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The distro is based on Ubuntu.
Pop!_OS uses APT and Flatpak package management, meaning it’s easy to install, remove, and update all software on the OS. It features a customized GNOME desktop environment known as COSMIC. It’s also notable for providing default disk encryption, streamlined window and workspace management, keyboard shortcuts for navigation as well as built-in power management profiles.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | COSMIC (GNOME-based) |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64, ARM64 |
| Home Page: | pop.system76.com |
| Developer: | System76 |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distributions. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |
Pop! Is going places give it a few more years and this could easily be the go-to Linux OS. Right now it somewhat lacks features but if you are a novice Linux user you’ll likely appreciate the simplicity until you graduate to a big boy Linux OS, or you take that graduation with Pop! as it undoubtedly will continue to evolve over the coming years.