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Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress - The Register (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 26 points 6 months ago (6 children)

If you want Wayland, go with Arch/Cachy

That's a terrible recommendation for new users...

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    If all they want a computer for is Steam, they're going to get a better experience on Wayland. Cinnamon is built on X.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    If all they want a computer for is Steam, they’re going to get a better experience on Wayland.

    That's different than outright suggesting Arch.

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    But SteamOS is Arch? So why not suggest CachyOS, which is in a similar space?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    But SteamOS is Arch?

    No, it's an immutable OS based on Arch. Also not rolling release.

    So why not suggest CachyOS, which is in a similar space?

    You were also suggesting regular Arch and that's irresponsible.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    There is an experimental Wayland for Mint... on the login screen there is an icon in the upper right. Clicking that allows you to select the experimental Wayland version or X11... there's one other but I forget what it is at the moment. So it is possible to run Mint and Wayland, just not recommended.

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