Cinnamon desktop is getting its own, native screenshot tool
(https://i0.wp.com/www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mint-thumb-1.jpg?resize=406%2C232&ssl=1) Linux Mint developers are building a new screenshot utility for the Cinnamon desktop, ahead of its next major release. The home-grown tool will give users more options when taking screenshots and will "accommodate the differences between CSD (Client Side Decoration) and SSD (Server Side Decoration) windows" to provide 'cleaner' looking screenshots. Currently, Cinnamon rolls with the GTK-based gnome-screenshot. That tool works fine, but it doesn't render shadows in windowed app screenshots on Cinnamon. It does, however, include pixel artefacts around the corners of windows, caused by the drop shadow bleeding through: It's not super pretty, and as someone who works [...]
You're reading Cinnamon desktop is getting its own, native screenshot tool (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-screenshot-tool) , a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk) . Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
Categories: News
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-screenshot-tool May 25, 2026, 02:40 AM