Cosmic Desktop by System76 for GNU/Linux - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2024, 11:47:24 am
content: It'shere, it's alpha, it's not exactly "stable", but it keeps getting better and it's very well designed!It's based on Applets system instead of GNOME-way plugins.Written in RUST, it supports both tiling and windowsing working schemes!Even if you have more than one LCD, you can choose which method to use for each screen!Like it

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2024, 11:51:04 am
content: (I was not able compile it for HPPA because there is no RUST compiler for GNU/Linux-PAbut with llvm/Clang, I was able to compile it forPPC32/BE (PowerMac-G4)PPC64/BE (PowerMac-G5)PPC64/LE (IBM POWER9)So it's somehow even non-x86 friendly...)

author: bson
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 15, 2024, 09:27:55 pm
content: Hmm, gcc deprecated HP-PA sometime around gcc-4, right? That would have been long before the rust frontend, so not much point building an old version.

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2024, 08:19:03 am
content: Quote from: bson on September 15, 2024, 09:27:55 pmgcc { C, C++, Fortran }had serious bugs with v4.1.1, but it has been always supported, and available in every stage1-3 made by Catalyst (Gentoo)gcc { ADA }has neever been supported by Gentoo, I had to resurrect v5, which took 2 years of work during weed ends, and it's still a big problem to compile modern { gnat, vhdl } as external compilers, or compile gcc with ada-corellvm/clanghas never been supported for HPPA

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2024, 08:21:58 am
content: gccrsRust language ontop of GCC is ... too experimental at the moment for HPPA ......

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2024, 07:28:18 pm
content: That's surprising.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2024, 08:26:58 pm
content: I have lost count how many Apple knockoff UIs for Linux I have seen in the last 20 years, but this Orion Nebula wallpaper definitely sets this one apart from all others

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2024, 04:14:21 am
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on September 16, 2024, 07:28:18 pmit's surprising and amazing how these new languages ​​are becoming more and more of a plague for tools.Code:dev-lang/go-bootstrap-1.20.14dev-lang/go-1.22.6app-editors/micro-2.0.13-r1"micro" is a great text editor, with more nice features than GNU/nano.The problem is that it's written in Go, another language that there's no way to support outside of mainstream platforms.

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2024, 04:31:17 am
content: when you see "bootstrap", it means you need a binary+ /usr/lib/go-bootstrap/bin/go buildCode:amd64/le, amd64-bootstrap.tbzarm/le, arm-bootstrap.tbzarm64/le, arm64-bootstrap.tbzlong/le, loong64-bootstrap.tbzmips_abi_o32/be, mips-bootstrap.tbzmips_abi_o32/le, mipsle-bootstrap.tbzmips_abi_n64/be, mips64-bootstrap.tbzmips_abi_n64/le, mips64le-bootstrap.tbzppc64/be, ppc64-bootstrap.tbzppc64/le, ppc64le-bootstrap.tbzriscv/??, riscv64-bootstrap.tbzx86/le, 386-bootstrap.tbzGoLanghas more bootstrappers thanGnat, but still no love for HPPA.It makes me feel like Ulysses who takes decades to get home