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First Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha with COSMIC DE Drops on August 8 - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 35 points 11 months ago

What I am most excited for in COSMIC is the promise of tiling in a full DE. I like the idea that you can switch back and forth.

I started trying it out a month or so ago. Still pretty incomplete. Promising though.

The fact that it may drive the Rust GUI ecosystem forward is exciting as well. I do not need to see everything re-written in Rust but it will be great if Rust is a realistic option for new app dev.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Tiling

It's actually really good. I've been running the prealpha at times, and I've had no issues with tiling.

I'm missing 2 things from a real tiler: sloppy focus (WIP), and static workspaces.

[-] QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Exactly this! Powerful tiling without the need to build your own DE from scratch sounds incredible!

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I guess I will try it out then.. Is it in conflict with plasma-meta?

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 22 points 11 months ago

I run it on many of my devices, but I am absolutely waiting this one out to see just how useful it is, what's missing, what's not, and until it's ready to be a daily driver. Very exciting.

[-] radivojevic@discuss.online 15 points 11 months ago

You can’t announce a “drop.” It just drops.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 48 points 11 months ago

They just did. What are you gonna do about it?

[-] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 25 points 11 months ago

To be technical, it's not a drop if it's announced. Then it's just a "release". 😆

[-] radivojevic@discuss.online 13 points 11 months ago

they meaning omgubuntu said drop.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

My single My Single Is Dropping is dropping

[-] original_reader@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago

So what sets COSMIC apart from the rest of the gang?

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 28 points 11 months ago

Wayland only, built upon only new code, pure rust as much as possible, native tiling, very fast apps

[-] NoisyFlake@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

Full desktop environment with decent window tiling.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 15 points 11 months ago

I am curious when they will release it as a full GNOME replacement, because that is a crazy task. At the current state, COSMIC is not ready at all. Even though it is already awesome.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Does it fix window scaling if you have 2 monitors with different resolution settings?

[-] refalo@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

More importantly to me, can blind users even install the OS.

All current mainstream distros now use Wayland, which has broken screen reading, so the OS cannot be installed.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Fuck. That is way more important.

[-] Rogue@feddit.uk 7 points 11 months ago

Honestly, it's not as important. These projects are working with very limited resources, typically dependent on free labour. Accessibility is incredibly hard to get right and half arsing it isn't going to work. The priority should be pushing out a reliable, working prototype that people want to use. Once that's accomplished you can refocus on expanding the features.

Demand for reliable multi monitor support is going to be far higher than screen reading capabilities.

[-] yak@feddit.it 5 points 11 months ago

How far is it to be daily drivable, in your opinion? Like, crazy far or just far?

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I have a few machines running Pop. It’s exceptionally good IMO. It’s like an extremely refined Ubuntu. It’s one of my fav distros.

[-] Rogue@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is that your experience with the OS or cosmic?

[-] Jestzer@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I use Pop!_OS on 2 machines daily with KDE Plasma and am happy with it. I use KDE Plasma because COSMIC is too GNOME-y for me. The only thing I liked better in COSMIC was the fractional scaling- that was way better than the options I have in KDE.

[-] yak@feddit.it 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, I agree. Pop!_OS gets a lot of hate for some reason, but it's actually a really, really good distro.

I was asking about COSMIC though, since I'm really looking forward to try it!

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I have not yet done any extensive reading on what exactly distinguishes cosmic from the general Gnome DE.

[-] yak@feddit.it 3 points 11 months ago

It has no relation with GNOME

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ok so I need to learn more about it. Thanks.

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Yet another DE?

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