Linux Mint 19.1 Lands This Christmas with Cinnamon 4.0, Mainline Kernels Support

Announced last month as the first update to the Linux Mint 19 series, Linux Mint 19.1 is dubbed “Tessa” and it will bring all the goodies from the Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver) release on top of the a brand-new Cinnamon 4.0 desktop environment that’s yet to see the light of day. The Cinnamon 4.0 desktop environment in Linux Mint 19.1 looks to shape up as a modern desktop interface thanks to a new panel layout with a larger and darker design. But the good old Cinnamon won’t go away, as the developers promise it will be one click away if you don’t like the new look.