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
This is a lot. Buggier than I’d thought it’d be.
Tried to change the background color and it crashes the settings app. Search works for exact spelling only and not context or meta data. Search for image and music and you’ll get nothing.
However there is a lot of potential and it’s what I’d install on a MacBook as an alternative. Maybe next release would be good.