Display mirroring, ARM support, and a long list of repairs for the new COSMIC desktop environment.
  • @[email protected]English
    11•7 months ago

    Pop!_OS is going to stand out with this new desktop environment. System76 is clearly giving it enough attention to make it as good or better than other Linux desktop environments.

  • Michael Murphy (S76)OPMEnglish
    8•7 months ago

    I’d recommend everyone to try out cosmic-store (with cosmic-icons) when they get a chance. Whether you use COSMIC or not, it’s fully functional with any desktop environment. It’s packaged by default in Pop!_OS 22.04, available in Fedora 40 via ryanabx/cosmic-epoch, and the AUR.

    • @codeabodeEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      Is it mature enough to replace the Pop!_Shop or should we keep a copy of that around?

      • Michael Murphy (S76)OPMEnglish
        6•7 months ago

        That’s up to you. If you need it, you can always reinstall it.

        • @codeabodeEnglish
          3•7 months ago

          Gave it a shot. Definitely a performance increase over Pop!_Shop (and it doesn’t drive my Thelio’s CPU cooler nearly as hard). I do miss the colorful greeter on the shop with the Pop!_OS branding though. Are there plans to integrate something similar into the COSMIC store, or is its UI largely complete at this point?

          • Michael Murphy (S76)OPMEnglish
            5•7 months ago

            The design is finished for Alpha 1, but there is likely to be future design work once designs are revisited for alpha 2 or the beta.

  • @zipsglacierEnglish
    4•7 months ago

    Great work. Some of these fixes read like dwarf fortress bugs!

  • @[email protected]English
    4•7 months ago

    I’ve been using COSMIC for a while now without problems, and the store is great. Easy to theme and the apps are pretty good. I haven’t checked it lately, but I hope the greeter improves soon.