Hey, is there any update on this? I just installed Mint Cinnamon 18.1 in Parallels 12.2.0 and it's running like a dog.
I did all the updates, installed Parallels Tools. 2 CPUs and 2 GB RAM assigned. I chose Mint instead of Ubuntu because I hate the Unity desktop. Maybe I should have went with Mint MATE.
edit: "running like a dog" meaning, animation is very slow, unable to use as a desktop. Even if I disable effects it's still not usable. Maybe I'll try Mate version later, but I ended up installing Lubuntu, which is very light weight.
Last edited: Apr 17, 2017