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I swapped my favorite Linux desktop for System76's COSMIC alpha - and I have zero regrets

I did the unthinkable and installed an alpha release as my Linux daily driver. Here's how it's going.

There were also the random crashes, which weren't too terrible to take care of, but I started growing tired of having to SSH into my desktop from another machine and run a restart_gnome script I wrote. I understand that aesthetics isn't at the top of the consideration food chain for most users, but COSMIC does enjoy something that will: Speed. The collection of COSMIC apps (Shop, Text Editor, Music Player, Files, Settings, Terminal, etc.)

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