RichardFeb 5
My new #Cosmic desktop environment is making me work in a slightly different way to my norm. More workspace usage in particular. And you know what? It works well and I'm really enjoying it.

Yes there are one or two very minor niggles. I have had to go back to keyboard print screen as the Screenshot app that came with Cosmic isn't working for some reason. As I say, minor stuff. Overall very pleased with Cosmic.

#Linux #desktopenvironments
RichardFeb 4
I don't distro hop much these days. For the last 6 years or so I've been on @pop_os_official with it's Gnome DE. Its a system I'm comfortable with. Today I successfully upgraded to @system76 new release, 24.04 LTS with a Cosmic DE. This was a painless upgrade for me.

Have to say, its a very clean and fresh looking desktop environment. I like it. Nowhere near the amount of customization that KDE has, but at first glance its going to suit me well. I prefer things familiar and simple. Thanks to the developers.

#Linux #desktopenvironments
bungling wafflerJan 26

I hate gnome 


#I-mean-it-looks-nice-but-that's-about-it #it's-not-very-customizable-without-gnome-tweaks-which-is-insane #oh-yeah-from-what-I've-heard-and-seen-they-fucked-up-wayland-so-much-it's-insane #linux #gnome #desktop-environments #wayland #x11
OSNewsJan 11

Budgie 10.10 released

Budgie has fallen a bit by the wayside in recent years, but it's still in development and making steady progress. The project's just released Budgie 10.10, the final release in the 10.x series which also marks the end of the transition to Wayland.

Budgie 10.10 is a brand new release series for Budgie Desktop, marking our first release to migrate Budgie from X11 to Wayland. Thi

https://www.osnews.com/story/144158/budgie-10-10-released/

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Budgie 10.10 released – OSnews

FrugalGamerJan 8
I just wanted to share this awesome article dropped this month from datagubbe.se about customized Amiga desktops. As someone who's kind of obsessed with UX and desktop designs, these are a beautiful collection of pixelly goodness:

www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/

#amiga #icons #pixelart #desktopenvironments
OSNewsJan 3

IceWM 4.0.0 brings alt+tab improvements

IceWM, the venerable X11 window manager, has released a new version, bumping the version number to 4.0.0. This release brings a big update to the alt+tab feature.

The Alt+Tab window switcher can now handle large numbers of application windows in both horizontal and in vertical mode. Type the first letter of an application class name in Alt+Ta

https://www.osnews.com/story/144105/icewm-4-0-0-brings-alttab-improvements/

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IceWM 4.0.0 brings alt+tab improvements – OSnews

novaTopFlexDec 15

Hype for the Future 45G: CWM → Moving Windows

Using the cwm window manager from video 45F, novaTopFlex shall attempt to open the xclock application for demonstration 45G. 45G is supposed to refer to the window movement as well as management, with the following keyboard shortcuts to be demonstrated: Meta-h, Meta-j, Meta-k, and Meta-l to move the xclock window by small amounts Meta-H, Meta-J, Meta-K, and Meta-L to move the xclock window by large amounts

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/hype-for-the-future-45g-cwm-%e2%86%92-moving-windows/

Hype for the Future 45G: CWM → Moving Windows

Using the cwm window manager from video 45F, novaTopFlex shall attempt to open the xclock application for demonstration 45G. 45G is supposed to refer to the window movement as well as management, w…

novaTopFlex
novaTopFlexDec 15

Hype for the Future 45F: CWM → The Basics

Prior to beginning the video, novaTopFlex shall launch a 540x960 VNC server session on port 5901, using TigerVNC and the cwm startup file. The window manager shall be tested as follows: Press Control-Meta-Return to spawn a new terminal. Press Meta-Return to hide the terminal window. Press Meta-Slash to search for windows. Press Meta-Down to lower the current window. Press Meta-Up to raise the current window. Press Control-Meta-x to close the terminal window. To locate the video stream, […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/hype-for-the-future-45f-cwm-%e2%86%92-the-basics/

Hype for the Future 45F: CWM → The Basics

Prior to beginning the video, novaTopFlex shall launch a 540×960 VNC server session on port 5901, using TigerVNC and the cwm startup file. The window manager shall be tested as follows: Press …

novaTopFlex
novaTopFlexDec 15

Hype for the Future 45D: YouTube Content

novaTopFlex continues to pursue new interests in technology and often prefers diversity in terms of the different desktop environments and window managers in question. Even on YouTube Shorts, diversity of desktop environments and window managers is absolutely essential for an effective demonstration of a vast plethora of Linux, BSD, Solaris, and otherwise UNIX-like environments. So long as the system is POSIX-compliant and supports such desktops and window managers, successful software […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/hype-for-the-future-45d-youtube-content/

Hype for the Future 45D: YouTube Content

novaTopFlex continues to pursue new interests in technology and often prefers diversity in terms of the different desktop environments and window managers in question. Even on YouTube Shorts, diver…

novaTopFlex
OSNewsDec 11

COSMIC Desktop reaches first stable release

System76, creator of Pop!_OS and prominent Linux OEM, has just announced the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS - normally not something I particularly care about, but in this case, it comes with the first stable release of COSMIC Desktop. COSMIC is a brand new desktop environment by System76, written in Rust, and after quite some time in deve

https://www.osnews.com/story/144011/cosmic-desktop-reaches-first-stable-release/

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COSMIC Desktop reaches first stable release – OSnews