Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Released!

Key points

Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" is out. It ships Cinnamon 6.6.9 and refreshes the bundled applications. Images are on the project's Downloads page and the official mirror, and the team is looking for new contributors.

Cinnamon 6.6.9

• Most of the changes are general bug fixes and improvements.
• The default menu applet shows the user avatar at the top and a description under each application.
• A new settings module manages Thunderbolt/USB 4 devices.
• Hot corners now work in fullscreen applications.
• Theming has been improved.

Cinnamon components

• Cinnamon Control Center 6.6.0, Cinnamon Desktop 6.6.2, Cinnamon Menus 6.6.0, Cinnamon Screensaver 6.6.1 and Cinnamon Settings Daemon 6.6.4.
• CJS 140.
• Muffin 6.6.3, with more progress towards Wayland protocol support.
• Nemo 6.6.4: files can be searched by regex, and file operations can be paused.
• XDG Desktop Portal (XApp) 1.1.3.

Other software

• LibreOffice 26.8.1.1, Gedit 48.1 (Gedit plugins are now included), Eye of GNOME 50.3, Evince 49 and Atril 1.28.4.
• GNOME Calculator 50.0, GNOME Calendar 51, Gnote 50.1, Simple Scan 50.0 and Seahorse 47.0.1.
• Deja Dup 50.1, File Roller 44.7, Brasero 3.12.3, gThumb 3.12.10 and Rhythmbox 3.4.9.
• Zoitechat is now installed, replacing HexChat.

General

• The Yaru variants were updated for the theming changes in Cinnamon 6.6.0.
• The Debian-specific package desktop-base is no longer included.

Getting involved

• Anyone interested in Ubuntu Cinnamon development can join the Ubuntu space on Matrix and search for "Ubuntu Cinnamon Development".

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