Pop Beta
system76.com
    • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in
      1·
      42 minutes ago

      I see it as a great middle ground for those that wanting to use tiling WMs but do not want to dabble into editing config using text files, scripts etc. I’ve been running Sway for a year and my initial feedback is really positive. A lot of stuff I had to look up a lot to implement in sway just works with no hassle.

      Tiling WMs have a lot of benefit to those using it, but mainly window management becomes unbelievably easier. Not needing to use mouse for simple tasks like resizing windows, moving between programs gives you way more flexibility with what you can do with your cursor.

    • missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de
      16·
      1 day ago

      exactly everything I need and nothing more. doesn’t need X. reasonably lightweight. no fiddly configuration needed. nice support for tiling alongside floating.

      also, very buggy (at least as of alpha.7), somewhat fickle (at least on my hardware), and I can’t remap keyboard shortcuts.

      • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Currently testing beta, I could remap keyboard shortcuts.

        Go Input Devices / Keyboard / View and customize shortcuts and find your desired shortcut.

        Do not delete the first bind before adding a new keybind. Click “Add another keybind”, hit your desired keybinds, then remove the first bind.

    • 1XEVW3Y07@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      22 hours ago

      After using Autotiling from the Cosmic desktop, I can’t go back to anything else. I’ve tried distro hopping to Gnome based desktops for a few reasons, but always wind back up on Cosmic.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      20 hours ago

      I tried a number of the alphas and just hate it. Like fundamentally hate it, not just because it was buggy.

      I wish System76 would just put out a 24.10 release instead of spending all their resources on this DE.

    • Mereo@piefed.caEnglish
      5·
      21 hours ago

      It’s better to wait for a stable product than to release it early with full of bugs

        • stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip
          4·
          20 hours ago

          It does feel like they lost some momentum by doing that. I don’t have numbers of course, but it seemed like everybody was talking about it around the time 22.04 came out. Now I don’t hear nearly as much. Hopefully the new release will regain some of that!

          • stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip
            3·
            20 hours ago

            After all the time they’ve spent on Cosmic, I doubt they’re going to stop using it now. If you dislike it that much, you might be better off looking for another distro that offers a different DE.

            • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              12·
              15 hours ago

              This makes no sense - Pop_OS offers Gnome, KDE/Plasma, etc. as alternatives. Why should I stop using it because I don’t like one of the other DEs?

              • stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip
                2·
                13 hours ago

                Because you just complained about them not releasing updates? Work on the underlying distribution is most likely going to be slow for a while longer since they’re continuing to work on Cosmic. I’m sure you have your reasons for doing it this way, but you’re already using a different DE than Pop comes with. Why not put your DE of choice on another distribution where you can get the normal system updates you want?

                • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  12·
                  10 hours ago

                  you’re already using a different DE than Pop comes with

                  Pop comes with KDE/Plasma.

                  I use PopOS because I have a System76 laptop. It runs well on my hardware. I’m allowed to complain about things without some shit telling me to just “use another distro”. If I wanted to run another distro I’d run another distro. Lordy…