I’ve been a bit obsessed with the general concept around COSMIC since System76 first announced it in alpha. After spending the last few weeks...
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The original was posted on /r/linux by /u/dominucco on 2026-03-28 02:52:20+00:00.

I’ve been a bit obsessed with the general concept around COSMIC since System76 first announced it in alpha. After spending the last few weeks moving my entire dev workflow over to it on a brandy-new Oryx Pro, I’ve got some thoughts.

The hype around “Rewrite it in Rust” is really not the point, but I’m pretty impressed with what the team at S76 has accomplished and there’s something there, but I do feel it gets somewhat overstated IDK.

A few quick takeaways from my setup:

  • The Tiler: It’s finally hitting that sweet spot between i3-simplicity and modern UX.
  • The “Cosmic Edit” factor: It’s surprisingly capable for a native editor, though I’m still tethered to my usual stack for the heavy lifting.
  • Performance: It actually feels “instant” in a way GNOME hasn’t for me in years; though GNOME keeps improving as well.

I wrote up a full breakdown of my specific workflow and how I’ve got the “bridge” configured over on the site if anyone wants the deep dive, but I’m curious—for those of you daily-driving the alpha/beta, what’s the one thing that’s still keeping you from ditching your current DE?

For a little more context, I live in terminal and VSCode with a heavy helping of vim all day everyday.

Link:https://dominickm.com/warp-factor-9-my-daily-dev-workflow-on-the-cosmic-desktop/

#JARJAR4EVA PS I’m not sure if I picked the right flair - I tried to comply with the subs rules and picked something I thought was close / relevant.