It will be possible to configure COSMIC to look like Unity out of the box. There’s only a few panel applets that need to be implemented to make the experience 1:1.
I wanna see cosmic so much. The whole hybrid graphics thing looks sweet
Test it and report bugs using this ublue image! It is pre-alpha and not guaranteed to have a working fallback session (in this case GNOME).
You can also probably run it from a rootful distrobox following this guide
Unfortunately, I have a Mac, so currently stuck with fedora asahi, and poor old KDE :P. Tho 6 is gonna be sooo good
I heard mention of COSMIC on Asahi somewhere.
Why is there no asahi atomic image? That would be so useful to consume, add the COSMIC stack compiled for ARM and you are done.
I am still a bit confused that it’s considered pre-alpha, when a final release is scheduled for later this year. That will be an awfully short alpha, beta and RC cycle then.
The compositor and its applications have been developed bottom up with a full Rust stack, so stability hasn’t been a concern. We spend very little time debugging since the logic usually works if it compiles.
There’s only a handful of applications slated for the first release, and they’re almost finished. Besides core applications, we need only develop a couple additional settings pages to be ready for release, and integrate COSMIC versions of the remaining desktop portals. Altogether, that’s really not that much compared to all the work in the last two years.
Besides feature development, the main focus will be ironing out theming issues in the toolkit to adhere to our design files, and writing documentation for developers interested in building apps for cosmic. As well as the necessary work to enable a smooth upgrade from Pop 22.04 to 24.04.
Don’t get me wrong: I didn’t want to downplay the work or doubt the progress. Quite the contrary. I think the current state is alpha and once the first sets of apps are finished it should be beta. Then polishing until release, a few weeks of release candidate phase and then release.
Basically I think it’s too far along already to call it pre-alpha.
(Unless the intention is to “release” it as beta with 24.04 to emphasize the missing apps… then consider what I said pointless.)
Our internal testing won’t begin until the first ISO is ready, which marks the alpha. As it is open source, our internal testing is also publicly available to everyone interested in downloading the ISO and testing it. The Alpha will not include all features that are planned for release. Then we will switch to Beta after all featues are implemented, where QA will begin reviewing every PR to ensure that no regressions make it to release. Then it releases after we deem the beta free of oustanding issues on the board.
Thanks for the clarification. Seems sensible.
It got delayed, and that is very much needed.
COSMIC is huge, they implemented like all the base components (compositor, xwayland, font rendering, refresh rate stuff, own GUI toolkit, …) which is incredible, but the GUI is very alpha and I wouldnt like using it tbh.
Their groundwork is awesome, and with a style like KDE I think it woulf be incredible. Their apps are very fast too.
This looks great. Is there also an easy way to make it work like “dash to panel”, with open apps in the top taskbar area?
Yes, you can do anything with COSMIC’s dock and panel. No extensions needed. If an applet exists on the system, you can embed it into your panel or dock.
Whoa, nice. Sounds like the best of GNOME and KDE combined, plus extra goodies like tiling. I’m not sure I can give up the AUR so I hope I can use this on Arch one day.
This is what I’ve been chasing for a while. Bspwm like tiling with a unity like interface for the status bar, dock, system management, etc. I’ve been debating trying this through xfce or kde but havent had the spoons to give it a go
Hell yeah. If there’s a applet that puts the app menu on the panel I’m golden.
PRs to cosmic-panel and libcosmic are welcome
