My new #Cosmic desktop environment is making me work in a slightly different way to my norm. More workspace usage in particular. And you know what? It works well and I'm really enjoying it.
Yes there are one or two very minor niggles. I have had to go back to keyboard print screen as the Screenshot app that came with Cosmic isn't working for some reason. As I say, minor stuff. Overall very pleased with Cosmic.
#Linux #desktopenvironments
#desktopenvironments
I don't distro hop much these days. For the last 6 years or so I've been on @pop_os_official with it's Gnome DE. Its a system I'm comfortable with. Today I successfully upgraded to @system76 new release, 24.04 LTS with a Cosmic DE. This was a painless upgrade for me.
Have to say, its a very clean and fresh looking desktop environment. I like it. Nowhere near the amount of customization that KDE has, but at first glance its going to suit me well. I prefer things familiar and simple. Thanks to the developers.
#Linux #desktopenvironments
Booting into Enlightenment results in something like confetti after a while of waiting on frozen boot logo with cursor #boot #graphics #desktopenvironments
Ubuntu Operating System Not Starting #dualboot #windows10 #desktopenvironments
Ubuntu 24.04 desktop keeps switching my keyboard language on login screen #2404 #desktopenvironments #loginscreen #gdm #gnometweaks
Budgie 10.10 released
Budgie has fallen a bit by the wayside in recent years, but it's still in development and making steady progress. The project's just released Budgie 10.10, the final release in the 10.x series which also marks the end of the transition to Wayland.
Budgie 10.10 is a brand new release series for Budgie Desktop, marking our first release to migrate Budgie from X11 to Wayland. Thi
I just wanted to share this awesome article dropped this month from datagubbe.se about customized Amiga desktops. As someone who's kind of obsessed with UX and desktop designs, these are a beautiful collection of pixelly goodness:
www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/
#amiga #icons #pixelart #desktopenvironments
IceWM 4.0.0 brings alt+tab improvements
IceWM, the venerable X11 window manager, has released a new version, bumping the version number to 4.0.0. This release brings a big update to the alt+tab feature.
The Alt+Tab window switcher can now handle large numbers of application windows in both horizontal and in vertical mode. Type the first letter of an application class name in Alt+Ta
https://www.osnews.com/story/144105/icewm-4-0-0-brings-alttab-improvements/
Hype for the Future 45G: CWM → Moving Windows
Using the cwm window manager from video 45F, novaTopFlex shall attempt to open the xclock application for demonstration 45G. 45G is supposed to refer to the window movement as well as management, with the following keyboard shortcuts to be demonstrated: Meta-h, Meta-j, Meta-k, and Meta-l to move the xclock window by small amounts Meta-H, Meta-J, Meta-K, and Meta-L to move the xclock window by large amountshttps://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/hype-for-the-future-45g-cwm-%e2%86%92-moving-windows/
Hype for the Future 45F: CWM → The Basics
Prior to beginning the video, novaTopFlex shall launch a 540x960 VNC server session on port 5901, using TigerVNC and the cwm startup file. The window manager shall be tested as follows: Press Control-Meta-Return to spawn a new terminal. Press Meta-Return to hide the terminal window. Press Meta-Slash to search for windows. Press Meta-Down to lower the current window. Press Meta-Up to raise the current window. Press Control-Meta-x to close the terminal window. To locate the video stream, […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/hype-for-the-future-45f-cwm-%e2%86%92-the-basics/
Hype for the Future 45D: YouTube Content
novaTopFlex continues to pursue new interests in technology and often prefers diversity in terms of the different desktop environments and window managers in question. Even on YouTube Shorts, diversity of desktop environments and window managers is absolutely essential for an effective demonstration of a vast plethora of Linux, BSD, Solaris, and otherwise UNIX-like environments. So long as the system is POSIX-compliant and supports such desktops and window managers, successful software […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/hype-for-the-future-45d-youtube-content/
COSMIC Desktop reaches first stable release
System76, creator of Pop!_OS and prominent Linux OEM, has just announced the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS - normally not something I particularly care about, but in this case, it comes with the first stable release of COSMIC Desktop. COSMIC is a brand new desktop environment by System76, written in Rust, and after quite some time in deve
https://www.osnews.com/story/144011/cosmic-desktop-reaches-first-stable-release/
CDE 2.5.3 released
So my love for the Common Desktop Environment isn't exactly a secret, so let's talk about the project's latest release, CDE 2.5.3, released a few days ago. As the version number suggests, this first new version in two years is a rather minor release, containing only a few bug fixes. For instance, CDE's window manager dtwm picked up support for more mouse buttons, its file manager dtfile
LXQt 2.3.0 released
LXQt, the other Qt desktop environment, released version 2.3.0. This new version comes roughly six months after 2.2.0, and continues the project's adoption of Wayland.
The enhancement of Wayland support has been continued, especially in LXQt Panel, whose Desktop Switcher is now enabled for Labwc, Niri, …. It is also equipped with a backend specifically for Wayfire. In addition, th
where to find examples of hyprland rices?
#DesktopEnvironments #CosmicDesktop
Sehe gerade ein Video zum Cosmic Desktop und huiuiui...also mein erster Eindruck ist:
Wenn Gnome, KDE Plasma und MacOS ein Baby hätten, dann wäre es wohl Cosmic. 😁
Fixt mich schon bisschen an, das als nächstes auszuprobieren, gerade weil mir bei Gnome die Flexibilität und die Funktionen fehlen, die Cosmic aber hat.
Mal schauen, mal schauen...aber ja, bin schon echt interessiert. 😊
Anyone know if there’s a way to add a delay to the auto-hide panel in KDE Plasma?
Right now it pops up instantly when the mouse hits the screen edge. Would love a small configurable delay.
Is this possible in Plasma? 🤔
#KDE #KDEPlasma #Linux #FOSS #DesktopEnvironments #fedora #linux
IceWM 3.9.0 released
Another small release for the IceWM window manager - one of the staples of the open source world. IceWM 3.9.0 seems focused mostly on cursor-related changes, as it adds libXcursor as an alternative to XPM cursors. This means IceWM is no longer dependent on libXpm, and gains the benefits that come with Xcursor. There's the usual few bugfixes and translation updates as well.
Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 4 released
It's not every day you stumble upon an X11 desktop environment you've never hard of, but today's one of those days. The Orbitiny Desktop Environment is a one-person project, consisting of an entirely custom desktop environment written in Qt. Version 1.0 Pilot 4 was just released.
Built from the ground up using Qt and coded in C++, Orbitiny Deskt
https://www.osnews.com/story/142974/orbitiny-desktop-1-0-pilot-4-released/
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