System76 launches first stable versions of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS

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Having tried Cosmic, I’m not totally convinced it’s good enough to be ready for prime time, but that’s pretty subjective. Overall I think it’s good to have another DE in the scene and at the very least Cosmic is a good start.

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I find it pretty solid if a bit bare bones. With the basics in place, it should improve fairly quickly.

They are planning a 26.04 LTS release. We will see what it looks like by then.

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I have been using it as a daily driver since before it went beta. After the beta, I have found it quite stable. And recently it have been rock solid. There are still some things missing (like it would be nice with a calendar app, support for firmware upgrades and so on), and some things that are a bit rough. But overall I find it to be a quite good release, and since nothing comes close to their window management (the tiling implementation is really great) it compensates for any minor rough edges you might find.

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That’s cool, I’ve been wondering when they were gonna release COSMIC with the OS.

Pop!_OS was the first distro I tried, cause’ some old Linus Tech Tips video talked about how it’s very good for newcomers to Linux.

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I myself had a ton of problems with the beta to the point I eventually rolled back, but they are doing great work over there. In my case I have a laptop with a nvidia card so I think that could have been contributing to my issues. I’ll be checking back in with them in a year to see if things have improved, otherwise I’m probably headed yo another distro.

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When I moved my kid’s desktop away from Windows I chose pop!_OS because I figured it would not only be good for newcomers, but it would also be friendlier with nvidia, which it was but I didn’t want to risk it with the Cosmic beta. I think I’ll still wait a bit before upgrading from 22.10 but it’s almost time to move forward.

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No HDR though :\

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