I think Cinnamon might even be one of the first desktops other than the big two that is going to be finished (more or less) with Wayland support.
Personally, I have been using window managers for years. You’d think that would make the transition easier (sway is even explicitly designed as a drop-in replaced for i3wm), but you need to configure so many of the tools around it (task/statusbar, screensaver/lockscreen, clipboard manager …) and I just couldn’t be bothered. I’m definitely past that “tinker with all the things”-stage of being a Linux user …
Come to Mint. We’re standing by X11, and Cinnamon looks better than Plasma.
I use CachyOS with Cinnamon, so…why not both?
Cinnamon can be installed on most mainstream distros, actually. I definitely agree that it looks better than Plasma.
You aren’t standing by X11, Wayland support just isn’t finished yet.
I think Cinnamon might even be one of the first desktops other than the big two that is going to be finished (more or less) with Wayland support.
Personally, I have been using window managers for years. You’d think that would make the transition easier (sway is even explicitly designed as a drop-in replaced for i3wm), but you need to configure so many of the tools around it (task/statusbar, screensaver/lockscreen, clipboard manager …) and I just couldn’t be bothered. I’m definitely past that “tinker with all the things”-stage of being a Linux user …
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Well, I guess I’m not responsible for the mistakes of the devs.
And an older version of Xfce than Debian
Why
Because it just works. Which is what an OS and DE need to do first and foremost.
based.