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It’s an Ubuntu downstream maintained by Linux box maker System76 which is targeted for both general usability and design/media applications. They will soon be debuting their own home-spun desktop environment, Cosmic DE, which is highly anticipated by the Linux community.

How does the community here feel about this distribution and the company that has brought it to us? How do you feel about the projects that they’re working on, and their goals for the distribution moving forward?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I like their window manager, pop-shell, and use it on Fedora. I used to daily Pop but just can't stand Ubuntu.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

As someone newer who has only used Ubuntu and Mint, what do you get elsewhere?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why can’t you stand Ubuntu?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I imagine it being about snaps. People seems to hate snap with a passion.

I still use Ubuntu in certain cases. Their LTS offerings are excellent.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago