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Trying out COSMIC on virtual machine in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

agree, QXL is slower as compared to virtio in my testings

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Linux 6.9.8 for Jammy (github.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by hellostick@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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Trying out COSMIC on virtual machine (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by hellostick@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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Long story short, it is pretty solid as an alpha release! I would have installed it on bare metal, if I have another computer.

If you are installing on 22.04, this post still valid, https://lemm.ee/post/25474700

if you are installing the official 24.04 Alpha iso, simply select to use QXL graphic on vm setup. no other changes needed in the OS level.

@mmstick, any plan to support virtio graphic?

April Tools: Hammering out new COSMIC Features - System76 Blog in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

are you guys skipping 6.8.2 due to the regression?

please don't skip the nice 6.9 kernel though

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It had been a peaceful week with updates (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by hellostick@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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there was no updates in last week. I'm sure the team is working hard on the cosmic de and other refinements.

👍

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Kernel 6.8.2 Update (github.com)

submitted 5 months ago by hellostick@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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Which DE/WM do you prefer? in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

cosmic

Why is the new 6.8.0 kernel package named "daily"? in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

we will see about the 6.8.2

COSMIC Project Collection in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

are these official apps?

@mmstick and @ahoneybun are one of the contributors on https://github.com/edfloreshz/cosmic-tasks

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Kernel 6.8 Update (March 19, 2024) (github.com)

submitted 5 months ago by hellostick@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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Try COSMIC DE apps on virtual machine in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

good idea

sudo apt-manage add popdev:master

Try COSMIC DE apps on virtual machine in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I bet in my brief testing, it's about 70% usable.

Some features are not yet completed:

cosmic-file, I can't use copy/paste, open in terminal, mount any external devices.
can't resize any of the cosmic apps, no tiling,
setting has todo everywhere,
can't see the workspace preview.

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Some are fully usable in my use-case:

cosmic-snapshot.
cosmic-term.
set background and accent colour
pin apps to dock

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Didn't test:

audio

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But, please note that I'm running it on a vm, so the exact issues might not exist on bare metal (if anyone can chime in).. In any case, the legacy apps, ex Settings, Files, Terminal still exist.

So my procedue is to set all cosmic apps as default, and if I encounter issues, I'll just use the legacy apps for that particular tasks, and when I'm done, I go back to cosmic apps for daily use.

Try COSMIC DE apps on virtual machine in c/pop_os@lemmy.world

[–] hellostick@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

apps available to try with this method are:

cosmic-edit

cosmic-files

cosmic-term

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Try COSMIC DE apps on virtual machine (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by hellostick@lemm.ee to c/pop_os@lemmy.world

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install virt-manager
create a vm pop-os
start the vm
sudo apt install cosmic-session
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
... set .. WaylandEnable=true
reboot
at the log in screen, there is a small gear wheel on the bottom right side, choose “Pop on Wayland" (edit: if you want COSMIC DE to work too, see update below) (edit2: if you can't see the gear wheel, see update2 below)

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update:

there are some settings on the virt-manager to make COSMIC DE works.

if you don't need to run COSMIC DE, can ignore the following

Display Spice : Type = Spice server, Listen type = none, uncheck password / opengl
Video : use QXL (instead of default Virtio)

new step 8. at the log in screen, there is a small gear wheel on the bottom right side, choose “COSMIC"

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update2:

sudo nano /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules
Goto the line that reads LABEL="gdm_prefer_xorg"
.. commend out the next line .. #RUN+="/usr/libexec/gdm-runtime-config set daemon PreferredDisplayServer xorg"
Goto the the line that reads LABEL="gdm_disable_wayland"
.. commend out the next line .. #RUN+="/usr/libexec/gdm-runtime-config set daemon WaylandEnable false"
sudo systemctl restart gdm.service