Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it
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Next version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server
The latest Linux Mint blog says that its Wayland support is about ready for primetime – but X11 isn’t going away.
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.”
The current release of Mint is version 22.3, which we looked at in January this year, and, as we said then, it shipped with Cinnamon version 6.6.4. The version of the...
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