It makes me think that whole image was created by AI…

I tried 1.0

It wasn’t beta. But it really felt like it.

Well, I tried to use it when it came out of beta, and it was… Well, let’s call it questionable experience. It’s, of course, just mine subjective opinion.

And about “No AI policy” - it’s a good vector, but, from my point of view, Cosmic really seems as something that could benefit a lot from more rapid development cycle. Right now I use Noctalia Shell, and it’s stunning how fast it evolves.

Is anyone really uses Cosmic? In my experience, they somehow managed to create a sloppy DE even without AI

I was always fascinated by declarative Linux distros like NixOS and tiling managers, but the thing that always stopped me is it’s time consume aspect. Everything had to be written by hand, et cetera.

Now it’s as simple as “Hey buddy ChatGPT, install this and that, make these keyboard shortcuts, turn off logs on startup, switch DM, debug this”. Some can say that’s not a true way - punch me, it’s the most easy way to configure your OS.

There’s unofficial port of Mac version, and it’s quite good