>Cosmic 1.0 releasedIt is actually happening. It is over for GNOME/KDE duopoly. A third competitor has entered the chat.Will KDE and GNOME even be able to compete given that they have 30 years worth of legacy code?
I'm pretty sure virtually no code from 20-15 years ago exist on GNOME's side. Its not like GNOME uses Sawfish/Sawmill anymore. The last traces of ancient code probably vanished decades ago. But to be fair KDE has a lot of legacy apps that receive new QT/KDE frameworks while staying the same so there is truth that legacy code is present, its probably mostly concentrated in KDE apps not desktop enviorments.
>>107564098It's buggy as fuck though>full screen>minimising shit to tray>alt tabbingAre all a pain. Been using COSMIC for 3 or so months and it's been a bit annoying.
>>107564537ugh, thought maybe an upgrade was avaiilable ;(
Wait, there is!>For users on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS, upgrade notifications will begin rolling out in January 2026. Those wishing to upgrade immediately can do so via the pop-upgrade release upgrade -f command after backing up their data>backing up their datahahahaah, lets go.
>>107564554ah fuck it cba, need to sleep . hopefully i survive the next restart.
>>107564098don't care still using KDE
>>107564585You need to type "yes, do as I say!"
>>107564098 No, because KDE is a complete desktop experience + software ecosystem packed with features cosmic won't be able to achieve in decades to come.Something tinkertrainies fail to grasp as always.
Did the retarded "designers" fix the dock yet? Atrocious disgusting corners.
>>107564098>GNOMEWritten in C, stable af used on enterprise distros (RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu Pro)>KDEWritten in C++, feature rich, can be buggy, fast to adopt stuff.>CosmicWritten in Rust, inspired by GNOME with extensions, memory safe, company behind it.>hmmI don't know, I think I'll stick with GNOME. Good old C, just like my Linux Kernel. As long as you don't use rolling release distros, your extensions will never "break".
>>107564098This main character complex you've got going on, it's embarrassing to watch.
>>107564098Ocasional reminder: Drew is a trannychaser
>>107564381congrats, my beaver guy! You have finally learned to use tripcodes.
>>107566837I think Drew is dysfunctional in every way you can think of.
>>107568506I like Beaver. He doesn't attention whore or act obnoxious. He just wants to show off his GEGL plugins. A lot more respectable than most of the tripfags I've seen on this site.
>>107564098>It is over for GNOME/KDE duopoly. A third competitor has entered the chat.Not really, I don't know why people have this perception. GNOME and KDE are both projects that have been around for decades and have legitimate institutional/corporate backing. COSMIC is developed by a small, boutique computer company. It's a step above a hobbyist DE like XFCE or Cinnamon, but it's no GNOME/KDE. It's more akin to something like Deepin.
>>107568610That company makes a huge amount of money
>>107564537>Been using COSMIC for 3 or so months and it's been a bit annoyingpretty much same here. after 1.0 released I had a bug that happened TWICE, where I'd exit a fullscreen app but it'd just keep a dead process open and taking empty space on the tiled mode. still too annoying to be usable imo
>>107568741>That company makes a huge amount of moneyNot really, and the amount they make is an absolute pittance compared to the big players behind GNOME/KDE (Red Hat, SUSE, Valve, etc.) Moreover, it's not just about the money--it's also about the userbase and code contributions. System76 is focused on consumer hardware, and as such, most users of COSMIC will be regular consumers themselves. Meanwhile, GNOME/KDE have corporate/enterprise penetration (not much, but some) and large, established userbases, meaning you're more likely to see outside code contributions (or companies paying to have certain bugs fixed or features implemented). System76 is pretty much going to be the sole sponsor of/contributor to COSMIC. Again, I'd say it's a lot more like Deepin than it is GNOME or KDE.
