It’s not the easiest option either. It’s in a weird middle ground in my opinion.
Cinnamon’s lack of Wayland support is one of the main reasons Linux Mint wouldn’t be recommended. I guess Fedora + Cinnamon would be preferable between the two but anyone who wants to stick to Privacy Guides criteria is limited to GNOME, KDE, and Sway.
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