[aNoob7000]

Honest question - What does Cosmic have over Gnome desktop? I'm relatively new to Linux.

I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 and find it meets my computing needs.

[Inityx]

Paragraph 2 of the article describes why.

Supplemental reading: https://medium.com/@fulalas/gnome-mess-is-not-an-accident-4e...

[MattPalmer1086]

Maybe I'm not a demanding user, but I have no major issues with Gnome. I also liked Unity. Willing to give Cosmic a try, as I use PopOS and like their approach.

Mostly I just want a desktop environment to find and launch apps, do some basic window management, and get out of the way. I got more important things to do than worry about tweaking things endlessly...

[PufPufPuf]

I am completely happy with GNOME. Sure, it needs a few add-ons to improve the UX around the dock and workspaces (most of which are pre-installed in PopOS), but I believe that customizability is a good thing. I'll most likely miss quite a few GNOME add-ons on COSMIC.

[aNoob7000]

I agree with some of the performance issues mentioned by the writer, but nothing mentioned stops me from doing my work.

I hope Cosmic helps improve the Linux desktop ecosystem.

[dansalvato]

That post you linked was a crazy read, it just kept going and going. I've never really had issues with GNOME, but knowing so many users share the sentiment of it being a hostile developer environment makes me want to check out other options next time I install a Linux distro.

[DwnVoteHoneyPot]

Wow, the first 3 sentences are scathing lol (in the supplemental reading)

[WuxiFingerHold]

The tiling window manager is the most differentiating feature. Otherwise I find Gnome does all I need well enough.