desktop environment

System76 Launches Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta and COSMIC Desktop Beta

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta arrives with the first COSMIC Desktop Beta, bringing new apps, customizations, and bug fixes ahead of the final release.

GNOME 49 arrives with a modern video player, revamped document viewer, HDR wallpapers, and major upgrades across Calendar, Web, Maps, and more.

KDE Plasma 6.4.5 lands with bugfixes for KWin, Discover, Plasma Desktop, and more, improving Wayland handling, notifications, and system stability.

Budgie Desktop 10.9.3 brings GNOME 49 compatibility, MediaKeys and Power forks, and bug fixes for Mutter, libxfce4windowing, and Vala.

The long-awaited COSMIC desktop beta for Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS arrives September 25, following years of work, bringing fresh features to test.

GNOME 49 reintroduces X11 sessions in GDM, whereas GNOME 50 is slated to remove most legacy X11 code while maintaining session launching support.

IceWM 3.9 window manager for X Window System introduces Xcursor support, drops libXpm, improves icesh tools, and updates translations.

COSMIC desktop reaches the completion of its initial setup, moving one step closer to the final stable release.

KDE Plasma 6.5 development finally adds long-awaited rounded bottom corners to windows, new sidebar resizing behavior, and more.

KDE Plasma 6.3.6 enhances tablet and multi-monitor support, updates brightness handling, and fixes notification quirks.