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System76’s Oryx Pro Is the First Linux Laptop to Ship with the COSMIC Desktop (9to5linux.com)
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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Speaking for myself, this is why COSMIC is appealing:

  • nice middle-ground between oversimplified and over opinionated GNOME and KDE complexity
  • both floating and tiling are first class
  • Wayland native (no legacy)
  • pushing DE innovation
  • commercially backed
  • written in Rust
  • attractive
  • fast

I also love that it is driving Smithay and Iced which matures the foundations of other great projects like Niri and even RedoxOS.