The latest Pop!_OS 24.04 update has this longtime Linux user more excited than ever

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ZDNET key takeaways

• Pop!_OS 24.04 has finally launched.
• COSMIC Desktop is now out of beta and ready for the masses.
• Pop!_OS 24.04 is fast, reliable, beautiful, and free.

I've been using Pop!_OS as my default desktop operating system for about a decade now, and I've had very few complaints. Sure, at times, the app store was buggy, so I just used the command line. Of course, the desktop wasn't quite as flexible and configurable as I typically like, but there are always extensions.

As with any Linux distribution, where there's a will, there is most certainly a way. However, with the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 comes something very special: COSMIC.

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