New Cinnamon 1.6 Release: Adds 2D session, new applets and more

Cinnamon, the GNOME Shell fork used by default in Linux Mint 13 (Cinnamon Edition), has reached version 1.6, getting many new features: a new 2D session, workspace OSD, new applets and lots more!

Major changes in Cinnamon 1.6:

• Cinnamon 2D session (uses software rendering)
• Workspace OSD: you can now name the workspaces (which are persistent in Cinnamon)
• ALT + Tab improvements: you can now use thumbnails or previews
• Improved sound applet: larger album cover, mute buttons for speakers and microphone and more
• Grid View in Expo
• The panel is fully customizable: options to configure auto-hide delay and the panel height have been added to Cinnamon Settings.
• many other improvements and bug fixes

Check out more exciting features from the video below (and from the source link!).

[via WebUpd8]