Locked and Loaded with new COSMIC DE Updates! (blog.system76.com)
from mmstick@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 20 Oct 2023 16:40
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anon_8675309@lemmy.world on 20 Oct 2023 17:11 next collapse

Is this in a daily driver state? I haven’t been following.

levi@feddit.de on 20 Oct 2023 17:24 next collapse

No, still in development.

backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 20 Oct 2023 18:11 next collapse

I think they said it’s in a state where it’s usable enough for the developers to daily drive.

mmstick@lemmy.world on 20 Oct 2023 18:11 collapse

Since around June/July.

ardent_abysm@lemm.ee on 20 Oct 2023 20:33 collapse

Is there any kind of guide for how to configure settings not yet exposed to the gui settings? I have been spending some time in Cosmic after every update. It certainly isn’t unusable, but it is kind of a stretch to consider it ready for daily use for an end user. I have a hard time imaging people at System76 daily driving Cosmic since June without manually changing the configuration files.

Is there IBus, or similar, integration on the development road map? This is a feature that keeps me from spending more time in Cosmic so far.

mmstick@lemmy.world on 20 Oct 2023 20:43 collapse

Depends on what you are wanting to configure. To configure displays, use wdisplay. I personally use the system defaults.

Qkall@lemmy.ml on 20 Oct 2023 17:28 next collapse

Wow mfers really added tiling too… Cosmic has so much hype around it… I wish it the best and hope to check it out.

edfloreshz@lemmy.ml on 20 Oct 2023 20:08 next collapse

Tiling is already so good!

merthyr1831@lemmy.world on 22 Oct 2023 00:17 collapse

Imo for the casual user, pop’s tiling is streets ahead. it has the ability to be powerful and keyboard driven but also intuitive for mouse users

heygooberman@lemmy.today on 20 Oct 2023 18:09 next collapse

This is incredible!

hottari@lemmy.ml on 20 Oct 2023 19:21 next collapse

Good to know that if I ever get tired of Gnome one day, there’s this.

cybersandwich@lemmy.world on 21 Oct 2023 02:27 next collapse

I love these updates. I’m anxiously awaiting the release!

Panda@programming.dev on 21 Oct 2023 07:18 next collapse

Just to be clear, this is for POP!_OS, right? And does it automatically update my POP!_OS installation or is it a completely new distro that I’d have to do a clean install for?

ste_@lemmy.ml on 21 Oct 2023 08:54 next collapse

Probably will be an update and that’s it. They are changing the looks but the OS “core” won’t change

Panda@programming.dev on 21 Oct 2023 08:55 next collapse

Okay, that’s good to know. Thank you!

Sentau@feddit.de on 21 Oct 2023 09:33 collapse

They are changing the desktop environment. While it should be updated seamlessly, I do wonder how the configuration files, gnome extensions and dependency issues will be handled when updating to cosmic. It may be beneficial to make a fresh install

mmstick@lemmy.world on 21 Oct 2023 12:24 next collapse

The next Pop!_OS release will use COSMIC as its desktop environment instead of GNOME. There will be an upgrade path, same as in previous releases.

merthyr1831@lemmy.world on 22 Oct 2023 00:16 collapse

Also, as others haven’t said yet, CosmicDE will be available for other distros if they choose to support it, which will be different to now where your only choice beyond Pop was to rice GNOME yourself.

amycatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 22 Oct 2023 03:08 collapse

Super exited of COSMIC’s theming features, it looks a lot like google’s material you!