• 3volver@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I tried switching to Wayland on Mint, it did not go well. Unfortunately I do not care to follow an hour long guide to figure out how to get it to run games properly.

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      6 months ago

      Mint Wayland support is experimental and was released in Mint 21.3 ~3 months ago

      The Wayland session isn’t as stable as the default (X11) one. It lacks features and it comes with its own limitations.

      It was added as a preview for people interested in Wayland and as an easy way for them to test if they want to give us feedback.

      A board was set up to keep track of Wayland development. It’s available at https://trello.com/b/HHs01Pab/cinnamon-wayland.

      A dedicated Github repository was created for issues related to Wayland, whether they need fixing in Cinnamon, in an XApp project, a Mint tool or anything software project we maintain: https://github.com/linuxmint/wayland.

      In terms of timing Wayland support doesn’t need to be fully ready (i.e. to be a better Cinnamon option for most people) before 2026 (Mint 23.x). That leaves us 2 years to identify and to fix all the issues. It’s something we’ll continue to work on and improve release after release.

      https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_virginia_whatsnew.php