Following the December launch of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and the first major COSMIC desktop release, System76 software engineers have continued making improvements to their Rust-based desktop environment.
In the weeks since the COSMIC Epoch 1 release, there have been two point releases so far with continuing to roll out minor new features and fixes. Some of the latest COSMIC enhancements include:
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With the COSMIC compositor there are now rounded window corners. All window corners can now be rounded and not limited to just COSMIC Apps. They can be squared if so desired via COSMIC Settings.
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COSMIC Initial Setup now better handles multi-monitor setups.
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Following the December launch of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and the first major COSMIC desktop release, System76 software engineers have continued making improvements to their Rust-based desktop environment.
In the weeks since the COSMIC Epoch 1 release, there have been two point releases so far with continuing to roll out minor new features and fixes. Some of the latest COSMIC enhancements include:
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With the COSMIC compositor there are now rounded window corners. All window corners can now be rounded and not limited to just COSMIC Apps. They can be squared if so desired via COSMIC Settings.
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COSMIC Initial Setup now better handles multi-monitor setups.
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COSMIC Settings now enables tab-to-click by default.
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Audio auto-routing fixes for COSMIC Settings.
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The COSMIC Application Library has improved icon handling and now prefers high quality icon versions.
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The COSMIC compositor now allows X11 clients to activate a window.
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Some crash fixes for the COSMIC compositor.
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The COSMIC Files file manager has new settings and other improvements like the ability to enter network paths into the breadcrumb bar.
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COSMIC Settings now supports two factor authentication (2FA) VPN connections.
More details on these improvements available as updates to Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS users or those on other distributions with up-to-date COSMIC desktop packages can be found via the System76 blog.