Linux Mint’s Cinnamon 6.8 Desktop Environment Will Fully Support Wayland

posted by Marius Nestor on Jul 08, 2026,
updated Jul 12, 2026

The Linux Mint devs have been working hard on making Cinnamon’s Wayland session as stable as possible, and it looks like Cinnamon 6.8 will finally remove the “experimental” status of the Wayland session and fully support Wayland.

Some of the Wayland improvements and features they managed to implement include proper mapping (sizing and positioning) for new windows, applet popup menus and context menus, proper focus stealing prevention, and improved support for multiple monitors and KVM switches.

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GamingOnLinux:

• Linux Mint Cinnamon is finally Wayland ready

  The next release of the Cinnamon desktop and Linux Mint is finally ready for Wayland - with it no longer considered to be experimental.

  In their June round-up blog post, developer lead Clement Lefebvre mentioned that for the next version of Linux Mint due around Christmas time that "We worked really hard on Wayland and we got to the point where it feels solid and the experience is almost on par with X11. Wayland support will no longer be considered “experimental”. In the next version of Cinnamon, both X11 and Wayland will be fully supported".

It's FOSS:

• Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable

  Among the mainstream Linux distros, Linux Mint has been an outlier, spending many years easing Cinnamon and its users, into Wayland one careful step at a time while other distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora made it the default experience.

  Now, that patience is paying off, as the project's June update reveals that Wayland will no longer be considered "experimental" starting with the next Cinnamon release.

The Register:

• Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it

  Linux Mint lead developer Clement Lefebvre has published the Linux Mint blog for June 2026, announcing that as of the next version of the Cinnamon desktop, it will officially drop “experimental” status for Wayland: this will be a fully supported way to use the Cinnamon desktop environment. You will have to be patient, though – the post says:

  “The improvements and features mentioned in this blog post are planned for the next version of Linux Mint, which is scheduled for Christmas this year.”

XDA:

• The best Linux distro for Windows escapees will fully support Wayland

  Not every Linux distro takes the same stance on X11 vs. Wayland. Some support both, some are ditching X11 for the newer Wayland, and others are still sticking to the legacy option. Linux Mint has always given people the choice between the two, but the Wayland option has always been marked as "experimental" as the community irons out the bugs.

  Well, it seems the experiment has finally ended. The Linux Mint team has officially announced that Wayland is becoming fully supported, although people who prefer X11 don't have anything to worry about just yet.

Original:

• Linux Mint Monthly News – June 2026

  Hi everyone, Many thanks to all the people who donate and sponsor our project! Note: The improvements and features mentioned in this blog post are planned for the next version of GNU/Linux Mint, which is scheduled for Christmas this year.