There is an experimental Wayland for Mint… on the login screen there is an icon in the upper right. Clicking that allows you to select the experimental Wayland version or X11… there’s one other but I forget what it is at the moment. So it is possible to run Mint and Wayland, just not recommended.
If all they want a computer for is Steam, they’re going to get a better experience on Wayland. Cinnamon is built on X.
That’s different than outright suggesting Arch.
But SteamOS is Arch? So why not suggest CachyOS, which is in a similar space?
No, it’s an immutable OS based on Arch. Also not rolling release.
You were also suggesting regular Arch and that’s irresponsible.
There is an experimental Wayland for Mint… on the login screen there is an icon in the upper right. Clicking that allows you to select the experimental Wayland version or X11… there’s one other but I forget what it is at the moment. So it is possible to run Mint and Wayland, just not recommended.
Oh, right. I never see the login screen, so I keep forgetting it.