From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 12/23/25 3:02 PM, RonB wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-23, yossarian <> wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:07:40 -0000 (UTC)   
   >> RonB  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>> I ran it up for <10 mins to test my themes, icons, and cursors.   
   >>>> No issues there.  Not sure I like the menu but there might be ways of   
   changing some of it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My Nemo has regular expression in the text field of search.  22.2 not 3   
   yet.   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't like the new Menu at all. I'll probably stay at 22.2 for the   
   >>> duration.   
   >>>   
   >> I completely agree with you, overcrowded and not configurable. I don't   
   >> like where Cinnamon is going. My old eyes hurt, such tiny icons for the   
   >> "window control buttons", flat design, and the same color for the   
   >> front and back window menus. This might be the last straw for changing   
   >> distributions :-(   
   >>   
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   >> Linux Mint 22.2 kernel version 6.14.0-36-generic Cinnamon 6.4.8 AMD   
   >> Ryzen 7 5700G, Radeon RX9060XT, 32GB of DRAM.   
   >   
   > I found out (from a poster at Reddit) that changing the 22.3 Menu to the   
   > 22.2 Menu is trivial.   
   >   
   > Just copy the Menu "applet" (folder) from 22.2 at...   
   >   
   > /usr/share/cinnamon/applets   
   >   
   > ...and save it somewhere.   
   >   
   > Then delete the new Menu in 22.3 (same location), paste the old Menu there   
   > and then delete the Menu on 22.3, log out, and login and reinstall the Menu   
   > from the Applets app. You've got the old Menu.   
   >   
   > I guess you could also put the old Menu at...   
   >   
   > ~/.local/share/usr/cinnamon/applets   
   >   
   > In my test I put the old Menu in both locations, but that probably was   
   > overkill.   
   >   
   > I tried this on a Live USB. I assume it would work the same on a full   
   > install.   
   >   
   It's ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets    At least here.    Putting it there   
   should be the   
   simple way.  I guess you could even rename the folder and index files in there   
   someplace   
   and just call it by another name 'Menu222'   
      
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