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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

COSMIC 1.10 has been released * Drawing tablets can now be mapped to displays in Settings * COSMIC Store has a new gallery mode to browser through screenshots * COSMIC Launcher uses GPU rendering for faster performance * COSMIC System Monitor allows searching apps and processes separately

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

COSMIC 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.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A 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.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Riot Fest was amazing. Thanks for the great time Chicago.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Morning rain clouds up my desktop. COSMIC live shader wallpaper from Glowberry github.com/hojjatabdoll...

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The 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.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

COSMIC's Frosted Glass feature makes a simple wallpaper change feel like a fresh new desktop.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Remote desktop and input capture are in COSMIC! I'm using RustDesk in the video.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

COSMIC 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...

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My mountain paradise. A cool 55 with a slight breeze. I like to visit the beach but this is home.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

COSMIC on a pixel 6 at the Warsaw meetup.

COSMIC desktop on a Pixel 6 with a dock to the left, small panel at the bottom, and Setting app open.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Good food, good beer, and great conversation in Warsaw. Thanks to everyone that made it our first COSMIC Convergence meetup.

A picture of the attendees at the COSMIC Convergence meetup.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The 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.

System76 Adder Pro with the COSMIC desktop environment and purple backlit keyboard.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On 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!

Desktop environment screenshot showing Appearance settings with Dark mode selected and accent color tiles, a file manager Home list on the right, and system monitor and app store panels below, demonstrating a customized dark-themed desktop layout and UI customization options.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Our collagen now comes with 90% less plastic.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Intel'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...

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

COSMIC 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.

COSMIC Desktop with default Frosted Glass settings when activated.

COSMIC Desktop with glassy Frosted Glass settings.

COSMIC Desktop with Frosted Effect turned off.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The latest COSMIC frosted glass WIP.

Cosmic desktop with two windows open. The windows have a blur effect that looks like frosted glass.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

One 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.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

New Thelio Mira arriving March 17th. This is the milled steel front power button and ports bar.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Architectural mesh is incorporated into the new Thelio Mira design. It adds beauty and texture to the design and functionally increases airflow over typical vents cut into sheet metal. #MiraMarch

Picture of architectural mesh incorporated into sheet metal.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Ground-up redesigned @system76 Thelio hardware coming soon. ☑️ 10 months of design and engineering ☑️ Over 16,000 durability test runs ☑️ Over 250 hours of thermal testing and optimization #MiraMarch

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

COSMIC Terminal now has customizable keyboard shortcuts. Available through Pop!_OS updates now and arriving in other distros after the COSMIC release tag 2/10 and packaging.

Screenshot of COSMIC Terminal with the Keyboard shortcuts side pane open.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

COSMIC community Frosted Glass experiments with WIP code. Still a long way to go but you can get an idea of where we're headed.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

COSMIC Frosted Glass effect design mockups.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

COSMIC now features rounded corners and window shadow on all apps. Update Pop for the latest. It'll arrive in your favorite distro soon. Options are in Settings > Appearance > Window shadow and corners

COSMIC desktop on Pop!_OS with rounded corners and matching accent on two non-COSMIC apps.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Skinning up a mountain at the crack of dawn is a beautiful experience.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Window shadows and clipping (for uniform border radii across apps) coming soon to COSMIC.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

COSMIC Store now supports app addons.

Screenshot of COSMIC Store on the Steam application page and addons section visible.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

COSMIC apps border outline now matches the corner radius. The work is based on conversations to establish a corner radius wayland protocol. We'll submit our draft protocol soon. If accepted and adopted, compositors will be able to render clean borders around more apps in the Linux ecosystem.

COSMIC desktop with two windows and an outline around the focused window.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A community-built COSMIC Calendar app is in the works.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Check out this awesome COSMIC theme github.com/SethStormR/D...

COSMIC screenshot with a COSMIC robot wallpaper, custom icons and matching color scheme.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

How about your COSMIC theme automatically matching your cycling wallpaper and your Launch keyboard LEDs syncing at the same time?

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

cosmic-comp now supports software rendering which improves the experience in virtual machines and notably adds support for DisplayPort docks!

Laptop with two displays attached via a DisplayPort dock.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

COSMIC Store now supports managing Flatpak repos including adding custom sources. This was necessary to add COSMIC applets in the Store. Many distros prefer not to include additional sources but are cool with features that allow users to add them themselves.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Whipped up an Alien Earth COSMIC theme. cosmic-themes.org/182/

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

COSMIC supports VIM shortcuts for window actions and desktop features. Every action can be configured with multiple shortcuts. Out of the box, HJKL or arrow keys can be used to change window focus, move windows, and switch workspaces. Shortcuts can be customized in Settings.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Transform your COSMIC desktop look and layout in ~one minute. No grabbing hex colors or dotfiles to mess with (all settings are stored in plaintext files if you prefer that). I like the music on this one but what do ya'll think?

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Pop!_OS 24.04 pre-beta running COSMIC on the Thelio Astra ARM64 desktop.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I change themes constantly but sometimes one feels perfect and sticks around longer.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We're preparing COSMIC features videos for the upcoming beta. This is COSMIC Workspaces unedited on a dual-monitor setup. One of the coolest feature is grabbing an entire workspace on one display and dropping it on any other.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Snowshoed 14 miles through backcounty with my son this weekend. It was incredible.

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Come see me at the PNY booth if you're at GTC!

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Carl Richell @carlrichell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

COSMIC now features popups for the App Tray and icons in the panel to more easily identify apps.

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