COSMIC Desktop Alpha 7 Adds More New Features
System76 has just announced the 7th alpha release of its Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. As with earlier alphas, the focus remains on adding the features planned for inclusion in its first stable release (dubbed Epoch 1). It’s always worth tempering expectations: COSMIC’s first release won’t feature-match the newest versions of decades-old desktop environments. Nor will COSMIC’s fledgling native core apps, also built in Rust and making an Iced-based toolkit, out-gun rivals. Yet, despite the proverbial mountain System76’s set out to climb by building their own DE from scratch (using toolkits and technologies that aren’t super common), they’re making excellent pace 
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/cosmic-desktop-alpha-7-adds-more-new-features
@kta @omgubuntu so all the basic features work…
Yes. They are working on accessibility features and window dressing at this point. Color filters. Pinning workspaces and the like.
I took the #COSMIC #Fedora Spin for a test drive on a VM. I've been using it as my daily driver for a few weeks and it's pretty feature complete. No crashes. I can change the wallpaper and toggle dark mode. I can install flatpaks and software from the repos. QT apps load and play well with the UI. I can tile windows and move them around intuitively. I already like it better than the default #Ubuntu experience. Excited to see the beta release features.
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