Pop!_OS Cosmic Desktop: ALPHA Release & In Depth Review

RUST Cosmic Desktop on Pop!_OS made by System 76 is available and ready for testing. The ALPHA release has officially dropped. Let's do an in depth review about the latest updates on this Cosmic Desktop for Linux environment. Open source dev is great!

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[mmstick]

Memory usage in Pop!_OS is higher than other distributions because we use a higher vm.watermark_scale_factor by default. This increases the memory threshold for the kernel to use for cache, which in turn improves desktop responsiveness by retaining more cache in memory. LIkewise, the more RAM you have, the higher the threshold for cache. So the actual memory usage is difficult to compare. That said, there will be some memory usage optimizations soon.

[Prophet]

Cosmic Hype. Congrats to the team on the progress.

[russjr]

System76 is making some fantastic progress on COSMIC!

[akitake_]

Really excited to see where this goes. I would probably only use it in tiling mode, with the top panel and no dock, launching my apps through the runner.
For now I'm happy with Hyprland, I'm going to let Cosmic mature a bit more.
Also I don't know if it's planned but I would love desktop integration of some kind with services such as Nextcloud for the calendar, adding an entry on the sidebar in the file browser, etc..

[blahblahblah]

The customization options and the export function are game changers. Finally the desktop environment can match the IDE.

[mouky]

Big fan of the "Reset to Default" button lol.. I'm definitely gonna explore and try to break it so I can report my findings.

[Abysmal-jipu]

thank you for going through everything in detail. you were clear in your descriptions and explanations.
i also really love customiseability so it was fun to get a preview of all that. nice to see you are excited too :)
... 24:58 oh!! yes i would love to see an in-depth video about all the customisability
great video!!

[LuizSenna-nbkg]

Congratulations my friend. Good video e and Pop_ OS 24.04 LTS is the great System to productive Workflow !

[esra_erimez]

I've been a KDE user since I was about 6 years old when my dad gave me an old laptop with it, but COSMIC is looking very compelling.

[nothingiseverperfect]

This is absolutely so wonderful. User friendly, customizable, and quick and snappy compared to GNOME. That App Store is terrible! So glad they fixed it here! I love that transparent top bar function. No more gnome tweaks. No more GNOME! finally! I love customization but don’t go too crazy like ricing everything. I just like to pick a few silly colors and then I never change it again.

THANK YOU SYSTEM76 AND POPOS TEAM! And thank you Savynick! Great video! Cant wait when a functional for comes out!

[purian]

Definitely a must watch! You have been my go to for coverage over the months, nice video!!

[SonyJimable]

I'm super keen to move to Pop! OS and Cosmic Desktop.

[KM-svdh]

Cosmic auto tiling features bought me, no more fiddeling with hyperland and bars with their config files. I'm installing it on my main desktop next week when I have time.

[sherrilltechnology]

I saw Cura in there holy crap I might use PopOS again, I have always loved it, but, now it looks amazing!! Congrats System 76 on the great work!! Great video as well!

[voidmind]

If System 76 releases a laptop with the latest Ryzen AI chip, I am totally getting it and trying out Cosmic. Considering Rust is the only system level programming language I'm interested in dabbling in, I'd love to learn how to create apps for it.

[HickoryDickory]

Loving the look qnd functionality (and practicality) so far! Here's to hoping, now that it's in the wild, that System76 receives lots of quality feedback and bug reports so that a solid beta isn't too far off.

[harveysmith]

This is starting to head into what I've wanted GNOME to be. Still sticking with KDE for now but enjoy these prospects.

[peterkensing]

I installed it on a test system. Looks very good. It will take some time before the final release, but I think I'll keep it on this machine to watch the progress.

[nash]

It's really impressive for a first alpha. Looking forward to the final release, hope they improve the files manager.

[pustodasaostane]

Great desktop! Linux is getting better and better!