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[#]: subject: "I Tried System76’s New Rust-based COSMIC Desktop!"
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[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/system76-rust-cosmic-desktop/"
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[#]: author: "Community https://news.itsfoss.com/author/team/"
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[#]: collector: "lujun9972"
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I Tried System76’s New Rust-based COSMIC Desktop!
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If you didn’t know already, System76 developers have been [working on a new Desktop Environment][1] (dubbed COSMIC) written in [Rust][2]: a memory-safe and superfast programming language.
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Creating a desktop environment from scratch is no small feat. That involves creating everything from the compositor, panel, window manager to the APIs for your desktop environment and other back-end tasks.
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It is not an easy task, and maintaining it is another story.
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And, it looks like System76 has already started working on it!
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On GitHub, you will notice there is already a repository called [cosmic][3], but it is mainly in JavaScript (the language used to create GNOME shell extensions). This is the cosmic shell extension repository, which is what Pop!_OS ships with now.
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There are a couple of newer repositories on their GitHub profile, which happen to be the elements of their upcoming Rust-based COSMIC Desktop.
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So, it is time to build, test, and get an early look!
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**Note:** _To clarify, the current GNOME-based desktop environment on Pop!_OS is COSMIC. This article discusses the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment, built from scratch_, _meant to replace the current offering._
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### Rust-based COSMIC Desktop Experience
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The three repositories intended to be a part of the COSMIC desktop environment as a whole are
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* [Settings app][4]
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* [Top panel][5] (currently for X11 systems)
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* [Compositor][6] (appears to have support for native wayland, xwayland and X11 systems)
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#### COSMIC Settings
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![][7]
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**Note:** This is a half-baked early preview to get an idea. The user interface can be fundamentally different as the development continues. So, hold your thoughts!
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This is the settings app for Pop!_OS’s new COSMIC Desktop. It is currently WIP and not ready for use, although if you want to run it and play around with the GUI, feel free!
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So, how does it look different from the current COSMIC experience?
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![Rust-based COSMIC Settings vs. GNOME-based COSMIC][8]
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When writing this, the GUI does not seem to be connected to any back-end APIs. Enabling and disabling “Enable top-left hot corner for Workspaces” toggle does not make a difference, nor does any other toggles, except for the information shown by the ‘About’ section of the Settings app.
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Looking closer at the screenshot, the placements are messy but expected from an early preview (or prototype).
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It looks like they are approaching everything with rounded corners and a cleaner look to it.
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The toggle animation feels quick, smooth and snappy (even inside a virtual machine, cannot wait to try it on bare metal). Considering it’s not even functional, let’s forget about the performance.
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![][9]
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Personally, not a fan of the rounded corner look they are going with. GNOME’s implementation of rounded corners seems perfect to me. But, it should be interesting to see how it turns out.
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#### Top Panel
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As part of the COSMIC desktop environment, the top panel is also being implemented using Rust language.
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As for the appearance of this top panel, I am not exactly sure how to test it without being unfair to it. Launching it from GNOME opens it behind the top bar that GNOME has. So I thought of opening it in a separate window manager (tried only with [bspwm][10] and [i3-wm][11] so far), but that resulted in some quirky behavior like the panel taking full vertical space like a normal GUI software.
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#### COSMIC Compositor
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The compositor for COSMIC desktop environment compiled successfully but would not launch when used with bspwm or i3-wm. I tried launching it in window managers because GNOME does not allow changing compositors.
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This is due to the mess of video drivers in a virtual machine using VirtualBox and the fact that the COSMIC compositor is not ready.
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But, there’s more!
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Developer **Eduardo Flores** also tried the new COSMIC Desktop, sharing some screenshots of the app launcher and the dock in his [blog post][12].
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![Credits: Eduardo Flores][13]
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The application launcher looks similar, but built using GTK. Similarly, you can also expect a similar-looking application library, introduced with [Pop!_OS 21.10][14], and the good-old dock.
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![Credits: Eduardo Flores][15]
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### Concluding Thoughts
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Sure, it is too early to tell where the development is heading.
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It should take a while to expect a beta release for a full-fledged Rust-based COSMIC Desktop experience.
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But, from what we’ve seen here, I am excited!
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_What do you think? You are welcome to share your thoughts in the comments down below!_
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_Originally written by [Pratham Patel][16]._
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via: https://news.itsfoss.com/system76-rust-cosmic-desktop/
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作者：[Community][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/team/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/pop-os-cosmic-rust/
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[2]: https://research.mozilla.org/rust/
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[3]: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic
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[4]: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings
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[5]: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-panel
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[6]: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-comp
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[10]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
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[11]: https://github.com/i3/i3
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[12]: https://blog.edfloreshz.dev/articles/linux/system76/rust-based-desktop-environment/
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[13]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQzNSIgd2lkdGg9Ijc3MCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=
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[14]: https://news.itsfoss.com/pop-os-21-10/
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[15]: data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQ4OSIgd2lkdGg9Ijc4MCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=
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[16]: https://itsfoss.com/author/pratham/
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