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Pop!_OS is an operating system developed by System76 for STEM and creative professionals who use their computer as a tool to discover and create. Unleash your potential on secure, reliable open source software. Based on your exceptional curiosity, we sense you have a lot of it.

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Whether this is your first experience with Linux, or your latest adventure, all are welcome to discuss and ask questions about Pop!_OS and COSMIC. Keep the discussions friendly though, and remember to assume good intentions whenever you reply. We're all here because we have a shared love for Linux and open source software.

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Support us by buying System76 hardware for you or your company! Or by donating on the Pop!_OS website through the "Support Pop" button. Pop!_OS and COSMIC are fully funded by System76 hardware sales. All systems are assembled in the USA. With your support, we'll work to push the Linux desktop forward with COSMIC.

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All posts on pop_os must adhere to the Pop!_OS community Code of Conduct. https://github.com/pop-os/code-of-conduct

Be helpful

Posts to pop_os must be helpful. When responding to a user asking for help, do not provide tongue-in-cheek responses like "RTM" or links to LMGTFY. Linking to direct sources that answer the asker's question is fine, but it's advised to provide some explanation as to how you got to that source.

Critique should be constructive

We within the Pop!_OS community welcome helpful criticism or ideas on ways to improve. However, basic "It's bad" or other simple negative comments don't help anyone fix anything. When voicing a complaint about something, try to point out ways the complaint could be improved or worked around, so that we can make a better product for it.

This rule applies to both Pop!_OS and its projects as well as other products available from third-parties.

Don't post malicious "advice"

It can be funny to joke about malicious commands, however this is not the venue for it. Do not advise users to run commands which will lock up their systems, steal their data, or erase their drive. Examples of this include (but are not limited to) fork bombs, rm, etc.

Posts violating this rule will be removed, even if the post is clearly in jest. Repeated offences may lead to a ban. You may understand that the command isn't serious, but a new user might not.

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In the dynamic world of Linux a new Linux distribution is nothing new, but Pop!_OS is something special. Born out of necessity when Ubuntu announced the end of its Unity Desktop in 2017, Pop!_OS has not just filled the void left by Unity, but has carved out a distinct identity in the Linux community. This journey, from an alternative for disillusioned Unity users to the creation of the innovative COSMIC desktop has created a version of Linux that has been very well received. But to understand how we got to Pop! We have to look back at what happened to Unity.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I daily drive either Pop!_OS or pop-shell and it's hard to use anything else now. All the people praising KDE seem nuts to me as possible it seems very similar to windows with more customisation. I want my workflows to be smooth and ideal, rather than having toggles for every tiny UI thing. I get that with Pop!.

Very much looking forward to seeing what they do with COSMIC. Will probably wait a little while to make sure the kinks are smoothed out before switching.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I loved pop os, but in the last 6 months gnome shell has been taking up tons of ram and performance has been trash. Moved to KDE on Fedora and I am back to less than a gig of ram used at idle, and smooth as all get out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Sounds like it might be worth a try again when cosmic releases

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I am thinking of switching to Fedora with KDE, but stopped because of the window tiling manager in PopOS (I tried Bismuth, but it's not the same). What do you use for window tiling?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There are many advantages to using kde, VRR being a major reason. Not to mention valve directly contributes to kde for the steam deck. I'm looking forward to cosmic, but I'm on kde right now and ok going to wait until cosmic is stable before using it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I’ve been daily driving popos for years on a work machine, and it’s pretty great. Very slick and smooth, and everything I want from a distro. It comes through in every way that Ubuntu has dropped the ball for me. I can’t recommend it enough!