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   CrudeSausage to rbowman   
   Re: Running Dimdows apps on Linux   
   13 Jan 26 22:17:15   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 13 Jan 2026 18:51:53 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On 13 Jan 2026 13:57:39 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> I imagine that the KDE edition of Mint wasn't downloaded enough for it   
   >> to be worth continuing to develop. If you're a fan of KDE and want an   
   >> Ubuntu base, you're probably going to prefer Kubuntu anyway.   
   >   
   > KDE is moving away from x11 and Wayland on Mint isn't ready for prime   
   > time. I updated to 22.3 Sunday and tried the Cinnamon/Wayland   
   > 'experimental' session yesterday. It worked for a while but went   
   > unresponsive while I was trying to install LibreWolf.   
   >   
   > I rebooted into standard Cinnamon and finished the job. I ultimately   
   > used the AppImage.   
   >   
   > Both the Fedora and Arch boxes are running the Wayland KWin with no   
   > problem so I don't know what Mint's major malfunction is.   
      
   I figured that if Cinnamon itself not having migrated to Wayland would not   
   have affected KDE working properly in Wayland on Mint. Was I wrong?   
      
      
      
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