{"id":287229,"date":"2026-07-08T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/linux-mint-23-will-have-full-wayland-support-but-x11-is-staying\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:50:10","slug":"linux-mint-23-will-have-full-wayland-support-but-x11-is-staying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/linux-mint-23-will-have-full-wayland-support-but-x11-is-staying\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Mint 23 will have full Wayland support (but X11 is staying)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linux Mint 23 will have full Wayland support (but X11 is staying)<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/2026\/07\/linux-mint-wayland-fully-supported<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-08 12:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.omgubuntu.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Linux Mint says Wayland support in its next release will no longer be considered experimental, but available as a fully-supported option.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 \u2013 Ubuntu dropped Xorg support\u00a0in 25.10.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked really hard on Wayland and we got to the point where it feels solid and the experience is almost on par with X11\u201d, Clement Lefebvre wrote in an update, confirming \u201cboth X11 and Wayland will be fully supported\u201d in the next release.<\/p>\n

Whether Wayland will become the default session in Linux Mint 23 is yet known. As I reported\u00a0in March, Lefebvre has said he wants the option \u201con the table\u201d without committing to a timeline for the switch. <\/p>\n

Cinnamon\u2019s improved its Wayland support<\/h2>\n

Lefebvre reels off a raft of recent improvements made to the Cinnamon Wayland experience, which he says has got it to a state where it\u2019s virtually on par with X11 for day-to-day usage. <\/p>\n

Among them, Cinnamon on Wayland can now map the size and position of windows, applets and content menus correctly1, and focus stealing prevention was added to ensure typing or clicks don\u2019t land in a different app without explicit user interaction.<\/p>\n

Multi-monitor setups and hardware KVM switches are better supported, while improved HiDPI support brings sharper text and icon rendering. Hardware acceleration was also plumbed in across the compositor, desktop and Wayland and XWayland clients.<\/p>\n

Root apps can now run on Wayland (not via XWayland) and support for Window Progress means progress indicators, like bar Nemo applies to its taskbar button during copy actions, work as intended.<\/p>\n

Wayland aside, the next version of Cinnamon also brings a new cinnamon-list-windows command, used for listing all open windows and related data like position, size, HiDPI support and so on, and supports…<\/p>\n

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