The new and improved dual monitor support primarily addresses a longtime complaint from Cinnamon users with more than one screen: there was no way to set up your panels independently. That's been fixed, which means you can now have a completely different panel on each of your monitors. In fact, you don't have to have multiple screens to take advantage of this one. The updates to the panel mean you can now set up your single monitor with multiple instances; for example, one at the top and bottom of your screen (though I'm not sure why you'd want to).
Wait, did you catch that in the last paragraph? Cinnamon 2.6 has a new feature that addresses a longtime complaint from users. In fact, there are quite a few new features that can be traced right back to user-submitted bugs and feature requests, which is another thing that feels increasingly rare in Linux desktops.
This release sees the Cinnamon developers focusing on some of what are sometimes call "paper cut" fixes, which just means there's been a lot of attention to the details, particularly the small, but annoying problems. For example, this release adds a new panel applet called "inhibit" which temporarily bans all notifications. It also turns off screen locking and stops any auto dimming you have set up, making it a great tool for when you want to watch a video or play a game.
It can be a challenge to strike a balance between project vision and what users think they want, because what they say they want is not always the same thing as what they want or need. Has this update of Cinnamon managed it?
(Score: -1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2015, @08:40AM
The two monitors represent how big and meaty they wish their tiny shriveled nuts were.
(Score: 2) by juggs on Thursday July 16 2015, @03:38AM
Tell us what you think of triple monitors please. We're bound to be enlightened given your assessment of dual monitors.
What's so bad about that - one for knobbing with code, second for seeing how the code changes look, third as a comms panel (email, irc etc. etc.). Certainly all possible with virtual desktops, but that's not as convenient as sheer screen acreage - it's not a penis extension, it's just a practical, efficient way to get stuff done.
Of course if all you have is an iPad - I fully understand your position.... but I think we learnt in the 19th Century too much consumption kills, I don't recall production being a problem (other than small kids getting caught in mill machinery or stuck in chimneys) - but then kids are cheap and fun to make.