r/COSMICDE

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how do people feel about COSMIC desktop environment?

I feel like it's quite opinionated and quite barebones in what it offers in terms of themes and ricing. I've only been using it for like an hour but coming from KDE Plasma I feel like it's not super intuitive? For example, I can't even drag around the applets on my dock lol. Reordering, removing and adding applets mostly has to be done in settings.

I wanted to try COSMIC because I saw some really pretty rices and I understand it's still quite new but I'm just wondering if theres something I'm missing. How do others feel about it? Do any COSMIC users have any tips for me? I really wanna give this a fair go because it really does look lovely out of the box and would love to be able to make it even more beautiful!!

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u/chibi-mage — 7 days ago
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Bringing the COSMIC look to GTK apps!

Oi pessoal!

Eu tenho trabalhado em uma camada de compatibilidade para fazer os apps GTK parecerem e funcionarem mais como apps COSMIC nativos, incluindo o efeito de vidro fosco.

O projeto ainda é experimental e está em desenvolvimento, mas eu queria compartilhar um pequeno preview do que estou construindo.

Me avise o que você acha!

pra quem quiser testar, aqui está o repositório

https://github.com/marcelogomes90/libcosmic-gtk-appearance

lembrando que ainda está em fase experimental, então inconsistências e bugs podem ocorrer.

u/RefrigeratorNo6365 — 8 days ago
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Pop OS! (Cosmic Rice)

Just wanted to show off what's possible with Pop OS, as I don't see many people showcasing the cosmic desktop. In my experience: it makes for a decent arch tiling alternative with minimal overhead (assuming you're running cosmic with tiling enabled)

u/Low_Many_6251 — 8 days ago

Esta es mi primera vez usando cosmic, espero no ofender a nadie pero...

Que puedo decir, me encanta Cosmic, y no creo que quiera usar otro window manager, y es por una sola razón. He usado Fedora con Hyprland por casi dos años, pero siempre me molestó que el tiling siempre estuviera activo, no se si había una manera de desactivarlo, supongo que activando algunas ventanas flotantes puedes manejarlo, pero es que muchas veces cosas como ventanas emergentes se abren en tiling en lugar de ventanas flotantes, no sé... me cuesta organizarme en un sistema así. En cambio cosmic tiene algo, puedes tener distintos workspaces con modo tiling o modo float, eso cuando me enteré por primera vez me pareció simplemente increíble y le dio una solución nativa a mis problemas, llevo dos días usándolo y no quiero detenerme, quiero empezar a modificar kitty, swaylock y rofi, tal vez implemente Quickshell más adelante, me gustan los sidebar y paneles externos. Quiero seguir trabajando en Cosmic por su rapidez y eficiencia a la hora de trabajar, tiene una capacidad de personalización nativa bastante buena, quisiera tal vez estar en contacto con la comunidad, pues es un window manager nuevo y si quisiera apoyar con cosas.

u/Data_DGX — 9 days ago

Will Google Drive work on Cosmic?

🤔?

Google Drive no longer works in GNOME. I wanted to know if it works in Cosmic.

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u/_SHUGiRO_ — 8 days ago
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Is it possible to remove window decorations in COSMIC DE (tiling WM style)?

I’d like to know if there’s a setting to completely disable window title bars and borders in COSMIC. I enjoy the workflow of tiling window managers (like Sway or Hyprland) and want a 100% clean look, showing only the window content. Does anyone know if this is already possible natively?

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u/SoftManufacturer727 — 8 days ago