574: COSMIC Encounter

The COSMIC desktop is just around the corner. We get the inside scoop from System76 and go hands-on with an early press build. Sponsored By: Core Contributor Membership : Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime! Tailscale : Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management : 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM System76 tips Fedora Cosmic spin for 2025 release with Fedora 42 — It looks like System76's exciting new Rust-based Cosmic DE will get an official Fedora spin in the upcoming Fedora 42, potentially giving Linux users with bleeding-edge hardware an official way to try Cosmic. Pop!_OS Mattermost — An excellent place to engage if you want to bring COSMIC to a distro near you. iced — A cross-platform GUI library for Rust Smithay — A smithy for rusty wayland compositor Testing COSMIC — The easiest way to test COSMIC DE…