Rust is taking over Linux... again? (Cosmic DE)

Cosmic DE is a new Linux desktop environment written from scratch in Rust. Find out how Cosmic is leveraging Rust to provide a blazingly fast user experience!

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[mx]

Anything Linux in general is where Rust is gaining the most adoption, because development on Linux is so community driven.

[PeterKrull]

I am on COSMIC currently, and have been using it from just before the alpha. I initially just wanted to try it, since I love Rust, and was excited to see a DE developed in it. I did not expect it to be anywhere near usable enough to use it daily, but here many weeks later, I am still using it, and have reported a good amount of bugs and even made a few PRs. With how early it is, and how good COSMIC already feels to use, I am extremely excited to be a part of this journey!

[tomashubelbauer]

1:19 masterful use of blur to build suspense!

[ManInSombrero]

As a Fedora user I was happy to not get personally attacked while watching this. A small win for me to end the day.

[gamerboy]

I like the fact that the Linux community in general is gradually gravitating towards rust as its language of choice. fzf, zellij, yazi, all great software. Now cosmic! Awesome.

[notuxnobux]

To be clear, rust is not used in the kernel core. It's only used in optional kernel modules (drivers). That likely wont change anytime soon or ever.

[MiesvanderLippe]

The podcast Rust in Production season 2 episode 7 (or episode 14) has Jeremy Soller on about System 76’s Rust adventures. Absolute banger of an episode.

[Element_Finland]

Thought you were gonna do the the GNU/Linux copypasta at 0:21 dx

[dschledermann]

I've used Linux since 2000, Ubuntu since 2007 and Fluxbox since 2013. I've having a hard time replacing that combo. I will give PopOS a their new desktop environment a try.

[danfg]

I've tried it out a few months back, I'm so excited about trying it out again a few years from now when it's actually usable.

[klugaberbloed]

After I've heard the first time of Cosmic, I was wating for this alpha release, to finally make the switch to Linux. And even though it's only an alpha I've not been disappointed

[romanzaiev]

They develop not only their own DE but also their own OS, which they don't widely advertise yet - Redox, also written from scratch in Rust. Some components of Cosmic are already running there, and the work is going on at an amazing pace, I've been following it for a long time and never get tired of being amazed. One day they will make it a complete solution and the world will see a new worthy alternative to Linux, Windows and OS X.

[stavyadatta]

And then there is me, going from using using arch to ubuntu 🌚.

[byte.raccoon]

It’s actually the other way around. It so hard to include rust in Linux kernel that guys started redox - new operating system written in rust

[Onyx-itgk]

I personally think we should encourage more Rust devs to contribute to larger projects that are likely to be widely used rather than constantly building their own little pet projects. Not only does it feel good to contribute to something larger than yourself, but this way we get more and more widely-used software that is written in Rust.

[el_quba]

0:00 I believe around 2000 there was an experiment bringing C++ to the kernel, which ultimately failed/was abandoned and Linus even mentioned that story in the discussion about allowing Rust in the kernel. But I might have just hallucinated that story because I cannot find sources about it

[DanWalshTV]

Nice video! Just a small correction at 2:14, COSMIC DE began development in 2022, not 2023 (they're about to hit the two year mark in a month).

[solmateusbraga]

I want so bad to move away from GNome and their shenanigans. Hopefully in the future Cosmic unthrones it.

[Jimbo-vm]

Its a breath of fresh air to hear someone pronounce "gnome" the way it is supposed to be done. Great vid thanks