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Cosmic Desktop for Linux OS

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:39 pm
by txm0523
Greetings Everyone,

A friend of mine told me about pop_os ( linux ) from System 76 and that they have a real cool desktop that's available. I was wondering if this Cosmic desktop is available for MX Linux OS or are their plans to introduce it in the near future.

Here is their link: https://system76.com/cosmic/
Thanks for any information.

txm0523

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System:
  Kernel: 6.8.12-amd64 [6.8.12-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.12-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.6_KDE_x64 Libretto
    September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B450M-A II v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4202 date: 06/16/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0x8701030
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2194 high: 2200 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2195 2: 2195 3: 2197 4: 2200 5: 2196 6: 2195
    7: 2196 8: 2190 9: 2188 10: 2196 11: 2196 12: 2194 bogomips: 86238
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lexa PRO [Radeon 540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 8 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:699f
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 50.0 C
  Device-2: Creative VF0415 Live! Cam Vid. IM Ultra type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 041e:4071 class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: Samsung LS32B30 serial: <filter> built: 2022
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 70 gamma: 1.2 size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47") diag: 184mm (7.2")
    ratio: 16:9, 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1~bpo12+1 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series (radeonsi
    polaris12 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.8.12-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 1-1:2 pcie: gen: 3 chip-ID: 041e:4071 speed: 8 GT/s class-ID: 0102 lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Creative VF0415 Live! Cam Vid. IM Ultra type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.12-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
    status: off tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: e000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: MediaTek WiFi type: USB driver: mt76x0u bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 0e8d:7610
    class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 104.41 GiB (22.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.51 GiB size: 457.13 GiB (98.20%) used: 104.41 GiB (22.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 3088 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3081 libs: 1731 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm non-free-firmware non-free contrib main
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm non-free main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-bookworm.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian bookworm main
Info:
  Processes: 313 Uptime: 1h 17m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.5 GiB used: 2.94 GiB (19.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

Re: Cosmic Desktop for Linux OS

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:05 pm
by siamhie
Here's the link to their github page. https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch

Re: Cosmic Desktop for Linux OS

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:03 pm
by asqwerth
I have it running on an Arch install. Quite pleasant but conkies don't work well on it.

The conkies get displayed as an "always on top" window.

There was a bug report page that so far hasn't got anywhere.

The suggested fix in conky config (can't remember details right now) makes the conkies unmovable and positioned right smack in the middle of your screen no matter what you change your x and y coordinates to.

If you don't care about conkies though, it's a nice DE to play with. Especially if you like tiling DE/WM (I'm not, to be honest; I was just curious ).

I do think it is not 100% ready yet.

Re: Cosmic Desktop for Linux OS  [Solved]

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:26 pm
by Adrian
It's only in "Alpha" stage, not even a Beta. It actually works pretty well for an Alpha.

Once they have a Beta, maybe @Stevo and his team can put a build in MX test repo.
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