The Reg tests out Pop OS 24.04 with 'Epoch 1' of COSMIC
System76's Rust-built COSMIC desktop 1.0 and Pop!_OS 24.04 deliver a responsive, modern desktop but face installation and hardware-driver compatibility challenges.
Pop!_OS 24.04 beta ships a new Rust-built, Wayland-only COSMIC desktop with native apps, offering speed and polish but remaining experimental and potentially unstable.
Linux distributions offer exceptionally beautiful, highly customizable desktop environments, with options like KDE Plasma, COSMIC, and Hyprland, plus ricing for personal customization.
