The Linux Mint 22.1 distribution was slated for release in December 2024 with a revamped Cinnamon theme and better package management.
Slated for release in December 2024, near the Christmas holidays, Linux Mint 22.1 will ship with the soon-to-be-released Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment featuring a revamped theme that’s much darker and contrasted than before, rounded elements, redesigned dialogs, and a gap between the applets and the panel.
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The transition towards Aptkit and Captain is now finished. Starting with Linux Mint 22.1, set to be released this December, none of our projects will depend on aptdaemon, synaptic, gdebi or apturl anymore.
Does it support Wayland, yet?
There’s experimental support, they’re hoping it’ll be feature complete by 2026.
There is an experimental option for it but not fully supported no. It works pretty well but youll have black lines and glitches sometimes.
To add, this means no it’s not yet officially supported.
I installed an emoji quick search app (not sure what one). It freezes Wayland/mint.
I tried Wayland once and didnt realise I was still logging in with it.