Pop!_OS’s COSMIC Pre-Alpha Shows Impressive Progress
Month by month, System76’s COSMIC is increasingly capturing the attention of the open-source community. As a new desktop environment that is expected to change the game’s rules, designed for those who find GNOME lacking and KDE Plasma unsuitable, COSMIC is set to become the go-to choice for discerning users seeking an alternative.
While the final release of the desktop environment, scheduled for launch alongside Pop!_OS 24.04 at summer’s end, is still several months away, development is progressing rapidly. However, before we peek into the latest updates, let’s look at what the current Pop!_OS 22.04 release offers this month.
Direct: April Tools: Hammering out new COSMIC Features
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System76 Cosmic DE gets Nvidia improvements, myriad new features in latest pre-alpha update
It's been previously shown that the development team in charge of System76's Cosmic Desktop means business. The new desktop environment, which is now due for release near the end of September, recently received a number of updates to everything from its feature set and drivers to its bundled applications.
A recent System76 blog post details the latest additions to both Pop!_OS and the pre-alpha Cosmic Desktop. While the current version of Pop!_OS was updated to Linux kernel version 6.8.0, bringing compatibility for Intel Xe and Arc graphics and AMD Zen 5 to Pop!_OS, the updates to the Cosmic DE are more exciting.