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[–] thusband@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that's worth an update. I really miss gestures.

[–] lodronsi@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I switch between a mint laptop and an M1Pro - I miss the feature and am looking forward to it. As well, the HEIF support will be a blessing.

[–] jjsearle@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've probably not used Cinnamon in close to ten years. Do they have plans to support Wayland yet?

[–] user235434@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

they have to rewrite lots of things for that

[–] cavemeat@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh this is great news! Back when I had linux mint on my laptop, I tried to fix the lack of gestures, and the program I downloaded ended up locking me out of my login page. It would be great to see gestures baked in.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's wild, do you remember what the program was by chance?

[–] cavemeat@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Nope, its been a couple years. It was a program that let you add custom gestures.

[–] bacteriostat@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Are they going to be 1 to 1?