Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS released

Version 24.04 LTS of the Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS distribution hasbeen released with the COSMIC Desktop Environment:

Today is special not only in that it's the culmination of overthree years of work, but even more so in that System76 has built acomplete desktop environment for the open source community. We'reproud of this contribution to the open source ecosystem. COSMIC isbuilt on the ethos that the best open source projects enable people tonot only use them, but to build with them. COSMIC is modular andcomposable. It's the flagship experience for Pop!_OS in its own way,and can be adapted by anyone that wants to build their own unique userexperience for Linux.

In addition to the COSMIC desktop environment, Pop!_OS is nowavailable for Arm computers with the 24.04 LTS release, and thedistribution has added hybrid graphics support for better batterylife. LWN covered analpha version of COSMIC in August 2024.