Linux Mint 21.3 to Ship with Cinnamon 6.0 and Experimental Wayland Support
As I reported a couple of months ago, Linux Mint 21.3 is planned for release on Christmas 2023, but there were no details at that moment in time about its new features except that it would bring a new version of the Cinnamon desktop environment.
Today, Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre has confirmed that Linux Mint 21.3 will feature the Cinnamon 6.0 desktop environment, which will come with initial support for the Wayland display protocol. That’s right, Linux Mint 21.3 will be the first Linux Mint release to offer a Wayland session, but in an experimental state.
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Linux Mint 21.3 to Feature Experimental Wayland Support
Wayland is (as I’m sure you know) a modern display server protocol designed to solve the shortcomings in Xorg, a decades old tech. Wayland is more efficient and more secure than X and is now used by many leading Linux distros, including Ubuntu and Fedora.
Linux Mint won’t be left behind as it’s announced Cinnamon 6.0 will feature Wayland support as an experimental session, though caution that this “won’t be as stable as the default one […] will lack features and it will come with its own limitations”.
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Linux Mint Will Continue Betting on Xorg in Future Releases
Linux Mint has always been lauded for its user-centric approach to operating system design. From its inception, Mint has aimed to provide a solid, reliable, intuitive desktop environment for its vast user base.
So, it is not surprising the recent announcement regarding the continued reliance on Xorg in future releases, despite the ongoing work on Wayland, emphasizes this commitment to their users.
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Linux Mint Monthly News – October 2023
Many thanks for your donations and for your support! Here are the news for this month. Romeo Debian releases (which Mint and Ubuntu are based on) are named after toys from the movie Toy Story. In this movie there’s a child who breaks toys. His name is Sid. Debian named its unstable release after him.
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Wayland heading for default status as Mint devs mix it into Cinnamon 6 bun
The creators of Linux Mint and the Cinnamon desktop are experimenting with the Wayland protocol – and so is the original developer of Xfce.
Linux Mint's October update reveals that Cinnamon, one of the last significant X11-only Linux desktops, is starting to change: Mint developer Clément Lefebvre is experimenting with a Wayland version.
Normally, the project's experimental repository, codenamed "Romeo," is private, and code is only opened to the public once it reaches beta test stage. We often look at Mint betas at the FOSS desk, and from Mint 21 beta, through various of its point releases up to the LMDE 6 beta, we can aver that by that stage they are normally very solid and barely distinguishable from the final versions.
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Experimental Wayland Support Planned for Linux Mint 21.3
Although distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora have fully committed to Wayland (and are already shipping releases with it as the default display server protocol), Linux Mint is a bit behind in the migration to Wayland.
Even with Xorg still suffering from numerous shortcomings and security issues, some distributions have hesitated to make the switch. That's understandable, as there are some desktop environments and even applications that have yet to fully support Wayland.
That should change soon, as the Linux Mint team will release version 21.3 with experimental support for Wayland.
Before you get too excited, Wayland will not be the default X server on Linux Mint 21.3. Instead, users can select the Wayland session from the login screen.
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Cinnamon 6.0 for Linux Mint 21.3 to have 'experimental' Wayland support
Finally. All the pieces are coming together for Wayland to truly be the actual future for Linux, even Linux Mint are now moving forward with it in their Cinnamon desktop.
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Linux Mint 21.3 "Virginia" with Cinnamon 6.0 Desktop available for download
Especially for Windows users, Linux Mint is an excellent introduction to the world of Linux, as it combines the Windows-like Cinnamon desktop with numerous user-friendly operating system tools. The recently released version 21.3 "Virginia" is a Long Term Support (LTS) release and will be supported by the development team until 2027.