Pop OS Cosmic Desktop Alpha 3 Is BEAUTIFUL (WOW !!🤩)

[@8bittim]

Currently running on alpha 3. Its alpha, people can't expect perfection right out of the box. I for one like what im already seeing. I use this on my personal desktop. For an alpha? Very solid. Yes some things are lacking but that WILL change as time goes on. 6 months is the estimated time for stable release. Maybe one or two more alpha releases and then beta comes. Once the first release comes, then come the real refinements

[@elegantvampire]

Is it possible to change system fonts there? The default font does not suit me.

[@kskroyaltech]

Yes you can change system fonts. As of know I tried installing the third party fonts, it didnt show up in settings.

[@Yoshikage-Kira_75]

Man this looks so beautiful

[@kskroyaltech]

Yes it is,,

[@z6id]

In which month of the year comes the new update?

[@kskroyaltech]

No idea.

[@misstornton3848]

Can it be installed on mac m2?

[@kskroyaltech]

yes it can you need to have asahi fedora remix installed ..See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2HXmYKJjKylpsU once you install asahi remix: open terminal and run this command : *dnf install @cosmic-desktop-environment*

[@fraidoonhu9284]

When cosmic final release comes out i will ditch gnome.

[@kskroyaltech]

For sure.

[@Red-ss5lv]

I like the color pallete and ideas in this new OS

[@kskroyaltech]

TRUE.

[@_tanzil_]

It's growing. Not ready yet

[@kskroyaltech]

Yes it's growing. Wait till next year first quarter to witness the stable update.

[@dielectric_boogaloo]

Why is everyone so up in arms about it being bad? It's still in alpha people

[@kskroyaltech]

That's ok. They wanted to make it better.

[@techzone2009]

I will switch from gnome arch to comic arch 😊

[@ronny332]

always a bit painful to see, that people are judging whole distributions by their desktop visuals 😞 there is so much more to a GNU/Linux system, just dig for it and you will find all the beauty 🙂

[@ADHV4Y]

Yes but cosmic is literally a DE, the visuals matter I think, but most importantly, it's usability and stability

[@ronny332]

@@ADHV4Y Funny how people are different. I use Plasma 6 on Arch Linux, without any tweaks or configuration. Wallpaper changed to my taste, bar(s) to autohide and of you go. As I normally use Alacritty/Thunderbird/Firefox/Gimp/Blender all day, I don't see anything from the Desktop at all, as all apps draw even the window decoration by itself.

[@whyouread]

ricing: 🍚

[@wikwayer]

Well they have chosen to but time and money for this endeavor people have to right to give their opinions

[@kskroyaltech]

Yes a distribution can be judged based on the desktop. It's the UI end user mostly spends on. Linux backend is rock solid.

[@nrtnrt6676]

Everything looks a bit excessively spaced.

[@kskroyaltech]

Will be fixed.

[@MyAmazingUsername]

Nah that is not beautiful. It's apparent their team lacks a designer. The horrific spacing issues around the dock edges is still there. The windows and controls still look amateurish, with no sense of harmony or cohesion. Like a child randomly placed legos around the floor. But competition is still good to have.

[@whyouread]

I don't know if it's that simple. beautiful to me nonetheless. Maybe the devs already know or gave the answers as to why some people notice something's off and if it is to fix later on. I assume the focus is on simplicity to not overdo anything and to deliver the stable easy-to-use product.

[@whyouread]

I believe ricing will be nice once people start using it. Mark these words😉

[@MyAmazingUsername]

@@whyouread Icons and GUI controls are all kinds of different sizes and thicknesses and styles. And the dock corners are awkwardly cramped against the icons. It's sad that they design this in 2024 when everyone has seen what good designs should actually look like. I hope they solve this with more polishing.

[@agnuswulf]

Yeah... I appreciate the technology behind the DE, but the UI itself is... The ugliest in all of Linux, I'd say. In every single aspect.

[@RealRajatShahare]

It's in Alpha release bro. They are going to polish it afterwards.

[@AnkitPuri-im8ew]

I like it very much

[@kskroyaltech]

Good to hear that.

[@slothguy_]

I wish they added an option like blur my shell to make any app transparent and blurry either way already switched to cosmic files since I hate how basic nautilus is.

[@eMorphized]

It really needs some more advanced theming controls. Maybe they could add an advanced theming menu that has things like per-object margins and padding and per-application theme overrides, and clearly indicates that changing these settings might break UIs.

[@tohur]

Gona wait for stable release for final judgement but that way Cosmic is shaping up so far it looks UUUUUGLY looks like some 2000s crap

[@kskroyaltech]

Did u try APLHA 4.

[@dedywijaya4361]

test install zoom?

[@theprosk2463]

Pop os 22.04 looks better

[@kskroyaltech]

Agreed. Lets see where cosmic desktop take all of us.

[@Lucas-yp6bm]

i study design and every time i look at this my eyes burn. i think i will stick with gnome

[@kskroyaltech]

It's a default Background Color for UI. It can be changed to your liking.

[@GabrielM01]

the color pallete kills it

[@RNH_1889]

UI design needs more work It's looking weird

[@RealRajatShahare]

It’s in alpha release, and as of March 2025, they’ll be working on the look and feel with a more polished layout. Let’s give them time-it’s going to be a great distro and a solid alternative to GNOME.

[@kskroyaltech]

Correct will take some time.More over animations are not perfect. Switching between workspaces is awful.

[@eMorphized]

​@@kskroyaltech the DE is designed to be mostly compositor-agnostic, so you could probably run it under Wayfire or something

[@armandosan]

Cosmic = Trash!

[@kskroyaltech]

No it's not.

[@lazithegamer]

Not very customisable.

[@kskroyaltech]

Its offers minimal customization.

[@cugansteamid6252]

No thanks, I will use my Ubuntu

[@kskroyaltech]

Sure

[@bbjvjnfjbvjnbvggghbbb]

Looks atrocious tbh

[@kskroyaltech]

HMM..