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Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS includes the new COSMIC Desktop Environment, designed and developed by System76.
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Some GNOME apps are replaced by COSMIC apps
- GNOME Files (Nautilus) > COSMIC Files
- GNOME Terminal > COSMIC Terminal
- GNOME Text Editor > COSMIC Text Editor
- GNOME Media Player (Totem) > COSMIC Media Player
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Pop!_Shop is replaced by COSMIC Store
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Key components
- COSMIC Epoch 1
- Linux kernel 6.17.9
- Mesa 25.1.5-1
- NVIDIA Driver 580
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Some games may start partially off-screen. Press F11 or Super+F11 to fullscreen the game
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Display toggle hotkeys and an on-screen display is not supported yet
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COSMIC has a built-in screenshot tool. If you require annotations, we recommend Flameshot, which can be installed from Flathub via COSMIC Store. Version 13.1 or higher is required for COSMIC
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COSMIC is not currently optimized for touch devices. An on-screen-keyboard is in development.
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The COSMIC Desktop will be continuously updated with new features and improvements after release
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Kernels and hardware support are continuously updated in Pop!_OS
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You can follow COSMIC DE feature and improvement progress on the project board
I've run tiling for years. Cosmic treats tiling as a first class citizen. I enjoyed it.
Try it out.
I still tile, but plan on checking out Cosmic again in the near future.
Interesting, thanks, I'll try it at some stage