Hello all! This is my first time using a mailing list, but I want to do this more often in the future :)
System76, makers of Linux computers and creators of Pop!_OS are currently working on a desktop environment entirely built in rust, called COSMIC. (https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch). They use and contribute to a lot of base Linux development components written in rust, including: Smithay: A wayland compositor library https://github.com/Smithay/smithay Iced: A GUI library https://github.com/iced-rs/iced WGPU: A graphics library https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu ZBus: A rust D-Bus crate https://github.com/dbus2/zbus I have been closely following its development and I am even dipping my toes in rust for the first time to help contribute to its development. I happen to enjoy Fedora quite a bit, and I use Silverblue on my main machine myself, but in order to try COSMIC in its current state (and to create a test environment for my code changes) I started creating Fedora atomic images with the COSMIC desktop environment installed (see: https://github.com/ryanabx/fedora-cosmic-atomic). The image is very primitive, and simply compiles COSMIC components and puts the files where they need to be in their various directories, no RPM packaging involved at this phase. I would like to gauge interest in creating a COSMIC SIG for Fedora. The initial major goals of such a group would be: * Creating RPM packaging for COSMIC's components * Laying out a plan for and promoting a Fedora COSMIC Spin * Contributing to COSMIC development (for those interested, of course nothing is required) * Creating an accompanying Fedora COSMIC Atomic variant If you happen to like rust, or are simply excited to see another desktop environment join the space, share your interest! If there is enough interest, I would suggest we then create a matrix group, similar to what the Fedora KDE SIG has. I believe the KDE SIG uses an IRC bridge as well, for those interested in using IRC. -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
