This is the history of the Cinnamon desktop, but without the history of Linux Mint, too, it's incomplete! Enjoy the journey.
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šThe History of Cinnamonš
https://web.archive.org/web/20061019115016/http://linuxmint.com/content/blogsection/9/55/
Three months later
https://web.archive.org/web/20061210132202/http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/news.html
Version 2.0 of Linux Mint
https://web.archive.org/web/20061208052311/http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/20061113.html
Bea, version 2.1
https://web.archive.org/web/20061209094505/http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/20061201.html
Bianca, version 2.2
https://web.archive.org/web/20070708184233/http://linuxmint.com/
Mint's very own package manager 'apt' which is not-the-same-as-the-apt-you-know
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=68
Lisa, version 12
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1889
Maya, version 13
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2031
Cinnamon 1.1.2
https://web.archive.org/web/20120920015647/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=53
Nemo was forked from Nautilus, Gnome's file manager
https://web.archive.org/web/20120905232228/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198
Cinnamon 2.2
https://web.archive.org/web/20150418060752/http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2014/04/cinnamon-2-2
Cinnamon 2.4
https://web.archive.org/web/20150329002036/http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2014/11/cinnamon-2-4/
Nemo got a plugin manager
https://web.archive.org/web/20150729143250/http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2015/06/cinnamon-2-6/
Cinnamon 2.8, gained a power applet
https://web.archive.org/web/20151129213516/http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2015/11/cinnamon-2-8-released/
Apps written by the Mint team for... everything
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2985
Cinnamon 3.0 was released
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3026
Better touchpad support, more animations and better window management
https://web.archive.org/web/20161008034617/http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2016/04/cinnamon-3-0-released/
Plugins that Cinnamon could use were called Spices
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3094
Cinnamon 3.4
https://web.archive.org/web/20170708083908/http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sonya_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
Cinnamon 3.6
https://web.archive.org/web/20180401182007/https://linuxmint.com/rel_sylvia_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
Cinnamon 4.0
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tessa_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
Cinnamon 5.0
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
"Thingy"
https://github.com/linuxmint/thingy
Cinnamon 6.0 with experimental Wayland
https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-0-desktop-environment-arrives-with-initial-wayland-support
Cinnamon 6.4 will end up with a much needed facelift
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4740