F42 Change Proposal: Fedora COSMIC Spin (self-contained)

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Wiki - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FedoraCOSMIC
Discussion Thread -
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f42-change-proposal-fedora-cosmic-spin-self-contained/139532

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==
Create an official Fedora Spin with the upcoming COSMIC desktop environment.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:ryanabx| Ryan Brue]], [[User:ngompa| Neal Gompa]]
* Email: ryanbrue.dev@xxxxxxxxx, ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx



== Detailed Description ==

The [https://system76.com/cosmic/ COSMIC Desktop Environment] is a new
rust-based desktop environment developed by System76, makers of
Pop!_OS. The desktop environment is set to reach maturity in the first
quarter of 2025. COSMIC has many unique features, such as hybrid
per-workspace window/tiling management, window stacks with tabs to
switch between windows, and robust customization features that
integrate with GTK and (later on) Qt!

== Feedback ==


== Benefit to Fedora ==

Fedora is already one of the most popular distro choices for COSMIC,
being the first result past Pop!_OS on the official COSMIC website of
where to try it out. Having an official spin for COSMIC is a logical
next step to bring these users to a more streamlined experience, for
example making use of ISO generation for spins. COSMIC is also shaping
up to be a great quality desktop experience.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:


** SIG (Already created) [https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/11845]
** Comps (Already created) [https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/1031]
** Create fedora release variant for COSMIC (fedora-release-cosmic): TODO
** kiwi-descriptions: TODO
** livesys-scripts: [https://pagure.io/livesys-scripts/pull-request/23 #23]
** pungi-fedora: TODO

* Other developers:
N/A

* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/12494 #12494]

* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Trademark approval: TODO


* Alignment with the Fedora Strategy:


== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==

N/A (New spin)

== How To Test ==

NOTE: To test in a VM, make sure you have graphical hardware
acceleration enabled, COSMIC's compositor does not support software
acceleration (it is planned).

* Install any Fedora release 41 and up
* Install the COSMIC desktop by installing the environment group:
<code>dnf install @cosmic-desktop-environment</code>


== User Experience ==


The experience of the COSMIC desktop aims to be most similar to GNOME,
given that the System76 team previously used GNOME for Pop!_OS, the
inspiration is there. It takes some elements from KDE though in terms
of customization and support for various wlr wayland protocols.

== Dependencies ==
N/A

== Contingency Plan ==

* Contingency mechanism: Delay to Fedora 43
* Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
* Blocks release? No


== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Release Notes ==

-- 
Aoife Moloney

Fedora Operations Architect

Fedora Project

Matrix: @amoloney:fedora.im

IRC: amoloney

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