Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment

Re:Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment by dsego on Thursday December 11, 2025 @03:08PM (#46236458)

Does it use snap packages?

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Re:Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment by akdor1154 on Thursday December 11, 2025 @03:44PM (#46236880)

They attempt to avoid them, though snaps are still available if you wish.

Flatpak is installed by default and used by their app store, and Firefox is packaged as a deb so you can avoid the snap.

I consider it a deshittified Ubuntu.

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Re:Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment by KronisLV on Thursday December 11, 2025 @06:19PM (#46238737)

> I consider it a deshittified Ubuntu.

This is more or less what I have used Linux Mint for (their Cinnamon desktop version is pretty okay, also used the XFCE one).

Nice to have more options!

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Re:Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment by panick21_ on Friday December 12, 2025 @10:01AM (#46244752)

They are vendor of hardware, so much more aggressive about pushing new hardware support.

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Re:Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment by cguess on Thursday December 11, 2025 @03:29PM (#46236713)

yes

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