I want to try the latest version of Cinnamon on 18.04. Which is the latest version available ? How can I install it on 18.04 ?

I don’t know if you have tried this or if others have tried it, but I found this link when I was looking for something else this afternoon http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/11/install-cinnamon-desktop-4-0-ubuntu-18-04/

This method would be: https://linuxmint.com/download.php Dual Boot method, subject to your system specs, (UEFI or Legacy). Install along side your 18.04 install. If you do not mind cross-pollinating your desktop environments by have more than one file manager, etc, look in Synaptic Package Manager…

As @anon56357095 says you can do it in 18.04 here is a link : https://www.lifewire.com/install-cinnamon-on-ubuntu-4125605 Personally I found it doesn’t work that well, well not as it does on Mint which it is meant for. So I too wouln’t recommend you doing so. If you really want to try it them dow…

The thing is, I am already using Cinnamon alongside Gnome in 18.04. But it is an older version from embryon PPA. I was looking to get the latest version.

You won’t need to use PPA with Linuxmint, it is the latest Cinnamon version, and uses the 18.04 platform. Not heard of, nor does a web search reveal anything about embryon PPA: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=embryon+PPA&t=ffcm&atb=v153-3&ia=web If Ubuntu Gnome 18.04 was installed first, you can use Gpa…

I don’t want to loose default Ubuntu [image] How to Install Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu This tutorial shows you how to install the Cinnamon desktop environment on Ubuntu. Cinnamon is the default desktop environment of Linux Mint. Unlike the GNOME desktop environment in Ubuntu, Cinna…

c’est la vie, mon ami. :sunglasses:

You don’t have to do so as when you login you can choose which DE to do so in. If I remember correctly and @abhishek will know better than I do you can add as many as you want to do so to change over to at log in.

He has already installed Cinnamon DE along with the default GNOME. What @meetdilip wants here to have the latest Cinnamon because the PPA mentioned in the article doesn’t have the latest version of Cinnamon.

@abhishek , any PPA with Cinnamon 4 ? Trusted as well.

There are a couple of them but none official.

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