Linux Mint Promotes Wayland to Default Session Option in Upcoming Release

Linux Mint Promotes Wayland to Default Session Option in Upcoming Release

The Linux Mint team has announced significant progress in bringing Wayland support to the distribution, moving the technology out of its experimental phase for the upcoming release. This development marks a notable step forward for one of the most popular desktop Linux options, as the project works to modernize its graphics stack while maintaining the familiar user experience that has defined Mint for years. According to the official announcemen…

Next release of Cinnamon finally supports Wayland – OSnews

Linux Mint’s Cinnamon is one of the last desktops to still not support Wayland, and is relegated to only being compatible with legacy X11 environments. With the next release of Cinnamon, however, this is finally going to change. 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, b…

Linux Mint 23 to offer full Wayland support (but X11 is staying) - OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Mint says Wayland support in its next release will no longer be considered experimental, but available as a fully-supported option. However, it will continue to provide and support X11, unlike other Linux distributions which have jettisoned the legacy Xorg/X11 display server from their default installations – Ubuntu dropped Xorg support in 25.10. “We worked really hard on Wayland and we got to the point where it feels solid and the experie…

Linux Mint’s Next Release Will Fully Support Wayland in Cinnamon

The next Linux Mint 23.0 release is planned for Christmas 2026, with Cinnamon gaining fully supported Wayland sessions.