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System76 creating their own desktop environment written in Rust
9 November 2021 at 3:08 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: scaineExciting, but I don't hold out much hope for their success. If a company like Canonical couldn't justify making 10 years worth of Unity development stick, I doubt System76 will somehow make it work either.

Unlike Canonical, who had to split their team between Desktop and Server, System76 has the capability to focus purely on the Desktop experience. Additionally, System76's primary revenue doesn't come from support contracts for software, but from Hardware sales, so Pop!_OS also isn't the revenue driver, but supports the revenue generating hardware sales.

QuoteI'm still happy to use Pop as a base for KDE though. It's a really slick foundation. The Pop shop is superb and I've never experienced a crash since using them.
They have already note they will be using GTK for the DE. Simply because there is more GTK tooling available and it's easier to find developers that have experience with GTK.

QuoteOnly contender? You're joking, right!? KDE is superb, XFCE was excellent last I tried. Budgie is slick as hell. Cinnamon? Mate? We're tripping over DE's that absolutely rock - functional, beautiful, varied desktops that only look as much like Windows as you actually want.

Cinnamon (and Mint) has many issues unique to that DE. So much so that the Lutris project has dropped community support for Linux Mint and Cinnamon due to the amount of issues they were having to monkey patch just for them (I.E. they won't fix issues specifically related to that distro or DE).

Ubuntu 21.10 'Impish Indri' is out now with GNOME 40, Kernel 5.13
14 October 2021 at 3:52 pm UTC

Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: HoolyI am excited to see what Pop!_OS will do in 21.10
Exactly my tought! Pop_OS! 21.10 incoming!

The Pop!_OS 21.10 beta is available now. I think it's been available for several days.

Ubuntu 21.10 'Impish Indri' is out now with GNOME 40, Kernel 5.13
14 October 2021 at 3:52 pm UTC

Quoting: scainePulseaudio 15 is now weirdly "meh", now that the world has re-focused on Pipewire instead. I suppose Pipewire still leverages PA under the hood though?

And yeah, looking forward to Pop_OS 21.10 now, albeit, I take their improvements with a pinch of salt these days, given that I'm a bit of a KDE convert!

I believe Pipewire has interfaces for both PulseAudio and Jack.... though I can't remember if that's PA -> PW or if it was for using applications expecting PA/Jack with PW.

The GOG Games Festival is live with new games and lots on sale
19 August 2021 at 2:45 pm UTC

This is what I get when I try to click any of the links.

error page

The GOG Games Festival is live with new games and lots on sale
19 August 2021 at 2:30 pm UTC

As far as I can tell, all the links are broken

System76 has launched Pop!_OS 21.04 with the new COSMIC desktop
30 June 2021 at 2:25 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: sourpuzHmmmm. I like PopOS a lot but I'm not sure about this. Another desktop, especially another Gnome derivative/fork? I kinda think they should focus on other aspects of the Linux user experience, there's enough variety when it comes to desktops. Ah well, I know I'll give it a try sooner or later.

It's not a derivative or fork. Unlike most other alternatives DE's, this is just a pair of GNOME extensions that sit on top of GNOME Shell and can be disabled if you don't like them.

They actually put out a blog post explaining their decisions (based on feedback and polling of their users): https://blog.system76.com/post/655369419513544704/how-we-arrived-at-the-popos-cosmic-design

EDIT: Post the correct link

Encased, a sci-fi post-apocalyptic RPG to release this 'Fall' with a Linux version
12 June 2021 at 4:36 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Avehicle7887While a Linux version is welcome, I refuse to buy a game which has DLC before it is even finished. Maybe I'll have a change of heart when the game is on a heavy discount.

I work in software development and this is quite normal. If developers wait until "everything is completed", then chances are they'd run out of money before that ever happens. Software dev is expensive and Game Dev can be even more expensive.

System76 releases the open source Launch Configurable Keyboard
13 May 2021 at 9:48 pm UTC

Quoting: ArehandoroI have the Moonlander from ZSA, it cost me less, equally configurable, ergonomic and more portable. It would be a no brained for anyone willing to pay that money on a keyboard.

I must be blind then, because when I look up the moonlander, it's base cost is about $80 more than the Launch

System76 releases the open source Launch Configurable Keyboard
13 May 2021 at 9:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: dpanterA full sized version with numpad and maybe extra macro keys would be lovely. The numpad is not optional to me.

It probably doesn't completely solve your need, but one of the videos on the store page shows them setting up a keypad on one of the 4 layers of keys that can be setup..... those layers can be toggled too, not necessarily requiring that you hold down a Fn key.

Time to get testing Ubuntu 21.04 ahead of release, plus Canonical loses another face
8 April 2021 at 4:12 pm UTC

Quoting: iiariWonder why they're all leaving now... Perhaps Canonical isn't moving as fast as some would like to sell out and have a big payday for some who have been there a long time and they're tired of waiting? Perhaps Canonical is downgrading desktop as a priority? Who knows...

I can't speak for every tech job, but generally, if you want (or need) a pay increase or need to push forward in your skillsets and career it means a job change. Most jobs only hand out cost-of-living wage increases yearly (unless you get a promotion). Even then, depending on the direction of the company, there may not be many opportunities for an engineer to grow their skillsets if they stay at the same company.