>manufactures and sells their own laptops, desktops, servers, and keyboards>disables Intel's ME backdoor firmware>leading the charge in innovating Linux and freeing it from the clutches of people and projects sabotaging and holding Linux back (you know who)>doing it all in a programming language that fixes all of C/C++'s shortfalls and which stands to become the most dominant programming language of the future, Rust>picking up where Ubuntu left off to make an OS consumer friendly enough to convince people to ditch Mac and WindowsName another Linux distro doing more for the Linux community and regular consumers who aren't hardcore hackers. I'll wait.
>>100184618Most retarded logo award goes to...
>>100184618>disables Intel's ME backdoor firmwareSource for this? I seriously doubt this is true, it's a complex procedure and can't be done without opening your box like so. You shouldn't lie about these topics.
>>100184688>complex procedurecomputers are not complicated.a retarded farmer from Laos can figure out computer architectures within 2 weeks. It is probably the most simple subject ever next to maybe something like Algebra.
>>100184704Since you are so knowledgeable and I am so retarded, please explain to me how you can flash your BIOS and disable Intel's ME just by installing another OS? I don't see it.
>>100184618Poop!_OS is bloated garbage and Cosmic will be abandonware in 3-5 years.
>>100184618Does it have RISC-V support?
>>100184730That is, assuming Cosmic actually releases at some point and isn't just vaporware.
>>100184720Ok, i'll tell you later.
>>100184704>a retarded farmer from Laos can figure out computer architectures within 2 weeks. It is probably the most simple subject ever next to maybe something like Algebra.No it could not "figure out" anything it hasn't already figured out. If those things were at all capable of any of what you're suggesting, it would've already happened
>>100184720NTA, guess it is done for hardware sold by System76 and for those running corebootSee https://support.system76.com/articles/intel-me/
>unlike you wintoddlers and macfags, I have le CHOICE®. There is no central authority that can FORCE me to adopt a particular standard. That's the beauty of free and open sores.>but also, Linux is being HELD BACK by one central authority that is forcing everyone to adopt a particular standard.Pick one narrative please.
>>100184849It's actually very funny that there are several groups who make tons of money attempting and failing to hold linux back
Can I make ME unusable by using an USB to ethernet adapter?
>>100184618>manufactures and sells their own laptops, desktops, servers, and keyboardsThey buy and resell shit with their own logo, which is not a bad thing, but nothing super special either.>leading the charge in innovating LinuxHow? Just by creating ANOTHER desktop environment? Like it or not, Fedora is the one that leads with open source solutions. Pop!_OS is Debian's fork's fork.>picking up where Ubuntu left off to make an OS consumer friendly enough to convince people to ditch Mac and WindowsShow me the stats
>>100184644Logo? I was thinking of the name.
>>100184618No, the whole reason Linux broke 4% marketshare was because of Valve and SteamDeck/SteamOS
>>100184618I use it, because it Just Werks.
>>100184743It doesn't matter how much you daydream about COSMIC not existing. It has already been developed, and many are already actively using it, and creating applications for it, despite the lack of a release. It will be showcased at LinuxFest Northwest tomorrow.
>>100184618i was sold until you mentioned rust no thank you me and my penis will go somewhere else now
>>100185080USB is controlled via the CPU, where the ME is, so no
>>100188467You will not dethrone the kin/g/.
>>100184618>Name another Linux distro doing more for the Linux community and regular consumers who aren't hardcore hackers. I'll wait.Did you even try?
test
>use GTK>GNOME ecosystemDropped. It will inexorably be forced to be gnomefied sooner or later.
>>100192004COSMIC uses libcosmic; not GTK.COSMIC does not rely on any GNOME libraries.
>>100184618Cosmic DE is neat, but the future is on something like Fedora Silverblue with a good image build system like uBlue Os's.
>>100192456Good to know finally someone is doing this
>>100188467God it looks like stale vomitDo tinker trannies really want this?
Pop OS seems to only be a great experience on system76 hardware. Though I might check out cosmic on nixOS one day. It may be the first DE in a while I install, mostly because it seems to be a DE made by people who have used and liked I3
>>100194039>seems to only be a great experience on system76 hardwarewhy?
>>100194049I've installed it on other laptops. It seemed buggy. I assume the clevo laptops they pick are what they test and debug against. And YouTube shills that actually seem to daily drive pop OS and say good things about it all have the company's hardware.
>>100194092The regression tests that Pop!_OS performs equally improve hardware support for all systems out there with similar hardware. At a bare minimum, it has the same level of hardware support as the Ubuntu base that it is built upon. Pop!_OS uses mainline kernels from the Ubuntu mainline packaging.>>100193948You're clearly too young to have ever owned a SNES.
>>100188467looks neat and all but if it's not easy to navigate using just a keyboard, it's nothing for me to get excited about.
>>100194191I couldn't afford it, I had a Megadrive (Genesis, in case you don't know).My neighbor's kid had the SNES with DKC, the Super GB and Revenge of the Gator. I think Spanky's Quest as well. I came to own an SNES many years later but by then emulators were running "fine".
>>100184618it's good that for a change a distro is run by a company that actually makes its money with desktops, rather than just using its desktop user community as QA labor for their server OS. They actually have an incentive to innovate and sell a good desktop experience.
rename it, new logo and I seriously would consider using it (even over Fedora)
>>100194557unironically this. hope with the new version and the release of cosmic they get rid of the silly fucking name
>>100184618Been using Linux nigh 20 years, Pop OS is literally the best one I've ever used. The integration with hardware+drivers is bar none, and I'm not lying when I say:The tiling extension changed my life.It has ruined other OSes for me. The true It Just Works©, and it works so well.
>>100184688The hardware they sell has ME disabled, it's not PopOS doing it.
sudo apt-get install steamoh whoops
>>100195013But it's PopOS's choosing. Framework open source Laptops doesn't even do this.
>>100188467COSMIC is gonna be great, but they need to fix their light theme first, starting by switching the white and gray around.
>>100184688>>100195013>>100195234
>>100190682>redhat>doing anything for the linux desktoppick one>>100194326>I had a MegadriveSame, although I only owned a few games, so I mostly played on an emulator (Gens) as well.
>>100194487Agreed. The main reason Canonical canned Unity and never really put much effort into it, I believe, was because they made their money from servers. They didn't even stop using GTK.
>>100195452There is no singular light theme. A theme configuration is dynamically generated by cosmic-settings based on the chosen color values for the background and primary container layers. The generated color palette is influenced by the OKLCH lightness scores of the selected color(s). If a background color has a lightness score below 89, then a neutral palette is generated which creates ligher components and container layers. If a background color has a lightness score above 88, then a neutral palette is generated which creates darker components and container layers. Using this approach, it's possible to generate a light theme with dark containers, and vice versa. Text color is also dynamically chosen to ensure ideal contrast in any scenario.
>>100196180That's nice and all, but that gray is too gray.
their laptops are rebranded cheap chinese computers. plastic trash.their new desktop is written in rust, which is also shit.
>>100196201If you cannot appreciate my SNES color scheme, then you do not deserve it.
>>100196289Anyone who thinks Rust is shit has shit for brains.
>>100184618>Is Pop!_OS the future of Linux?No, Arch + KDE + Wayland is.
>>100184618Funny how FOSS only works when there is someone that actually earns money. And in this case it only works because FOSS tards literally can't get the hardware they sell for free as in download from github.
>>100196583FOSS is not about working for free
>>100196289their keyboards and desktop chassis are made in the US
>>100194557>>100194640literal retards
>>100196971And what about everything else?
>>100197129same chinkshit as everywhere else
>>100196984y tho
>>100188467looks good
>>100188467This actually does look really nice, I think I'll try it out on my main PC when it properly launches. I've been meaning to swap to linux from win10 for a while anyway but I'm pretty interested in this, and there's not really a better opportunity to do it.
>>100184688Pop OS does not do it. It can'tSystem76 firmware does allow you to disable ME if you buy one of their devices.This is not a libreboot but it does neuter ME to the point where it can't communicate with the web.https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/blob/master/docs/intel-me.md
