Apparently it's a wayland resource leak so you have to press CTRL+ALT+ESC

God, Linux as a desktop environment is such a joke

>>1859
>Linux as a desktop environment
don't hate the linux, hate the DE

>>1858
huh how are you getting a wayland resource leak but Xorg is running...

>>1861
then why did this solution for wayland effect it...
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=342504

fix it*

>>1860
Like none of them got it in the way that Windows or Apple gets it. I don't want to be a virtuoso, I just want to do things quickly so I can do other things.

>>1862
A little digging on "Ctrl+Alt+ESC", supposedly it resets the DE, and nothing to do with wayland or Xorg.
Also, maybe you have this https://discuss.whatever.social/r/linuxmint/comments/rkxify/control_alt_escape_shortcut/hpff7k1/?context=3#hpff7k1

>>1865
ya, it seems like a cinnamon thing, not xorg/wayland

>>1864
>got it in the way that Windows or Apple gets it
The only thing that comes to mind when thinking about Windows or OSX DE is Gnome...

>>1867
dunno if you can replace the mint DE with gnome and not brick your system though

>>1868
I wouldn't even want to do that. I like Cinnamon's use-ability, but that you have to wrangle with Linux <-> DE integration always means that my efficiency with it if I were not a programmer would be so far bellow Apple/Win.

I read the last post in the thread I posted and it might be an integrated graphics quirk. I also messed up my DE by screwing around with some dependencies so it might be my fault anyways