Cinnamon setup

Settings

"Font Selection"

Default Font: Noto Sans CJK HK Regular 10
Document Font: Noto Sans Display Regular 10
Document Font: Noto Sans Display Regular 11
Mono Font: FiraCode Nerd Font Regular 13
Window Title Font: Noto Sans CJK HK Black 10

Text scaling factor: 1.2
Hinting: Full

"Themes"

Spices : Cinnamon (Themes)

~/.themes/

Icons: Adwaita
Applications: Arc-Dark
Mouse Pointer: Adwaita
Desktop: Arc-Dark

Also: Zukitwo for Mac-like feeling

Uncheck "Show icons in menus"
Uncheck "Show icons on buttons"

"Applets"

Spices : Cinnamon (Applets)

~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/

Upper panel (left-to-right):

• Menu
• Panel launchers
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Terminal
• Spacer
• Multi-Core System Monitor
• Keyboard
• Display
• Notifications
• Sound/Sound With Apps Volume
• ScreenShot+Record Desktop
• Removable Drives
• Network Manager
• Calendar

Lower panel (left-to-right):

• Scale
• Expo
• Window List
• Force Quit/Force Quit II
• Workspace switcher

Force Quit II (white)
Force Quit (red)
Multi-Core System Monitor
ScreenShot+Record Desktop

Sound With Apps Volume

Check "Volume 150%"
Uncheck "Mute with middle click"

Timer With Notifications

Calender

Check "Show week numbers"
Custom date format: "%Y-%m-%d (%a) | %H:%M"

Menu

Check "Enable file system path in search box"

Notification

Uncheck "Show empty tray"

Date & Time

"Use 24h Clock": on
"Display the date": on
"Display Seconds": off
"First day of week": Monday

"Desklets"

Spices : Cinnamon (Desklets)

~/.local/share/cinnamon/desklets/

Time and Date Desklets

{
  "description": "A fork desklet that displays the time and date",
  "dateSize": "20pt",
  "dangerous": false,
  "dateFormat": "%A, %e %B",
  "name": "Time and Date Desklet",
  "timeSize": "50pt",
  "last-edited": "1371648230",
  "timeFormat": "%H:%M",
  "prevent-decorations": true,
  "uuid": "TimeAndDate@nightflame"
}

"Extensions"

Spices : Cinnamon (Extensions)

cinnamon-settings extensions

~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions/

gTile

space
2x2, 3x3, 4x3, 4x4
check "Auto-Close"
uncheck "Animation"

"Panel"

2 Panels

"Preferred Applications"

Google Chrome
Text Editor

Settings

Lock when put to sleep
Lock when screen turn off
Don't ask for custom message

Calendar

Use custom date and time format
%A %Y-%m-%d, %H:%M

"Startup Applications"

Disable:

• EndeavourOS Update Notifier
• Desktop Sharing
• wallpaper-once
• Welcome

Add:

• Guake
• overGrive
• pCloud

"Windows"

Titlebar

Action on titlebar middle click: None

Alt-Tab

Coverflow (3d)
off
delay 50ms

"Keyboard" > "Keyboard Shortcuts"

Generally delete unused shortcuts.
Disable NumLock to use keypad keys.

gsettings list-schema org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.wm
dconf dump /org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/wm/

"General":

• "Show the window selection screen" (Scale): Super+Q
• "Show the workspace selection screen" (Expo): none
• "Show Desktop": Super+D
• "Cycle Windows Backwards": Shift+Alt+Tab
• "Cycle Same App": Alt+`
• "Run": Super+r
• "Looking Glass": Super+F12

"Windows":

• "Minimize window": Super+KP_1
• "Toggle maximization state": Super+KP_9

"Window > Tiling and Snapping":

• "Push tile left": Super+Left
• "Push tile right": Super+Right
• "Push tile up": Super+Up
• "Push tile down": Super+Down

"Window > Inter-workspace":

• "Move window to left workspace": Super+,
• "Move window to right workspace": Super+.

"Window > Inter-workspace":

• "Move window to left monitor": Shift+Super+Left
• "Move window to right monitor": Shift+Super+Right
• "Move window to up monitor": Shift+Super+Up
• "Move window to down monitor": Shift+Super+Down

"Workspace > Direct Navigation":

• "Switch to workspace 1": Super+1
• "Switch to workspace 2": Super+2

"System":

• "Lock screen": Super+L

"System > Screenshots and Recordings":

• "Take a screenshot of an area": Shift+Print
• "Copy a screenshot of an area to clipblard": Ctrl+Shift+Print
• "Take a screenshot": Print
• "Copy a screenshot to clipblard": Ctrl+Print
• "Take a screenshot of a window": Alt+Print
• "Copy a screenshot of a window to clipblard": Ctrl+Alt+Print

"Launchers":

• "Launch terminal": Super+<T
• "WWW browser": Homepage (Fn+F1)
• "Home folder": Super+E

Nemo

"Views"

Default: "List View"
List View zoom: "66%"

"Behavior"

Check "Ignore per-folder view preferences"
Automatically close when media unmounted

"Display"

Date format: ISO
Check "Show full path"
Check "Show advanced permissions"

"List Columns"

Check "Owner", "Permissions"

"Preview"

Disable Text in icons
Show thumbnails for < 10MB
Enable tooltips

"Toolbar"

Check "computer", "terminal"

Debugging

Toggle Looking Glass with Super+F12
Looking Glass log: ~/.cinnamon/glass.log
Xsession error: ~/.xsession-errors