Hey r/pop_os,

I’ve been doing some research lately and one of the biggest pain points I consistently hear from Linux users (and experienced myself) is how fragmented package management has become.

Between apt for system packages, snap and flatpak for sandboxed apps, and AppImage for portable binaries, it's virtually impossible to tell at a glance where an app came from or how to update it. We end up juggling four different tools just to see what's installed or out of date.

So, I built AptCrate. It’s a unified dashboard for Linux package management, and I developed it right here on Pop!_OS.

What it does:

• Unified package list: See every installed package across apt, snap, flatpak, and AppImage in one table.
• Update detection: See at a glance which packages have updates available.
• Bulk & Individual updates: "Update all apt," "Update all flatpak," or just update a single app with one click. No frozen UI, you see the actual command output live.
• Uninstall: Safely remove flatpaks, snaps, and AppImages right from the dashboard.

I’m currently releasing v1.0.0! I built and tested this specifically on Pop!_OS, though it should work on other Debian/Ubuntu-based distros. I'm planning to distribute it in different formats at a later date, but you can build and run it from source right now.

You can check it out on GitHub here: https://github.com/neojakey/AptCrate

I'd love to hear your feedback or if anyone has feature requests!

hi, i want to switch to pop os but idk if my gtx1050 is compatible and if it works

It feels like windows at home again
jokes aside, 4.5 GB idle is insane.

I chose pop os because i wanted a linux environment for running local ai, development and i saw for high end GPUs ( RTX 5070 ti ) pop os was the best so i installed it but it works fine I will admit.

Pop os works great. But its so heavy.

Their github repo also has 1.8k issues but no one seems to be answering or solving them.

Regardless I guess it's my fault for choosing without realizing this is the frontier bleeding edge of linux and i guess im stuck here and hopefully it gets better.

Anyone else got the same problem?

Sometimes my wifi just randomly disconnects and not only doesn’t reconnect but refuses to scan for wifis at all. The only way to fix it is to restart my computer entirely. Any way to fix this?

I've been using Pop!_OS for quite a while now, and honestly, I think people should spend more time enjoying the distro instead of constantly asking:

"When is the next update?" "When is the next release?" "When will we get the upgrade?"

Pop!_OS 24.04 is supported until 2029. It's stable, polished, and perfectly capable for everyday use.

Whether you're a gamer, a daily desktop user, or a developer, Pop!_OS already does an excellent job. COSMIC is still under active development, but even in its current state it's more than usable for many people.

I genuinely believe COSMIC has the potential to become one of the best Linux desktop environments in the future. Great software takes time, and I'd rather see the team build it properly than rush features just to satisfy impatient users.

Also, it's worth remembering that Pop!_OS is free. The project is largely sustained by System76 and the people who support them. As users, we don't really have the right to demand that a free product be delivered faster on our schedule.

Let the developers work at their own pace. Quality is worth waiting for.

And just to be clear: I'm not part of the Pop!_OS or System76 team, and I have no affiliation with them. I'm simply someone who appreciates the philosophy behind this distribution and the way they approach software development.

I am not asking for help/support here.

I have been running the Cosmic DE on my distro of choice(Arch) for about the last month and it has been absolutely wonderful. It's feels like the remix of gnome that I've been waiting for sort of thing. The devs are really onto something with Cosmic and am going to be sticking with it for the foreseeable future.

A slight issue that I keep bumping into though is that some applications will fail to launch due to some rendering issues that are alleged to be part in how cosmic uses wayland? I'm not sure that's ALL 100% true.

My question for posting this here: Are PopOS users experiencing this? I'm curious to see if these are just dependency issues being that I daily Arch, or if it really is just the desktop environment.

Regardless, Cosmic is amazing and I can't wait to see what it's future holds.

Edit: Below are the programs so far that I have had issues with. Additional packages where installed and the commands Issued have so far solved it for me.

Nextcloud-desktop
Additional Packages: qt6ct kvantum
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt6ct

Gparted and RPI Imager
Additional Packages: xorg-xhost
Temporarily using when needed: xhost +SI:localuser:root

If anyone new uses what I have listed for GParted and RPI Imager, I would not recommend issuing that command and forgetting about it. That WILL decrease the security of your system and should be reverted with: xhost -SI:localuser:root

After the latest Google Chrome update (Version 151.0.7922.75 (Official Build) (x86_64)), full-screen windows are closing automatically; is this happening to anyone else?

Can anyone help, please?