https://system76.com/pop/download/

Release Notes

  • Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS includes the new COSMIC Desktop Environment, designed and developed by System76.

  • Some GNOME apps are replaced by COSMIC apps

    • GNOME Files (Nautilus) > COSMIC Files
    • GNOME Terminal > COSMIC Terminal
    • GNOME Text Editor > COSMIC Text Editor
    • GNOME Media Player (Totem) > COSMIC Media Player

  • Pop!_Shop is replaced by COSMIC Store

  • Key components

    • COSMIC Epoch 1
    • Linux kernel 6.17.9
    • Mesa 25.1.5-1
    • NVIDIA Driver 580

  • Some games may start partially off-screen. Press F11 or Super+F11 to fullscreen the game

  • Display toggle hotkeys and an on-screen display is not supported yet

  • COSMIC has a built-in screenshot tool. If you require annotations, we recommend Flameshot, which can be installed from Flathub via COSMIC Store. Version 13.1 or higher is required for COSMIC

  • COSMIC is not currently optimized for touch devices. An on-screen-keyboard is in development.

  • The COSMIC Desktop will be continuously updated with new features and improvements after release

  • Kernels and hardware support are continuously updated in Pop!_OS

  • You can follow COSMIC DE feature and improvement progress on the project board

  • abrer@programming.dev
    9·
    11 hours ago

    I’ve run tiling for years. Cosmic treats tiling as a first class citizen. I enjoyed it.

    Try it out.

    I still tile, but plan on checking out Cosmic again in the near future.