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I do not know what Wayland nor X11 is. I'm running Linux Mint with Cinnamon(?).
X11 and Wayland are essentially the way your computer puts graphics on the screen. X11 is old, and thus missing many modern features, but works with basically anything. Wayland is new, has new features support, and can break shit randomly
Cinnamon defaults to X11, Wayland is available by logging out and clicking the icon that looks like a mountain (cinnamon logo) and choosing Cinnamon Wayland (Beta)
Okay so if X11 is what fixed it for you, I should stick with X11 it sounds like. Is that correct?
Wayland is at the point where I'd use it over x11 unless you're having specific issues. It's possibly different depending on your distro (like, if they're using older versions), but it's worth trying.
That being said, Wine/Proton run as x11 applications even in Wayland (using xwayland) so that likely won't help with this problem.