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 making screen grabs and “accommodate the differences between CSD (Client Side Decoration) and SSD (Server Side Decoration) windows” to result in clearer screenshots. Currently, Cinnamon uses the GTK-based gnome-screenshot , but the tool fails to capture window shadows at all when taking app window screenshots. It does, however, leave clipped, dark pixel artefacts from window shadows beneath the rounded corners. Which isn’t pretty. The new tool can take app window screenshots with […]
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-screenshot-tool
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Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/linux-mint-new-cinnamon-screenshot-tool
Aggregated via Linux News
