Condobloke
Well-Known Member
As the title says....the upgrade is now available via the update manager
PLEASE: Take a Timeshift snapshot BEFORE you start the Upgrade
The Upgrades' availability may also be announced in the system tray (near the clock) in th e form of the System Reposts icon.
To use Clem's favourite word, it is 'Trivial"....as simple as can be...no hoops to jump through.
Word of advice, if you get the word 'apply' on the update screen....dont click it....just sit back, keep your itching fingers away form the keyboard and mouse, and allow it to do its thing.
There will be a few miniscule delays. Get used to it.
It will finally tell you it is done.....Please reboot. And that is the end of that.
Advice:....Again:......read the release notes and the new features notes....Inform yourself, so you can inform others, accurately
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For those who have an interest in Wayland.....I have pasted the blurb re that below. Not a big deal.
Wayland
The work started on Wayland. This was identified as one of the major challenges our project had to tackle in the mid to long term.
Cinnamon 6.0 running on Wayland
Wayland isn't expected to replace Xorg as default any time soon, not in 21.3, not in 22.x, but we want to be ready all the same.
Cinnamon 6.0 features experimental Wayland support. In the login screen a new option was added to start Cinnamon on Wayland.
The Wayland session isn't as stable as the default one. It lacks features and it comes with its own limitations.
It was added as a preview for people interested in Wayland and as an easy way for them to test if they want to give us feedback.
A board was set up to keep track of Wayland development. It’s available at https://trello.com/b/HHs01Pab/cinnamon-wayland.
A dedicated Github repository was created for issues related to Wayland, whether they need fixing in Cinnamon, in an XApp project, a Mint tool or anything software project we maintain: https://github.com/linuxmint/wayland.
In terms of timing Wayland support doesn't need to be fully ready (i.e. to be a better Cinnamon option for most people) before 2026 (Mint 23.x). That leaves us 2 years to identify and to fix all the issues. It’s something we’ll continue to work on and improve release after release.
Whenever it happens, assuming it does, we’ll consider switching defaults. We’ll use the best tools to do the job and provide the best experience. Today that means Xorg. Tomorrow it might mean Wayland. Cinnamon and Linux Mint will be ready and compatible with both.
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Hypnotix.
I see some improvement there. AT least I can access some Australian tv channels, quite a few movies etc......but really I am not super impressed.
Everything else I have clicked on so far has worked seamlessly
more later
PLEASE: Take a Timeshift snapshot BEFORE you start the Upgrade
The Upgrades' availability may also be announced in the system tray (near the clock) in th e form of the System Reposts icon.
To use Clem's favourite word, it is 'Trivial"....as simple as can be...no hoops to jump through.
Word of advice, if you get the word 'apply' on the update screen....dont click it....just sit back, keep your itching fingers away form the keyboard and mouse, and allow it to do its thing.
There will be a few miniscule delays. Get used to it.
It will finally tell you it is done.....Please reboot. And that is the end of that.
Advice:....Again:......read the release notes and the new features notes....Inform yourself, so you can inform others, accurately
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For those who have an interest in Wayland.....I have pasted the blurb re that below. Not a big deal.
Wayland
The work started on Wayland. This was identified as one of the major challenges our project had to tackle in the mid to long term.
Cinnamon 6.0 running on Wayland
Wayland isn't expected to replace Xorg as default any time soon, not in 21.3, not in 22.x, but we want to be ready all the same.
Cinnamon 6.0 features experimental Wayland support. In the login screen a new option was added to start Cinnamon on Wayland.
The Wayland session isn't as stable as the default one. It lacks features and it comes with its own limitations.
It was added as a preview for people interested in Wayland and as an easy way for them to test if they want to give us feedback.
A board was set up to keep track of Wayland development. It’s available at https://trello.com/b/HHs01Pab/cinnamon-wayland.
A dedicated Github repository was created for issues related to Wayland, whether they need fixing in Cinnamon, in an XApp project, a Mint tool or anything software project we maintain: https://github.com/linuxmint/wayland.
In terms of timing Wayland support doesn't need to be fully ready (i.e. to be a better Cinnamon option for most people) before 2026 (Mint 23.x). That leaves us 2 years to identify and to fix all the issues. It’s something we’ll continue to work on and improve release after release.
Whenever it happens, assuming it does, we’ll consider switching defaults. We’ll use the best tools to do the job and provide the best experience. Today that means Xorg. Tomorrow it might mean Wayland. Cinnamon and Linux Mint will be ready and compatible with both.
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Hypnotix.
I see some improvement there. AT least I can access some Australian tv channels, quite a few movies etc......but really I am not super impressed.
Everything else I have clicked on so far has worked seamlessly
more later
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