COSMIC DE’s First Seven Months

Summary

A Visual Tour Smooth GamingNew features like multiple full-screen windows per workspace, game launch fixes and input protocols additions smooth the COSMIC gaming experience. More gaming improvements are in the works.VIDEO Frosted GlassFrosted Glass creates a more organic and immersive desktop experience. Customize the effect to suit your style in Settings > Desktop > Appearance > Frosted Glass.Subtle and balanced Subtle and balanced feature. Wallpaper photo by Luca Micheli | https://unsplash.com/photos/photo-of-mountain-ruWkmt3nU58 See-through frosted glass feature Nearly opaque frosted glass feature Consistent CornersNon-COSMIC apps match the system corner style preference. GNOME and KDE apps blend well with COSMIC apps. Over time KDE apps may start supporting the Wayland blur protocol improving cross-desktop appearance. Consistent corners in COSMIC DE Workspaces Overview SearchType to search apps in the Launcher or Application Library directly from the Workspaces Overview. Set your preference in Settings > Desktop > Workspaces.Launcher search Launcher search feature in COSMIC DE Application Library search Application Library search feature in COSMIC DE Workspaces Cycling OptionCycle from the last to first workspace or stop at the last workspace. Set your preference in Settings > Desktop > Workspaces. Workspaces Cycling Option feature in COSMIC DE New COSMIC System MonitorA birds eye view of your system resources. View all your resources and the top process for each resource from the Dashboard. New COSMIC System Monitor dashboard Resource detail pages show detailed graphs and top processes to give the resource graphs more context. New COSMIC System Monitor New Features ThroughoutFeatures, quality improvements, and productivity enhancements abound since the initial release seven months ago.Ellipses TextCOSMIC Text (our pure Rust text handling library) gained ellipses support and it’s been implemented throughout the desktop. Ellipses Text in COSMIC Text Tab, Drag and...