Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026COSMIC now has an on-screen keyboard. It can be activated from the login screen or with an applet you can add to your panel. Settings are under Accessibility > On-screen keyboard. It works great on touchscreen devices and game controllers. We're also working on improving the touchscreen experience. 2270
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A new COSMIC App! COSMIC Viewer was released today. Browse your library, crop, and annotate your images. Get it in COSMIC Store. Available in Pop!_OS and coming to your favorite distro soon. 1226
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Riot Fest was amazing. Thanks for the great time Chicago. 1120
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Morning rain clouds up my desktop. COSMIC live shader wallpaper from Glowberry github.com/hojjatabdoll... 1192
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The Cosmic EXT Connect community applet is getting a fresh design soon. It's looking awesome! It uses KDE Connect for the backend and integrates with your phone via the KDE Connect app. 0181
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In the proprietary world there are disagreements just like in the open source world. The important difference is that open source gives people agency to act on disagreements. Fork or build your own thing, either way people retain their agency on both sides of the disagreement. 080
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026COSMIC's Frosted Glass feature makes a simple wallpaper change feel like a fresh new desktop. 0311
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Almost half the price and far higher performance on System76 Thelio Major vs HP Z4 Gi workstation. Sorry HP, we love you guys but the System76 Thelio Major is the easy pick. www.phoronix.com/review/intel...phoronix.comIntel Xeon 600 Workstation Performance vs. AMD Threadripper 9000 In Nearly 400 BenchmarksLast month I had the chance to test the Xeon 678X workstation processor as my first hands-on opportunity with the Xeon 600 'Granite Rapids WS' series. 050
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026At system76 we had a different vision for the Linux desktop - in particular at the DE level - how to design it, how to develop it. So we built it. That's it. No insults or drama. The year of the Linux desktop is coming. And it will be thanks to the efforts of the entire Linux desktop community. 618315
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Remote desktop and input capture are in COSMIC! I'm using RustDesk in the video. 0130
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Always deep care and professionalism from the system76 support team. "Purchased a Thelio Mega - a power surge damaged our power supply and customer service took the machine in immediately and turned out a repair free of charge all in the same visit!" 060
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026COSMIC Warsaw Summit is a wrap so we're back to regularly scheduled releases. Version 1.6 notable features include per-app volume and output control, borders around COSMIC Terminal splits, and ground work for Remote Desktop and Input Capture (coming soon!). Details at github.com/pop-os/cosmi... 0121
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026My mountain paradise. A cool 55 with a slight breeze. I like to visit the beach but this is home. 050
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Good food, good beer, and great conversation in Warsaw. Thanks to everyone that made it our first COSMIC Convergence meetup. 051
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"In short, this is the best Linux workstation I've ever seen." www.zdnet.com/article/syst...zdnet.comI tested the System76 Thelio Mira: it's the custom Linux desktop of my dreamsThe System76 Thelio Mira Custom is a whisper-quiet 'boutique" Linux workstation that actually feels practical. 060
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026COSMIC has been out for seven months and a lot has happened in that short time. The blog was written as a six month progress report but Frosted Glass took a tad bit longer to refine and I really wanted it in there 😅 system76.com/blog/post/co...system76.comCOSMIC DE’s First Seven MonthsA visual tour of the features and improvements of System76's COSMIC DE 1293
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The new System76 Adder Pro is stunning. Great keyboard, large touchpad, premium build all while being lightweight with nice screen real estate. COSMIC elevates the entire experience. 090
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026On Pop!_OS 24.04 * COSMIC Store > Install Updates * Logout/Login * Settings > Desktop > Appearance > Frosted Glass under Style Arriving for other distros once we tag the release next Tuesday. Have a great weekend! 2273
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The COSMIC team is getting together in Poland. If you're in the area, join us in Warsaw August 1st for food, drinks and COSMIC chat. It's an informal get together and everyone is welcome. www.meetup.com/system76-com...meetup.comCOSMIC Convergence: Warsaw 2026, Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 10:00 AM | MeetupJoin the COSMIC team and community for an informal evening of conversation, demos, and good company during our time in Warsaw. Whether you're a COSMIC user, curious about 050
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Intel's Panther Lake CPUs are headed to System76 laptops. First is the Lemur Pro, released today. The Adder Pro w/ nvidia 5060/5070 arrives in a couple weeks. Battery life is impressive as are Battlemage graphics on the U7 processor. Check it out here: system76.com/laptops/lemu... 180
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Check out the new COSMIC System Monitor app. system76.com/blog/post/co...system76.comCOSMIC Hits Keep Coming With New System MonitorWhen we build a product, everything is created with the System76 signature quality and polish — even the utilities! See how our new System Monitor in COSMIC takes performance tracking to the next leve... 0162
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Happy Father's Day to the dads out there. We went to the late Disclosure Day showing last night. It's a great movie with enough intrigue and action to make the 2.5 hrs fly by. Today's hiking, video games and hanging with friends. What are y'all up to for Father's Day? 120
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026COSMIC 1.0.15 has been released. This update significantly levels up COSMIC gaming. Steam Big Picture to a game and back is smooth. Games launch fullscreen as intended. Wayland pointer constraints protocol fixes the FPS games experience. Available in Pop!_OS now and your favorite distro soon. 0173
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026COSMIC Frosted Glass is getting closer. The effect is subtle by default but can get very glassy if that's your thing. Or turn the effect off all together. Toggles and sliders in Settings fine tune the look to the style you want. 0152
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026COSMIC 1.0.14 has been released. Key features and improvements include the ability to reorder folders in the Applications Library, key bind support for non-latin layouts, X11 games opening fullscreen correctly, and a fix for nvidia multi-display setups. Details here: github.com/pop-os/cosmi...github.comRelease COSMIC Epoch 1.0.14 · pop-os/cosmic-epochHere is a summary of the changes since the last tag. For full details, see epoch-1.0.13...epoch-1.0.14 Translation updates and dependency updates for many projects libcosmic (applies to many progr... 0122
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026California amended their AB-1856 Age Attestation law to exclude open source software using the Colorado exemption example. Thank you to the folks in California advocating for open source. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...leginfo.legislature.ca.gov 0235
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026If you use "Show desktop", when do you use it (for what purpose). What do you do after showing the desktop? Thinking about the feature for COSMIC. 340
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is getting closer to shipping pre-loaded on @system76.bsky.social hardware. DDOS attacks on Ubuntu infra slowed things down. We built new infrastructure to remove our Launchpad dependency and speed up releases moving forward. 1110
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026PC Gamer: "My time with Linux has been eye-opening, genuinely. Pop! OS is such a beautiful place to be. There was never a day when I got back to the office that I wasn't looking forward to booting up my PC and getting to do some work in the Cosmic environment." www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...pcgamer.comI've spent 30 years with Microsoft but Linux and Pop! OS might have converted meLinux has saved me from the grubby claws of Windows hell, but it comes with a catch. 1326
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026COSMIC updates this week: linuxiac.com/cosmic-deskt... Large features are also in the works.linuxiac.comCOSMIC Desktop 1.0.13 Improves Compositor, Files, and SetupCOSMIC Desktop 1.0.13 brings compositor, Files, setup, OSD, media player, and workspace fixes, plus translation and dependency updates. 1110
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026"The new System76 Thelio Major delivers immense performance capabilities while operating more energy efficient and with noticeably better thermals... The improved thermals also led to the Thelio Major being quieter than its predecessors." www.phoronix.com/review/syste...phoronix.comRedesigned Thelio Major Elevates System76's All-AMD, Open-Source Linux Workstation: More Performance, Much Improved Thermals ReviewA few weeks back we reviewed the redesigned System76 Thelio Mira with a brand new chassis design and powered by the AMD Ryzen 9000 series. 070
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Native COSMIC printer setup and dialog were accepted for GSOC! Big thanks to Till Kamppeter for leading the initiative. summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/202... summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/202...summerofcode.withgoogle.comGoogle Summer of CodeGoogle Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more developers into open source software development. 0151
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The amended CO SB51 bill with a strong exemption for open source distros and apps was passed in the house committee. THIS ARTICLE 30 DOES NOT APPLY TO: AN OPERATING SYSTEM PROVIDER OR DEVELOPER THAT DISTRIBUTES AN OPERATING SYSTEM OR APPLICATION UNDER LICENSE TERMS... 3217
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Congrats to the Ubuntu team on another great release! 060
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026COSMIC 1.0.11 has been tagged. There's now a toggle for workspace wrapping, file names are selected up to the extension when renaming plus many more improvements. See the change summary at: github.com/pop-os/cosmi... Released on Pop and coming to your distro soon.github.comRelease COSMIC Epoch 1.0.11 · pop-os/cosmic-epochHere is a summary of the changes since the last tag. For full details, see epoch-1.0.10...epoch-1.0.11 Translation updates and dependency updates for many projects cosmic-app-library Enable wgpu:... 1192
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I received the amended Colorado Age Attestation bill. * Open source OS's and apps are excluded * Code repos are excluded (github/gitlab) * Containers are excluded (docker/podman) Now to work on getting the bill passed with these amendments. 5275
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Join me on a tour of the @system76.bsky.social Denver factory where people transform raw materials into premium desktops and keyboards. youtu.be/9366taDty-k?... Thanks Pavel Dmitriev for visiting and recording the tour.youtu.beCarl Richell - Full Factory Tour of System76YouTube video by Pavel Dmitriev 1151
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026COSMIC 1.0.9 has been released. It includes performance improvements, input method support, text ellipsizing, wifi network search in settings, screenshots saved in a separate folder, and more polish and quality of life improvements. github.com/pop-os/cosmi...github.comRelease COSMIC Epoch 1.0.9 · pop-os/cosmic-epochHere is a summary of the changes since the last tag. For full details, see epoch-1.0.8...epoch-1.0.9 iced has been updated to a new upstream version, which brings performance improvements and addi... 0215
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026One of the coolest things about living in Breckenridge is the mining town history. You can casually hike up to a historic mine and browse through an old blacksmith shop. 030
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026COSMIC Sync demo + theme integration with keyboard backlights www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh0Q...youtube.comCOSMIC Sync DemoYouTube video by Jeremy Soller 0141
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Colorado Age Attestation bill update: Participants submitted proposed changes including improved consumer privacy and exempting open source software. Sen. Ball responded this morning that they'll now draft potential amendments. We're making progress. 3376
Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026New Thelio Mira arriving March 17th. This is the milled steel front power button and ports bar. 060
