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COSMIC 1.0.14 Desktop Adds Keybind Support for Non-Latin Keyboard Layouts
COSMIC 1.0.14 is a maintenance update in the COSMIC Epoch 1.0 series, adding keybind support for non-Latin keyboard layouts, support for linear progress markers for the volume OSD progress bar, F16 shader enablement on supported GPUs, support for the oo7-secret portal by default, and support for showing the cursor by default in screencasts.
This release also improves COSMIC Settings with support for sorting VPN connections alphabetically and startup applications by name, as well as the ability to retry the connection to the settings daemon and allow requests for brightness values, and support for matching panel corner radius to the design.
Update (by Roy)
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COSMIC Desktop 1.0.14 released with several bug fixes and improvements
System76 has released a new version of COSMIC, its Rust-based desktop environment, bringing the project to version 1.0.14.
Today's update:
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COSMIC desktop does display scaling and tiling better than GNOME and KDE
For years, most of us have treated Linux display scaling as one of those problems you learn to work around rather than solve. You buy a high-resolution monitor, set scaling to something reasonable like 125% or 150%, and then wait for the compromises to appear. One app looks sharp, another looks slightly smeared, and you can’t read text.
That is what makes COSMIC interesting. System76 has actually built a desktop where fractional scaling and dynamic tiling are part of the package rather than features attached afterward. Though it is true that COSMIC is still young, and it does not yet have the maturity or breadth of GNOME and KDE (I have previously criticized Pop OS), in these two specific areas, it already feels like it was designed for the way many Linux users actually work now. Here is why COSMIC handles display scaling and window tiling better than its aging rivals.