# Tray icon for Cinnamon?

**URL:** https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/tray-icon-for-cinnamon/28833
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [28 December 2022 13:20 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/tray-icon-for-cinnamon/28833 "2022-12-28T13:20:07Z")
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### Author: ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)
#### Post date: [1 January 2023 11:33 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/tray-icon-for-cinnamon/28833/5 "2023-01-01T11:33:54Z")

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I guess that there is a limit to how many different platforms / installer types that Joplin itself can support before the time spent on that impedes the ability to maintain and progress the application itself.  
Therefore many people step in and do that work. This is why there is a Flatpak and also why you can run Joplin Server on a Raspberry Pi (to name but two).

This post has some more information.

> [@Unofficial alternative Joplin distributions](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/unofficial-alternative-joplin-distributions/23703):
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> question Looking for the official releases? These can be found on the [Joplin website](https://joplinapp.org/help/#installation)Unofficial alternative Joplin distributions There are a number of unofficial alternative Joplin distributions that people may want to use rather than the officially supported ones. If you do not want to or cannot use appimages or any of the other officially supported releases then you may wish to consider these. However these do come with a caveat in that they are not officially supported nor endorsed s…

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