There's some really easy tweaks that make Cinnamon look very similar to older versions of macOS.
Pretty much just put the task bar at the top, change the window control buttons to the left instead of right and install a dock on the bottom.
Doesn't take long and I have had good results with that.
#LinuxMint #Cinnamon #macOS #linux
matthew - retroedge.tech
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