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I'm excited for Cosmic Desktop (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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From what I saw Cosmic has a lot of potential and looks pretty sleek too, right now I'm using KDE it's a great desktop, but now that I have a second monitor it randomly crashes on me, I think I'll switch to Cosmic when it reaches beta.

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[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 46 points 2 months ago (22 children)

I'm just afraid it's gonna be another 2 years before it's ready for everyday use

[–] scorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2 years is not that much

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago

Not in the long view it wouldn't be that bad but we've seen other projects take so many years. Look how long it's taken Wayland.

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