In addition to all of their Linux hardware efforts, System76 has been investing big in COSMIC as their new desktop environment that will power future Pop!_OS Linux distribution releases. Over the course of April some of their software development efforts included:
- Progress on COSMIC Panels as similar to the desktop's top bar and dock but with increased versatility. The post notes, " COSMIC Panels are central to the COSMIC DE ethos. While COSMIC will be the flagship experience on Pop!_OS, it's designed to be useful for people, distros, companies, and organizations to create and offer their own unique user experience. "
- A COSMIC Settings area is now under construction for handling various desktop settings, keyboard input, wallpaper settings, and more.
- System76 participated in the recent Red Hat HDR hackfest . System76 does plan to support HDR within COSMIC.
- 10-bit color support was added to the COSMIC compositor as a step toward HDR requirements.
- Working on AccessKit accessibility for the Iced Rust GUI library to enhance screenreader support and accessibility for the COSMIC desktop.
- System76 Scheduler 2.0 was released in April as another software step forward from the company. ( System76 Scheduler 2.0.1 came out last week as well.)
See the system76.com blog post for more details on their COSMIC efforts.