I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when people insist that the kernel is not old, it’s “stable” lol

I was talking about the update timing, Mint isn’t very up to date which can have downsides

then why do people suggest Mint so often? especially to gamers who often have new hardware

If you update from 43 to 44, will it still remove SDDM? Or does it get stuck as part of your user config?

has a long pause when going from login screen to desktop

Yea I have noticed this. It takes a long time to switch back as well when you lock the computer, logout, switch users, etc

I’ve definitely noticed #2 and #3, very annoying! They should both show the same text input (not a straight display clone since they might be different resolutions/ratios)

On a side note, I’ve noticed some Linux installers don’t handle multiple screens well or high resolutions. I think Calamares is a big offender here, it doesn’t clone to every display so I end up stuck trying to use my sideways monitor. Or on a 4k screen everything is tiny for no reason, it should just default zoom on high resolution.

I much prefer the installers that are just a regular window on a normal desktop, where you can move it, maximize it, easily access the DPI settings and other system settings, browse the internet while it’s installing…

there’s a button to apply Plasma settings to SDDM for this purpose, it prompts for admin password when you do it, which makes sense

What’s bad about SDDM?