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COSMIC Alpha 2 Released (blog.system76.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1167059

COSMIC’s Alpha 2 release builds upon that work with functionality built out for Files, additional Settings pages, considerable infrastructure work for screen reader support+, and some highly requested window management features. System76 is ecstatic at the level of excitement and collaboration so far with alpha testers and early app & applet developers, and we look forward to seeing what comes from these new additions.

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The second COSMIC alpha will be released on September 26th. Those participating in Alpha 1 on Pop!_OS can simply update through the COSMIC App Store to transition. This alpha will be followed by monthly alpha releases until all core features have been built out.

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[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't get me wrong, I like this but why am I feeling like this would be a consistency nightmare for GTK and QT apps

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Isn't that already true for QT apps on a gtk desktop and GTK apps on a QT desktop?

In my experience, GTK apps feel pretty good on Cosmic, and it has support for automatically theming them with your Cosmic theme. QT apps feel out of place, but this is an issue I've had on every non-Plasma desktop, because I struggle to get theming to work.

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It's kinda ironic that theming GTK is easier when it doesn't officially support theming. Especially when it comes to Qt flatpak apps.