Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a Linux desktop that provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.

Installation

Add to your configuration:

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

services.xserver.desktopManager.cinnamon.enable = true;

Although it is enabled through the xserver options, the experimental Wayland session is available through enabling this option.

Display Manager

Linux Mint Cinnamon edition comes with LightDM as the display manager, you can enable LightDM in your configuration like so:

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.enable = true;

Configuration

Excluding preinstalled packages

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

environment.cinnamon.excludePackages = [
  pkgs.blueman
];

Online Account Management

Cinnamon uses gnome-online-accounts-gtk to manage online account connection with the rest of the desktop environment. However, merely activating the Cinnamon desktopManager service isn't enough to make this feature work. You must also activate the gnome-online-accounts service, like so.

services.gnome.gnome-online-accounts.enable = true;