The Linux desktop is about to enter a new era

The new Linux desktop “Cosmic” from American system distributor System76, known for its Linux distribution, is particularly interesting for gamers. Pop!_OSIt can also Cosmic Age 1The first alpha version of the new desktop environment can now be widely tried and tested by everyone for the first time. The results of the beta test will be incorporated into Cosmic Epoch 2.

Our goal is to liberate computing with a completely new desktop environment powerful enough to create custom operating systems for users, developers, and manufacturers of all single-screen devices. – System 76 –

While Cosmic Epoch 1, the first public alpha release ever, is naturally still “incomplete” and partly “unstable” according to the developers, the follow-up release, Cosmis Epoch 2, which is also likely to be an alpha release, is said to be the first major feature update. System76 also wants to focus particularly on the consistency and adaptability of the newly developed graphical user interface, called the GUI (“Graphical User Interface”). Numerous themes with backgrounds and icons are intended to make Cosmic customizable.

The Cosmic desktop is based on the open source Rust programming language, a multi-paradigm programming language originally released by Mozilla, and uses the free Wayland display server protocol. The desktop also comes with its own native applications, called Cosmic Apps, which are also written in Rust. If you want to try out Cosmic Epoch 1, the easiest way to do so is with the latest alpha release of Pop!_OS. There are different versions for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to choose from.

In addition, the first alpha version of the desktop is available for later Linux distributions.

• Arch Linux
• Fedora Linux
• OpenSUSE*
• SerpentOS
• ReduxOS
• Nix OS

*) Available soon.

The first standalone Cosmic apps that have already been implemented on the desktop are Cosmic Terminal, Cosmic Files, Cosmic Edit, Cosmic App Store, and Cosmic Settings. The official website provides more information. press release System76 developer as well as early alpha reviews on YouTube.