COSMIC Team Interview: Building Your Own User Experience
Quoting: System76 Blog —
The COSMIC desktop environment — the part of an operating system that determines how windows are drawn, how applications are built, what settings are available to the user, and how the user navigates their OS — began as a pros-and-cons list for determining the future of Pop!_OS. We wanted to make the OS more flexible for our users, make advanced features more user-friendly, and the team was trying to figure out how to proceed.
First was the GNOME DE (desktop environment) extension by the same name, released for Pop!_OS 21.04. However, building and maintaining an OS experience on top of an extension was unsustainable, as changes to the main project could break the extension with profound impact for Pop!_OS users.
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System76 confirms Fedora Cosmic spin coming as early as Fedora 42
It looks like System76's exciting new Rust-based Cosmic DE will get an official Fedora spin in the upcoming Fedora 42, potentially giving Linux users with bleeding-edge hardware an official way to try Cosmic. Fedora Linux operates on a semi-rolling release, but it is often regarded as a stable base for those looking for up-to-date software and hardware support.