[$] COSMIC desktop makes its debut

Linux hardware vendor System76 started promotingits work on a Rust-based, Waylanddesktop environment for its Pop!_OSUbuntu-derivative distribution almost two yearsago. On August 8, the company released an alpha version of the COSMIC desktop environment forusers to test out. While it has rough edges and missing features, itis stable enough to get a good feel for what the finished product hasin store-and the initial results are promising.