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00:00 Introduction
00:38 Sponsor: Thunderbird
01:26 Mint 21.3: still the old LTS
02:37 Wayland session: pretty good!
07:10 Wayland Nvidia: no additional problems
08:20 Games: works as expected
09:51 Other changes in Mint 21.3
12:11 Parting thoughts
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Mint 21.3 is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 and its super old kernel, version 5.15. You get the Mesa version 23 drivers, but you also don't get the latest Nvidia drivers, you're still on 535.
So you can select this new Wayland session from the login screen. I tested this on an aftermarket laptop that uses an Intel Xe integrated GPU and also has a dedicated Nvidia GPU.
At first glance everything seems to work fine, but this is an experimental session and there are a few things missing.
OBS, for example, has no source for the display: Cinnamon doesn't seem to support the screen sharing protocol via pipewire, so OBS has nothing to display here. You will not share your screen with anyone for now.
Another problem I encountered was the lack of a sudo graphical prompt: every time I needed to install a package or update the system, I had to use the command line.
I also had some inconsistencies where the menus appeared, there were also a few things I couldn't find, like changing the keyboard layout in the Wayland session, the /"layouts/" tab doesn't appear in the settings where it should be. Cinnamon's gestures also don't work here at the moment, you can activate them, but they won't do anything.
The hot corners worked though, with their cool animations and features, but there were some weird graphical things happening. Some settings pages also seemed to have some sort of infinite scrolling and didn't stop at their own content, which was a bit weird.
After that, I tried the Wayland session on Nvidia, and all the issues I had before were still there, obviously, because they were all missing features in this experimental session, so no reason to expect that that they work better here. But I also didn't have any other issues that I hadn't seen in the Wayland session with the Mesa drivers.
So just as an experiment, I also decided to run a game in the Wayland session, namely Warhammer 40K Mechanicus:
– Wayland Intel: 25-32 FPS
– Wayland Nvidia: 60-65 FPS
– X11 Intel: 32-37 FPS
– X11 Nvidia: 65-75 FPS
Ok, so now let's talk about the other changes in Linux Mint 21.3. In terms of app updates, Hypnotix, the TV watching app, now lets you set channels as favorites. You can also create your own custom TV channels if you want.
Cinnamon will now also allow you to download stocks. These are add-ons for the file manager, which will appear in the right-click context menu, allowing you to perform custom actions.
Warpinator, the file sharing app now allows you to manually connect to a device by simply entering its IP address or scanning a QR code. The Sticky Notes app can now be managed by DBus, meaning you can manage notes using scripts, and Mint's bulk renaming tool now supports drag and drop and thumbnails.
According to the desktop itself, you can now use 75% fractional scaling on X11 if you want, you can also set keyboard shortcuts to change the window opacity again, you can turn off pen buttons if you're using this type of hardware, and the gestures look a little better with the ability to set a gesture to zoom in on the desktop.
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