The developers at System76 are making significant progress on their Rust-written COSMIC desktop environment, designed for their Ubuntu-derived Pop!_OS Linux distribution. In their latest monthly update, they have shared some exciting developments.
Recent enhancements to the COSMIC desktop include display mirroring support, ongoing work on Pop!_OS 24.40 packages for ARM64, and the implementation of the ‘ultra fast’ COSMIC App Store. The team is also focusing on enhancing user experience by addressing various issues:
- The COSMIC Files file manager now features GNOME Virtual File-System (GVFS) integration for managing external storage and network shares.
- COSMIC Greeter has been integrated with logind for improved functionality.
- COSMIC Edit now supports CRLF-encoded files.
- Drag-and-drop functionality for text and images has been added to COSMIC Files.
- Clipboard support has been implemented for the Launcher and App Library.
- A generic context menu widget has been introduced to Libcosmic.
Moreover, numerous fixes and improvements have been made throughout this open-source desktop environment written in Rust.
The COSMIC desktop is on track for an official release later this year, coinciding with the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 Linux distribution.
For more details on these latest COSMIC desktop enhancements, readers can visit the System76 blog.
Stay tuned for the official launch of the COSMIC desktop and the Pop!_OS 24.04 Linux distribution later this year.
