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Pop!_OS


Last Update: 2025-04-25 11:12 UTC


Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring a custom GNOME desktop. Pop!_OS is designed to have a minimal amount of clutter on the desktop without distractions in order to allow the user to focus on work. The distribution is developed by Linux computer retailer System76.

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Average visitor rating: 8/10 from 257 review(s).


Pop!_OS
Distribution Pop!_OS
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-01-10: Development Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5
 • 2024-12-05: Development Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 4
 • 2024-08-08: Development Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 1
 • 2022-04-25: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 22.04
 • 2021-12-14: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 21.10
 • 2021-06-30: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 21.04
 • 2020-10-23: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 20.10
 • 2020-05-01: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 20.04
 • 2020-04-17: Development Release: Pop!_OS 20.04 Beta
 • 2019-04-20: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 19.04
 • 2018-10-20: Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 18.10
 • 2018-03-29: Development Release: Pop!_OS 18.04 Testing
 • More Pop!_OS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-01-02 Pop!_OS release featuring COSMIC faces ongoing delays
 • 2024-03-12 COSMIC desktop to include a new software centre
 • 2024-02-16 System76 shows off COSMIC progress
 • 2023-09-28 COSMIC desktop get new feature to swap between windows
 • 2023-05-11 Desktop and audio scheduling improvements coming to Pop!_OS
 • 2023-01-31 Updates to the COSMIC desktop
 • 2022-10-12 Progress being made in COSMIC development
 • 2022-05-21 HP to ship laptops with Pop!_OS
 • 2022-02-02 Pop!_OS gets new desktop scheduling tool
 • 2021-11-08 System76 to develop its own desktop environment
 • More Pop!_OS headlines...

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Feature 24.04-alpha7 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Feature
Release Date 2025-04-24 2022-04-25 2021-12-14 2021-06-29 2020-10-23 2020-04-30 2019-10-19 2019-04-20 2018-10-19 2018-04-30 2017-10-18 Release Date
End Of Life             2020-07 2020-01 2019-07     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2700-3300 2500-3200 2500-3000 2400-2900 2200-2700 2100-2500 2100-2400 2100-2400 2000-2300 1800-2100 1700-1800 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop COSMIC GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management DEB (apt), Flatpak DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt), Snap DEB (apt), Snap Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture ARM64, x86_64 ARM64, x86_64 ARM64, x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 24.04-alpha7 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Full Package List
Package 24.04-alpha7 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Package
abiword (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.6)
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.11 1.2.6 1.2.4 1.2.4 1.2.3.2 1.2.2 1.1.9 1.1.8 1.1.6 1.1.3 1.1.3 alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 19.0.1 18.0.1 18.0.1 -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.21 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.4.18 4.4 4.4 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.8)
chromium (135.0.7049.114) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (135.0.7049.114)
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.7 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.2.12 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.2.7 2.2.4 cups (2.4.12)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.5 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.3 1.45.7 1.45.6 1.45.5 1.45.3 1.44.6 1.44.4 1.44.1 1.43.5 e2fsprogs (1.47.2)
firefox (137.0.2) 137.0.2 99.0.1 95.0 89.0.2 81.0.2 75.0 69.0.3 66.0.3 63.0 59.0.2 56.0 firefox (137.0.2)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.10.2 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.8 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (15.1.0) 13.3.0 11.2.0 11.2.0 10.3.0 10.2.0 9.3.0 9.2.1 8.3.0 8.2.0 7.3.0 7.2.0 gcc (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.2)
glibc (2.41) 2.39 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.30 2.29 2.28 2.27 2.26 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.1) -- 42.0 40.5 3.38.4 3.38.1 3.36.1 3.34.1 3.32.0 3.30.1 3.28.1 3.26.1 gnome-shell (48.1)
gnucash (5.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.11)
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.59)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02beta3 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.18.4) 4.14.2 4.6.2 4.4.0 3.24.25 3.24.23 3.24.17 3.24.12 3.24.8 3.24.1 3.22.30 3.22.24 gtk (4.18.4)
httpd (2.4.63) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.1)
k3b (25.04.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (25.04.0)
kmod (34.2) 31 29 28 28 27 27 26 25 25 24 24 kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.2) 24.2.7 7.3.2 7.2.3 7.1.3 7.0.2 6.4.2 6.3.2 6.2.2 6.1.2 6.0.3 5.4.1 LibreOffice (25.2.2)
linux (6.14.4) 6.12.10 5.16.19 5.15.5 5.11 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.18 4.15 4.13 linux (6.14.4)
Package 24.04-alpha7 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Package
lxqt-panel (2.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxqt-panel (2.2.0)
mariadb (11.7.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.7.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.0.4) 25.0.3 22.0.1 21.2.2 21.0.1 20.2.1 20.0.4 19.2.1 19.0.2 18.2.2 18.0.0rc5 17.2.2 mesa (25.0.4)
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.1) -- 42.0 40.2 3.38.2 3.38.1 3.36.1.1 3.34.1 3.32.0 3.26.4 3.26.3 3.26.0 nautilus (48.1)
NVIDIA (570.133.07) 570.133.07 510.60.02 470.86 465.31 455.28 440.82 440.64 418.56 410.57 390.48 -- NVIDIA (570.133.07)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (24) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (24)
openssh (10.0p1) 9.6p1 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.4p1 8.3p1 8.2p1 8.0p1 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.6p1 7.5p1 openssh (10.0p1)
openssl (3.5.0) 3.0.13 3.0.2 1.1.1l 1.1.1j 1.1.1f 1.1.1f 1.1.1c 1.1.1b 1.1.1 1.1.0g 1.0.2g openssl (3.5.0)
perl (5.40.2) 5.38.2 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.30.3 5.30.0 5.28.1 5.28.1 5.26.2 5.26.1 5.26.0 perl (5.40.2)
php (8.4.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.6)
plasma-desktop (6.3.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.3.4)
postfix (3.10.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.2)
postgresql (17.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.4)
Python (3.13.3) 3.12.3 3.10.4 3.9.4 3.9.4 3.8.6 3.8.2 3.7.5 2.7.16 2.7.15 2.7.15 2.7.14 Python (3.13.3)
qt (6.9.0) 5.15.13 -- -- -- -- -- 5.12.4 5.12.2 -- -- -- qt (6.9.0)
samba (4.22.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- samba (4.22.1)
systemd (257.5) 255.4 249.11 248.3 247.3 246 245 242 240 239 237 234 systemd (257.5)
thunderbird (137.0.2) 128.9.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (137.0.2)
vim (9.1) 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.12 21.1.3 1.20.13 1.20.11 1.20.9 1.20.8 1.20.5 1.20.4 1.20.1 1.19.6 1.19.5 xorg-server (21.1.16)

Reader Ratings
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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-18
Votes: 6


People frequently ask whether or not they should skip Pop 22.04 and wait until the newer, Rust-based COSMIC DE is out of Alpha, but if you aren't looking to Alpha test the new DE in Pop 24.04, and are looking for a decent distro today, Pop 22.04 is still a great choice.

It really is an all-around fantastic distro. Sane out-of-the-box layout of GNOME DE thanks to the default Pop GNOME Extensions. Window tiling option is very nice. Still receives the latest kernel and graphics driver updates, but only after extensive quality control checks, so no breaking. Always up-to-date software with Flatpak enabled out-of-the-box. Decent documentation on official site. Very active and helpful user community on official Reddit, where the devs themselves frequently post and respond.

Pro tip:

Immediately download and use the newer app store, COMSIC store (available in PopShop), instead of the older, default app store, PopShop. COSMIC store runs exponentially faster, uses less memory, and even has a better layout than the older PopShop. You can then either delete PopShop after, or keep it and simply disable it from automatically starting in the background at login.

So, if you don't feel like Alpha testing the future Rust-based COSMIC DE, then give Pop 22.04 a chance. It is still a great choice today.






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Version: 24.04-alpha6
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-03-29
Votes: 0


Cosmic store is really fast.
Display looks great. VLC is perfect for watching movies (18" monitor) and sound is fine. Strawberry for listening to music and handles flac files perfect. Slideshow is a nice option though it now only supports built-in pictures. Suppose own pictures will be possible to use when stable version is released.
With only 8Gb RAM on 16 year old VAIO VGN AW41XHQ it is behind only Zorin and Q4OS in handling. With that little RAM and only 2 cores in CPU I find it OK not to use several programs at same time. The old Nvidia 9600 is not supported in the nVidia release so used the universal without problems and the correct version was detected immediately.
Will try on my desktop (daily computer) when 24.04 stable is released.


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Version: 24.04-alpha6
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-03-24
Votes: 0


Awaiting final release to replace my primary desktop. Currently switching between Linux Mint LMDE6 and Ubuntu 24.04.

Love the stability of Mint LMDE but like the graphical feel of Ubuntu. COSMIC Desktop is more to my liking...

Hoping that stability will be there as i didn't installed it to work for long period with it.
Previous comments seems to indicate such instability...


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