okay, depends if you consider 535 newest, i’m currently running 545 which fixes a bunch of issues but it doesn’t change the fact that what OP is saying generally holds true

I have had the same experiences on debian that the OP is describing. It’s nice that things work for you but there are certain distributions like fedora and debian which I’ve had all around terrible experiences with in gaming. mint is a great OS but rolling release is just better generally when it comes to being a linux gamer in 2023

it is nonsense because mint is stuck with old mesa libraries and old nvidia drivers, it doesn’t matter about wayland

wayland + nvidia does not work for me outside of the desktop. even then it’s buggy and i cant ptt. just relog in x11 and you can play

i’d also try 545, that’s what i’m on now

there are. you can’t even play cs2 on debian stable with nvidia, but it works flawlessly on tumbleweed, for instance