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The default windows manager / desktop environment is called Cinnamon. Cinnamon is an independent desktop environment that retains many features that users appreciated in GNOME. The toolbar is called the Cinnamon Panel.The default windows manager / desktop environment is called Cinnamon. The [[Cinnamon Desktop]] is an independent desktop environment that retains many features that users appreciated in GNOME. The toolbar is called the Cinnamon Panel. 20.1 Ulyssa Ubuntu Focal Fossa 20.04 21.1 Vera Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 20.1 Ulyssa Ubuntu Focal Fossa 20.04 21.1 Vera Ubuntu Jammy 22.04 LTS <small>The Firefox Extended Support Release so that you don't get forcefully upgraded to the dreaded Quantum 57. <small>The [[Firefox Extended Support Release]] so that you don't get forcefully upgraded to the dreaded Quantum 57. Read: [[Scrollbar Width in Firefox Issue]]If you choose NOT to mirror then you will notice that your second monitor is an empty desktop without icons and without a panel. Cinnamon version 2.6 and later support applets and panels on the second display. You can add a panel to your second monitor by doing the following: Right-click the panel on your primary monitor and select "Modify panel" and "Add panel." The top and bottom edges of all monitors should get highlighted and a new panel will be set up where you click.The menu and applications will align right on the second panel on the second display. You are supposed to be able to change this by choosing to enable panel edit mode and drag and drop the Window list to the left side of the panel (red colored). However, like many things in Linux this is broken. Maybe it will be fixed on the version of Cinnamon that you are using.{{:Template-Dual Monitors with Cinnamon}}See also [[Mint Linux Preferred Applications and Mimetype Management]]=== unclutter and xbanish ===One, or the other!Hide the mouse cursor when not in use, for example, when typing this prevents the mouse cursor from getting in the way. Unclutter-xfixes is a rewrite of the popular tool unclutter, but using the x11-xfixes extension. xbanish is an alternative to unclutter, untested here. Xbanish hides the mouse cursor when you start typing, and shows it again when the mouse cursor moves or a mouse button is pressed. sudo apt install unclutter-xfixesor sudo apt install xbanishRefer to [[Default Java on Mint Linux]] for options with Java=== Debian Nerds Remove ALL RTSP Support ===(''rtsp stream playing does not work in Ubuntu 21.04 and Debian 11'')<BR>Mint 21.1 Vera Ubuntu 22.04 LTS has limited support for viewing rtsp protocol. It seems ffplay still supports rtsp, however vlc does not. Debian builds remove rtsp. Bug report claims, " We had to disable those plugins as liblivemedia constains non-free code. "* ffplay on mint supports rtsp* no packages for livemedia-utils in default repositories* vlc will not play rtsp unless you use the snap or build from source. - never - use the snap!* mvp player works, apt install mpv=== Canonical assumes everyone uses public wifi ===A new feature in Ubuntu and Mint as part of the Network Manager is a connectivity checker that creates unnecessary and potentially suspicious looking network activity on your computer. It is an ugly hack developers came up with to address certain shortcomings with Ubuntu and Mint's ability to stay connected to public Internet wifi hotspots. {{:Ubuntu_/_Mint_Linux_Users:_disable_Network_Manager_connectivity_checks}}===Window List Popup Thumbnails and Open Applications Alighment===Issues like the annoying application thumbnails and the alignment of the Window List applet can be customized:* See [[Mint Cinnamon Desktop Window List Applet Preferences]]*[[Mint Linux Preferred Applications and Mimetype Management]]