stuck in 2003. It reminds me of the stock gray boxy Windows 9x/NT/2000 interface.

    [–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I love cinnamon it's the main reason I use mint I tried debian with mint but the theming was ugly but the cinnamon on mint mmm beautiful I find it very comfortable and familiar like all the good parts of windows 7 just with a tad bit more modern design

    [–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

    I think Cinnamon is version 6 on Mint while Debian is stuck on a v5 build.

    [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

    I stuck an Arc theme on it and that modernized it a lot.

    To me, Cinnamon sits somewhere between the extremes of Gnome and KDE.

    Gnome is an Android launcher with a concussion. Every major update is a list of things it can't do anymore. Hopefully by Gnome 52 the system won't even POST let alone boot. Every utility is a blank window with an empty menu up in the top bar that does as little of its job as it can, apparently in service to some "blank is beautiful" aesthetic.

    KDE feels like the control panel of a nuclear power plant, LOADS of crap everywhere. Widgets and wodgets and panels and sidebars where does it end? Every utility is an incorrectly sized window completely crammed full of drop downs, radio buttons and text fields with several tabs and sub-menus with lots of options, because what if esoteric use case?

    Cinnamon is a middle ground in between; they have a "most users, most of the time" approach so that UIs are understandable and digestible, and usually let you do what you want to do, without being uselessly blank or obsessively crowded.

    Cinnamon doesn't need therapy, Gnome and KDE do.