Yeah. I get that line of thought. But what they’re making looks solid and has a coherence that feels appropriate for a branded distribution. I probably wouldn’t make the same decisions but everything Pop!_OS feels like it’s moving in the right direction.
Comment on COSMIC DE: The Road to Alpha
somegeek@programming.dev 5 months ago
Sometimes if feel like they are wasting their time and effort on things like terminal, text editor, etc. We dont need those in a DE. There are already some amazing terminals and text editors and such. They should focus most of their time on DE stuff like the window manager, dock,settings, etc. And create a great minimal DE with great functionality.
ericjmorey@programming.dev 5 months ago
somegeek@programming.dev 5 months ago
I don’t think it will be worth it for them in the long run and will result in a loss of quality.
ericjmorey@programming.dev 5 months ago
That’s valid. I’m more optimistic about it.
mmstick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It wouldn’t be possible for us to build a platform toolkit, or the COSMIC platform itself, without a text editor or terminal, and it would be embarassing if we release our desktop without a terminal. Imagine telling people they need to switch to a TTY or use a software center to install a plan text editor or terminal.