Pop _OS 24.04's New Scratch-Built Cosmic: Hands-On, with Screenshots(fossforce.com)
27 pointsby dxsa day ago5 comments
  • jchwa day ago
    COSMIC seems cool, though I don't love the visual style myself. Someone I know who used it ran into the problem that it mounts network shares using a mount unit, which is good, but it doesn't add nofail, which is really really bad, because it means you hang at boot waiting for it to mount. I'm sure they'll figure this out, but I really have been wondering where to report this issue specifically; it's hard because I don't know where it actually exists in the code (and I couldn't find it quickly.)
  • microflasha day ago
    Since when did “scratch-built” become equivalent to “built from scratch”? As a non-native English speaker, do I need some more English classes?

    Cosmic looks very interesting and very unfinished. Maybe it is the teal accent, maybe it is janky transitions. Nonetheless, I’m happy to see some fresh Linux Desktop Environment.

    • kop316a day ago
      > Since when did “scratch-built” become equivalent to “built from scratch”? As a non-native English speaker, do I need some more English classes?

      As a native English Speaker, "scratch-built" is definitely not a common term (I was confused when I read this).

    • mhanberga day ago
      It's somewhat common in the context of cooking. A recipe may refer to something as "scratch made" when its "made from scratch".

      In this case, its an extension of the phrase but using the word built instead of made.

      Ref: https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2017/02/scratch-made.html

    • HansardExperta day ago
      They are both equivalent. Scratch-built is perfectly cromulant.

      My father used to talk about 'Scratch-building' his WWII dioramas and model vehicles/tanks. While you could use a phrase like 'Scratch-cooked' rather than cooking from scratch, I've never heard but someone would not think the former meant something different to the latter.

      • woleiuma day ago
        I see what you did there. (cromulant was coined in a Simpsons episode)
      • tracker1a day ago
        I've heard "scratch-made" applied to cooking before.
    • cmrdporcupinea day ago
      As a native English speaker I can tell you it's not normal phrasing. You're not taking crazy pills.
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  • LollipopYakuzaa day ago
    > Cosmic provides a plethora of features that I don’t really use in my day-to-day computer operations

    That kind of defeats the purpose of the distro (or a big part of it at least).

    • tracker1a day ago
      Well, they provide for both floating/pinning windows as well as a tiling behavior. You aren't necessarily going to use both, or switch between the two (though you can in different workspaces easily).

      Giving any choices defeats the purpose of a distro?

  • ChrisArchitecta day ago
    More discussion on the release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46235618