System76 has released COSMIC Desktop 1.10, a new update to its Rust-based, Wayland-native desktop environment.
One noticeable change is in COSMIC Store, which now features a screenshot gallery letting users browse multiple application previews. The update also adds image caching and moves decoding of large screenshots to a separate thread to keep the interface responsive while browsing.
Another improvement concerns COSMIC Launcher, which now uses GPU-accelerated rendering through wGPU by default. This change addresses performance complaints about the previous software rendering path that caused slowdowns when searching for applications or scrolling through results.
COSMIC Settings gains initial drawing tablet configuration support, including the ability to map tablets to specific displays. Plus, the WireGuard VPN configuration interface now allows users to confirm certain fields by pressing Enter.
The COSMIC compositor receives several fixes, especially around cursor handling. The mouse pointer now hides more consistently while typing or after touch input, and idle detection uses the last pointer event to determine when the cursor should disappear. The update also fixes issues with image copying and tiled window resizing.
On top of that, COSMIC Terminal adds keyboard shortcuts to move tabs left and right, and COSMIC System Monitor now uses a multi-window layout by default and improves search results by distinguishing between applications and individual processes.
The initial setup experience has been refined as well. The Wi-Fi configuration page now appears only when a wireless network adapter is detected, avoiding an unnecessary step on systems without Wi-Fi hardware.
Other changes include improvements to session environment handling, fixes for the login greeter, adjustments to the on-screen display, and various stability fixes across the desktop’s components.
For additional details, see the changelog. As usual, availability through Linux distribution repositories depends on their respective packaging schedules.
