Archboot Adds COSMIC Desktop as a New Install and Rescue Option (linuxiac.com) 4
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Linux news site Linuxiac:
Archboot, a guided, user-friendly, menu-driven installer for Arch Linux that automates much of the traditional manual installation process (while still allowing advanced users to intervene when needed), has added the COSMIC desktop environment as a new selectable option. The change is part of Archboot's development cycle leading up to the 2026.01 release and is already available in the latest tagged builds. With COSMIC now integrated, users can boot an Archboot ISO and choose the desktop to either perform a full Arch Linux installation or start a live session for testing and recovery.
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Nobody asked for you either, and yet here you are.
Congrats (Score:2)
Congrats on the first stable release of a new desktop. I haven't had a chance to try it out, but it at least looks promising.
I couldn't stand GNOME, personally.
KDE was / is nice again. I, and many others was annoyed when 4.0 came out and lost a bunch of configurability. Much of it has slowly made its way back.
Cinnamon was a nice common ground. It had at least somewhat sane defaults, enough customization that you weren't herded straight into a straightjacket like GNOME, and just generally got out of your wa