Pop!_OS Cosmic Desktop by System76: Alpha Incoming..

RUST Cosmic Desktop on Pop!_OS will be also available on Asahi Linux, Fedora and on NixOS as a Nix Package in the main repo.. Let's talk about the quality of life updates and dev in this Pop!_OS Cosmic Rust Desktop Environment.

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[SavvyNik]

What other features would you like to see in Cosmic?

[averagemamil]

Personally really looking forward to the COSMIC desktop - tried more than a few, but keep coming back to it - just works for me and my workflow. If I was super pernickety I would like the addition of a profile/settings manager similar to the Tuxedo control center 👍

[SwimmingEagle]

Nice vid. Really looking forward to Cosmic!

[formation]

I'd like to see more focus on files..
Drag and drop with options to select what I want it to do after I select drag n drop. Will we be able to upgrade from pop os to cosmic? Or would it require a clean instal?

[xthebumpx]

Glad to see it will be on NixOS! I'll definitely try it out when it is ready.

[davidwayne]

I have it on my system with 4 other distros NOW-- and it's working well... looking forward to the full final polished release. (and updates on the one i have).

[shannonrae]

I am honestly not the best in the Linux world, but I do enjoy using Pop OS, more so than my MacBook Air. There's just something about how buttery smooth it is, and also I love editing my photography work on it. I just feel like I get things accomplished more fluidly on it.

[tonycosta]

Cosmic Edit and Terminal should use the same mechanism for creating tabs. But looking forward to this DE releasing.

[SubhasishDas-ro]

Great progress. Can't wait to try it out.

[curious.lad.]

If there is one reason to switch to COSMIC from GNOME it is the compositor. For me GNOME is perfect in terms of look and workflow, but mutter is just too buggy and limited. One area that is much better on Gnome atleast for me is overview centered workflow. I hope cosmic workspaces will have search and simmilar ux to Gnome overview. i dont like app menu on cosmic i think it is not needed if overview is good enough. That said i dont mind if there is app menu i will just not use it and change shortcuts.

[Anony.]

Things like preview when hover on items in dock and a native clipboard which works like Windows11 would be a blast.

Easier to switch OS

[the.dorgas]

Looking forward to the alpha! I hope they give us a official channel for feedback. I still don't know why the title bar has to be that big (look thicker then gnome) and vastly empty.
Also even though I like the file edit view menu style, fits more complex applications like IDE, video editor rather then a File Browser (even the KDE File Browser doesn't use application menu as default).
I can't wait for the alpha!

[merthyr]

Im not gonna get it on version 1, but once it's mature I might consider moving from my KDE Neon setup. I only ever left pop!OS because of GNOME's dodgy support with newer AMD hardware.

[AngeloBandiziol]

What's the app used to draw on the screen? Thanks.

[CRYPTiCEXiLE]

Tauon Music Box is a nice audio player program it would be nice if popOS can make something like that for their audio player.

[arenaling]

is there any way to ungroup apps on dock ?

[michaelmcdonald]

I wonder what file system it will use?

[MinaSchloch]

Some things:

- edit: would be nice to hide the tab bar when only one is used, putting the plus to the title bar
- appstore: the long description needs to be put in a shorter container, this is pretty bad to read. Scrolling the screenshots on the extreme edges too.

[chrisxdeboy]

So what does cosmic do differently from GNOME, other than being written in Rust? Like is it actually configurable?

[josesilvestre-bautista]

I would like to see support for background images for ultra wide monitors, specifically 5120 x 1440.