https://fosstodon.org/@soller/112083947500126938
COSMIC Store is coming along quickly, though there is still a lot left to do. It loads nearly instantly, because it uses bitcode to cache appstream data in an optimized format. It uses very little memory compared to the Pop Shop. Searches can be performed live as they are done in parallel. Searching for “e” takes 5.5 ms on my desktop and returns 4601 results.
Hopefully it tells you if you are installing a deb or a flatpak app more clearly. I can only tell by the size in the current pop shop.
Only if there are multiple options. If there is 1 option, it does not. At least on my store. You can only really tell if it says
“Up to # MB” - flatpak
Or just " # MB" - deb
And hopefully it’s more performant and doesn’t crash/hang up most of the time!
Woohoo! Pop Shop is one of the most irritating apps to deal with because of sluggish performance. Glad to see a lot of work is going into its replacement.
I can’t be the only one that gets giddy when I see Jeremy Soller or Michael Murphy post… My LemurPro is eagerly anticipating the upgrade to COSMIC.
One question, Gnome has an extension that makes turning on my selfhosted wireguard VPN a simple toggle. Is there a plan to integrate something similar?
Wow! Looking good, can’t wait to give it a go!
touchscreen support doesn’t seem like its quite there yet, but otherwise happy with hiw snappy it is