System76 has just announced the 7th alpha release of its Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. As with earlier alphas, the focus remains on adding the features planned for inclusion in its first stable release (dubbed Epoch 1). It’s always worth tempering expectations: COSMIC’s first release won’t feature-match the newest versions of decades-old desktop environments. Nor will COSMIC’s fledgling native core apps, also built in Rust and making an Iced-based toolkit, out-gun rivals. Yet, despite the proverbial mountain System76’s set out to climb by building their own DE from scratch (using toolkits and technologies that aren’t super common), they’re making excellent pace […]
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