Linux Mint offers three power-user features I underestimated

A How-To Geek article by Dibakar Ghosh highlights three Cinnamon-only Linux Mint features — custom right-click Actions, gesture-to-command mapping, and GNOME/GTK theme support — that the author found useful.

An article by Dibakar Ghosh at How-To Geek recounts how three overlooked Cinnamon features changed his view of Linux Mint. The author had long preferred Arch-based KDE setups but revisited Mint after helping a friend migrate away from Windows. He reports that Cinnamon includes several power-user options that are not obvious at first glance. These features are specific to the Cinnamon edition and do not apply to the Xfce or MATE editions. Key reported features: - Custom "Actions" add entries to the Nemo right-click context menu; some built-in Actions require separate dependencies to function (for example, "Convert Image Format" needs ImageMagick and "Copying Name to Clipboard" needs xclip). - Users can create custom .nemo_action files (located under ~/.local/share/nemo/actions/) to expose Bash scripts and other commands as context-menu items for file operations or workflows. - Cinnamon supports mapping touchpad and touchscreen gestures to terminal commands, so swipes and pinches can trigger scripts or launch applications; the author notes defaults like three-finger swipes for workspace switching. - Because Cinnamon is built on GTK, it can use GNOME/GTK themes from external sources; themes placed in ~/.themes can be applied through Cinnamon's settings. Summary: The author concludes that context-menu Actions, gesture-to-command mapping, and GNOME/GTK theme support give Cinnamon capabilities that appeal to more advanced users while remaining relatively underpublicized. Undetermined at this time.