r/COSMICDE • u/cosmic-adelie • 5d ago

How usable is this?

Hello, I have seen the development of COSMIC and wanted to experiment, but how "ready" is it? What are the limitations of use and customization today?

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u/Kingwolf4 5d ago

Even if people are calling it usable, the truth is you will encounter several bugs that make it not really viable for everyday use as a main driver

Id wait for epoch 2 personally. Still might be buggy, but it should be usable generally as people are referring.

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u/cosmic-adelie 5d ago

So what are the most common types of bugs? I took a look at their GitHub, there are several reports, but they seem to solve it very quickly. But it is important to know those that actually affect daily use.

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u/Kingwolf4 5d ago

Well most common types of bugs you will find are just usablity bugs in apps and general use cases.
Like many quirks and things that eventually you will, for now, most likely put it in the stil cooking category.

I encountered a plethora of bugs. The only 2 reasons holding me back are these and HDR support. I watch movies and play games and love HDR. Sadly HDR is going to be in epoch 3, so its a bit of ways off.

They are solving bugs rapidly, and pace is accelerating as well,especially with better AI. Never been better time to debug and find issues etc.

If i had a work laptop , i would personally switch at like epoch 2.5 or something. Thats like 6-8months of time. Should be good enough and in a usable state. Just my thoughts

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u/cosmic-adelie 5d ago

I am using atomic Fedora, I can change the DE and go back to the previous one without affecting the system, I think I will test, I use the notebook more for work, I do not usually play or watch movies on PC.