Back in October System76 announced a planned release date for Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and the COSMIC Desktop… And they’ve made it! The new Pop!_OS 24.04 is now available for download as the long-awaited update atop an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base while using their Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment.
It’s been a very long journey to say the least in their bringing up of the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment. It’s taken much longer than anticipated and now less than a half-year away until the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, but today System76 released the stable Pop!_OS 24.04 along with their COSMIC desktop environment now being in good shape for end-users from Linux gamers to enthusiasts.
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS uses the COSMIC desktop by default, is powered by the Linux 6.17.9 kernel, to some disappointment is still using Mesa 25.1 series graphics drivers, and also offers the NVIDIA 580 graphics driver option.
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS will be available on new System76 systems shipping out but for everyone else — regardless of whether you’re using a System76 laptop or desktop or not — can download this enthusiast-oriented Linux distribution from System76.com.
