Pop!_OS (Linux)

When protonvpn is in tiling mode, it leaves a lot of unused space

these are flatseal and ungoogled chrome, as examples, somde flatpak work fine, others are white screen

COSMIC’s Alpha 2 release builds upon that work with functionality built out for Files, additional Settings pages, considerable infrastructure work for screen reader support+, and some highly requested window management features. System76 is ecstatic at the level of excitement and collaboration so far with alpha testers and early app & applet developers, and we look forward to seeing what comes from these new additions.

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The second COSMIC alpha will be released on September 26th. Those participating in Alpha 1 on Pop!_OS can simply update through the COSMIC App Store to transition. This alpha will be followed by monthly alpha releases until all core features have been built out.

More coverage:

• COSMIC DE Alpha 2 Released, This is What’s New

• COSMIC Alpha 2 Released with Bluetooth Settings, Much-Improved File Manager

• Cosmic Desktop Alpha 2: BIG PROGRESS for a month of work!

https://iso.pop-os.org/24.04/amd64/intel/10/pop-os_24.04_amd64_intel_10.iso

https://iso.pop-os.org/24.04/amd64/intel/10/SHA256SUMS

https://iso.pop-os.org/24.04/amd64/intel/10/SHA256SUMS.gpg

COSMIC Alpha 2 is landing on September 26th. Repositories will be tagged with the new release for distribution packagers.

Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 2 ISO's will also be available for download! #COSMICdesktop #COSMICDE

https://fosstodon.org/@soller/112083947500126938

COSMIC Store is coming along quickly, though there is still a lot left to do. It loads nearly instantly, because it uses bitcode to cache appstream data in an optimized format. It uses very little memory compared to the Pop Shop. Searches can be performed live as they are done in parallel. Searching for "e" takes 5.5 ms on my desktop and returns 4601 results.

1. install virt-manager

2. create a vm pop-os

3. start the vm

4. sudo apt install cosmic-session

5. sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

6. set "WaylandEnable=true"

7. reboot

8. at the log in screen, there is a small gear wheel on the bottom right side, choose “Pop on Wayland" (edit: if you want COSMIC DE to work too, see update below)

update:

there are some settings on the virt-manager to make COSMIC DE works.

if you don't need to run COSMIC DE, can ignore the following

• Display Spice : Type = Spice server, Listen type = none, uncheck password / opengl
• Video : use QXL (instead of default Virtio)

new step 8. at the log in screen, there is a small gear wheel on the bottom right side, choose “COSMIC"

A workflow video using Cosmic Epoch.

To reproduce this, click Application (or Super + A), Hover over to the Firefox Icon, right click.

there are "New Window" "New private window" and "Open Profile manager"..

the last one wasn't here before the update. can i get rid of it?

Hello, for months I've had a problem on my #PopOS, on some apps, when I open a window for the first time after a start-up or after a sleep mode, the window closes automatically.

It's a bit random, where it always happens is with the "Files" application, it's very annoying.

Today we have the one of the 2 founders of System76 and current CEO of the company Carl Richell on the show to chat about the history of the company, how we got here and some of the cool stuff they've got in store.

I recently installed Pop on another device, everything is fine except for Pop Shop which seems to be missing apps that I already have installed through there on my main desktop.

I checked that I hadn't accidentally deleted/messed with the sources and they all look fine. These are common apps like Librewolf, Joplin and Standard Notes.

I know they can be installed through other methods like apt or appimage but am curious as to the possible reasons behind the discrepancy. What's more confusing is that I had a few attempts installing Pop (as recently as 10hrs ago) on this newer device and they appeared then!

I'm using the virt-manager to install Pop!_OS on a virtual machine from the latest ISO image (...38.iso) with QEMU for testing:

GRUB starts okay, running the tests. Then the QEMU window turns completely black and nothing changes for hours. This didn't happen with the previous ...36.iso of the image.

Any help is highly appreciated. Thank you!

note that, this issue has been around since ...37.iso

With today's repo-release PR #312, Pop!_OS is now building packages for 24.04 (Noble Numbat).

While this doesn't mean a release will happen any time soon, it does mean they are now beginning the process of testing and packaging for 24.04. In particular, they are now building many of the COSMIC DE components for 24.04 with this pull request.

The base Ubuntu 24.04 LTS shipping with Linux kernel 6.8 is anticipated for release on April 25th, 2024.

Today I saw someone once again trash System76 for rebranding Clevo machines and writing that off as some kind of deceptive business model. Ultimately, they're not "just rebranded Clevo...", but even if they were, the ignorant douchebag posting this misguided rant fails to acknowledge that EVERY SINGLE LAPTOP OEM does the same. Yes, HP, Dell, Lenovo - fucking all of them!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laptop_brands_and_manufacturers#Original_design_manufacturers_(ODMs)

Sometimes when resuming from sleep, or when playing a fullscreen video, my screen will fill with white video blocks.

rebooting will fix the problem (until it appears again).

$ uname -r
6.6.6-76060606-generic

Similar to this: https://i.bke.ro/selif/artifacts.mp4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xt2e9Lt2gg

and issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2735

One solution is to add amdgpu.sg_display=0

sudo kernelstub -a "amdgpu.sg_display=0"

It is fine when not put in full screen. When i put it in fullscreen mode, it shrinks to about 1/3 to 1/4 and moves to upper left corner. This happens only on a wayland session/

my laptop resolution is 2256x1504, while my monitor has standard 1920x1080. when I start Pop is always default 200% scale, even I changed it to 100% before. I have to manually set it to 100% scale on my laptop and monitor. But it would not sustain. When I unplug hdmi and reconnect, everything goes back to default. Is there any ways I can optimize this? thank you

Reviewing some of the latest updates with the cosmic terminal, files, and more.

COSMIC is a Wayland desktop environment for Linux that is written in Rust with Smithay and Iced. COSMIC applications are developed with the libcosmic platform toolkit, which is based on iced. They are cross-platform and supported on Windows, Mac, and Redox OS in addition to Linux.

As COSMIC nears its alpha release in Q1 of 2024, we have thus far developed a terminal, file manager, and text editor for our desktop environment within the last few months.

• https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-term
• https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-files
• https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-edit
• https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings
• https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic

See cosmic-epoch for instructions on building and installing COSMIC.