Cinnamon project

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Linux desktop environment desktop environment free and open-source software project

The Cinnamon project is a Linux desktop environment that provides a traditional, user-friendly interface, best known for being the default desktop of the Linux Mint distribution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cinnamon Settings	1
Cinnamon extensions	1
Cinnamon project canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8918113 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cinnamon project
Context triple: [Nemo, developer, Cinnamon project]

A. Pumlumon Project
The Pumlumon Project is a large-scale conservation and habitat restoration initiative in the Plynlimon uplands of mid-Wales, focused on enhancing biodiversity, improving water management, and supporting sustainable land use.
B. Paradice project
The Paradice project is a clandestine genetic-engineering initiative in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy that creates the bioengineered humanoid species known as the Crakers.
C. Aristo project
The Aristo project is an AI research initiative by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence focused on building systems that can answer and reason about standardized science exam questions.
D. Pylons Project
Pylons Project is an open-source organization that develops and maintains Python web frameworks and related tools, including the Pyramid framework.
E. The Project
The Project is an Australian television news and current affairs panel show on Network Ten that blends serious journalism with comedy and pop culture commentary.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cinnamon project
Target entity description: The Cinnamon project is a Linux desktop environment that provides a traditional, user-friendly interface, best known for being the default desktop of the Linux Mint distribution.

A. Pumlumon Project
The Pumlumon Project is a large-scale conservation and habitat restoration initiative in the Plynlimon uplands of mid-Wales, focused on enhancing biodiversity, improving water management, and supporting sustainable land use.
B. Paradice project
The Paradice project is a clandestine genetic-engineering initiative in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy that creates the bioengineered humanoid species known as the Crakers.
C. Aristo project
The Aristo project is an AI research initiative by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence focused on building systems that can answer and reason about standardized science exam questions.
D. Pylons Project
Pylons Project is an open-source organization that develops and maintains Python web frameworks and related tools, including the Pyramid framework.
E. The Project
The Project is an Australian television news and current affairs panel show on Network Ten that blends serious journalism with comedy and pop culture commentary.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Linux desktop environment ⓘ desktop environment ⓘ free and open-source software project ⓘ
aimsTo	be user-friendly for new Linux users ⓘ provide a traditional desktop experience ⓘ
basedOn	GNOME technologies ⓘ linked to: GNOME development platform
compatibleWith	Arch Linux ⓘ Debian ⓘ Fedora ⓘ linked to: Fedora Linux Linux Mint ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ
defaultDesktopEnvironmentOf	Linux Mint ⓘ
developer	Clement Lefebvre ⓘ Linux Mint team ⓘ linked to: Linux Mint
fileManager	Nemo ⓘ
hasComponent	Cinnamon Control Center ⓘ Cinnamon Screensaver ⓘ Cinnamon Settings ⓘ linked to: Cinnamon project Cinnamon Shell ⓘ Cinnamon Spices ⓘ Cinnamon applets ⓘ Cinnamon desklets ⓘ Cinnamon extensions ⓘ linked to: Cinnamon project Cinnamon themes ⓘ Muffin window manager ⓘ Nemo file manager ⓘ
license	GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ LGPL-2.1-or-later ⓘ
maintainer	Linux Mint project ⓘ linked to: Linux Mint
operatingSystem	Linux ⓘ
originatedAs	fork of GNOME Shell ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ Python ⓘ
repository	https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon ⓘ
sourceModel	open source ⓘ
supportsFeature	desktop widgets ⓘ extensions ⓘ hot corners ⓘ menu-based application launcher ⓘ multiple workspaces ⓘ notification system ⓘ panel applets ⓘ system tray ⓘ themes ⓘ
userInterfaceStyle	Windows-like layout ⓘ traditional desktop metaphor ⓘ
usesDisplayServerProtocol	X11 ⓘ
website	https://projects.linuxmint.com/cinnamon/ ⓘ
windowManager	Muffin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nemo → developer → Cinnamon project ⓘ

Cinnamon project → hasComponent → Cinnamon Settings ⓘ

linked to: Cinnamon project

Cinnamon project → hasComponent → Cinnamon extensions ⓘ