Re: Cosmic DE

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 08:19:24AM -0500, Hugo Fortin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm looking foward to the new Cosmic Desktop Environement from Pop_OS.
> 
> Because it's 100% written in Rust and designed from to start to be Wayland
> Only, this DE is extremely important for the Linux Desktop.
> 

This will depend very much on whether Pop_OS

a) Chooses to release all sources and the toolchain needed to build them.
b) Chooses to rebase from Ubuntu - Pop_OS is a derivative of a derivative.
[This is a Debian list - we can't guarantee what other derivatives may
or may not do]

> I know this DE will be released this summer as an Alpha, but I would be so
> gratefull if you make it possible to Install Cosmic from a fresh Install and
> as the unique DE on it.
> 

As an Alpha release, you might be able to put in a wish list bug for this
to be built in Debian unstable and to percolate to Debian testing.
That would depend on someone wanting to commit to packaging it - and,
ideally, that should only come with a stable version.

The Debian installer is set up to allow you a choice of desktop environments.
if you select Debian desktop environment, you are selecting Gnome but 
the option to uncheck that and select any one of ten or so desktops is
already there. We'd be very unlikely to produce a custom spin here - this 
is not Fedora or Ubuntu with one desktop per spin - Cosmic would just be
another choice.

> I'm sure Pop_OS will be happy about it, and I would happily donate to Debian
> if I get a keen reply on this regard.
> 

Do feel free to donate time/energy or money to Debian whether or not you
get a keen reply - it's all done by people putting in effort for the
things that matter to them.

> Thank for your time.
> 
> Hugo
>

With every good wish, as ever,

Andy
(amacater@debian.org)