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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Some positive news for a lot of Linux Mint users who have been complaining about the lack of Wayland support. However, as the blog post listed, it's only going to be experimental in the next major update of Version 21. Still, it'll be good to experience the change.

Also, very clever on the naming schemes used by the Debian and Mint teams for their stable and unstable releases.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

XD Linux devs are such nerds...I love it. Glad to see that Wayland is becoming the standard.

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