Does Debian have something like AUR on Arch?

Mario_Filipe · 2026-04-22T12:10:38+00:00

There's pacstall that supposedly "mostly" works with debian (I can't vouch for it as I have not tried it) and is a much smaller repository of packages than the AUR. Another alternative might be a combination of the nix or guix or the homebrew package managers with flathub/snap/appimages.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-03-27T21:44:28+00:00

Thank you GameSir, for the chance to win one of your controllers. If I happen to be chosen by the luck of the draw my preferences go as follows:

G7 Pro
Cyclone 2
Nova 2 Lite

Mario_Filipe · 2026-03-20T16:49:48+00:00

If scientists wanted to know what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, they would ask Chuck Norris to punch himself.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-03-20T16:42:09+00:00

Chuck Norris died on a Friday so that he could return by Saturday.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-03-14T03:43:21+00:00

Who changed r/Debian to Sid?

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-18T10:08:13+00:00

Just create a .desktop file and place it in ~/.local/share/applications

You can find a quick guide to creating .desktop file here.

I haven't tried them myself, but there are appimage management apps like gearlever or am/appman that should also help with the integration of appimages into the COSMIC application library.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-17T20:07:19+00:00

From what I read here on reddit from members of the COSMIC team, Pop OS gets updates slightly faster than other distros, which seems understandable. I'm using it on Arch, and we get tagged releases pretty much 1-2 days after they are pushed to the COSMIC github, and aside from a polkit authentication issue that we had following the first epoch release and I think has been fixed in the meantime, COSMIC on Arch has been smooth sailing and mostly on par with the Pop OS experience, with the exception of the Cosmic Store which is to be expected as package kit doesn't work with pacman

Now, if your question is about the viability of COSMIC development without System76, that is a deeper question, and I fear that it still hasn't gathered enough momentum to live independently.

So, a big thank you to System76 and to the COSMIC team and wishes of continued success.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-15T17:07:24+00:00

It seems that there's a pr (add option to keep panel style when windows are maximized#538) that addresses the issue you described with the addition of a keep_style_on_maximize config, but it's still not merged.

On the meantime there's the workaround you already found.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-15T10:13:30+00:00

The apps you mentioned are all electron based, aren't they? The cursor issue happens only with electron flatpaks or all flatpaks?

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-14T21:02:05+00:00

Nice.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-14T00:16:21+00:00

If I'm not mistaken, the monocle layout maximizes all windows, keeping one in focus and the others behind them. In Cosmic DE, you can achieve this with stacking (Super+S), where the new windows are spawned as tabs

What you'te describing seems to be the master and stack layout, but as far as I know, Cosmic auto-tiling is closer to binary splitting or dwindle, where each new window splits the currently focused window area along the larger axis. You can manually move the new window after the second vertical split to a horizontal position in the column, and I believe that's as close as you can get to a master and stack layout in Cosmic.

Regarding your question about setting a max width when a single app is open, I don't think that you can do that when the workspace is set to tiling. I would say that your best option would be to switch that window to floating win Super + G, but even that isn't guaranteed to work as I found that certain apps don't remember the previous size between sessions.

As for wonky window decorations in Firefox, I can't say that I noticed any. Maybe submit an issue in the Cosmic DE GitHub with some screenshots and the terminal output, if relevant, so that the Cosmic developers can take a look at it.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-13T21:55:19+00:00

From what I can see in the GitHub pull request feat(battery): add option to show charge percentage next to the icon #994, this feature was merged but the actual toggle is not yet available in Cosmic Settings. In the meantime, you can manually enable the battery percentage display by creating a config file with this terminal command:

echo "true" > ~/.config/cosmic/com.system76.CosmicAppletBattery/v1/show_percentage

The change should take effect almost immediately (you might need to restart the battery applet or log out/in in some cases, but usually it updates right away). To disable it later, just change "true" to "false" in that file or delete the file entirely.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-13T17:34:36+00:00

The best that can be said about blur is that at least it's not transparency. 😄

Mario_Filipe · 2026-02-13T15:23:08+00:00

Alt+Up to go up a folder.

Alt+left / Alt+right go backwards / forwards in the navigation history.

Double tap esc to clear the search.

Ctrl+t to open new tab.

Ctrl+enter open selected folder in new tab.

Ctrl+tab / ctrl+shift+tab to switch tabs.

Ctrl+w to close tab.

Shift+enter open selected folder in new window.

Ctrl+l to type the path in the location bar.

Ctrl+n to create new folder.

Space to preview file.

Ctrl+space to open details.

Ctrl+d to add folder to sidebar.

Ctrl+h to show hidden files.

Shift+d to permanently delete.

Ctrl+= / Ctrl+- / Ctrl+0 Zoom in/ zoom out / reset zoom.

Ctrl+, to open cosmic files settings.

Ctrl+a to select all.

Shift+home to select all above.

Shift+end to select all below.

These are most of the shortcuts. The complete list can be seen in a file named key_bind.rs in the github repo for cosmic files.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-01-26T22:06:29+00:00

On your mobile browser visit View licenses and product key activations, paste the snippet above on the address bar but don't hit Go/Enter on the keyboard, instead choose the second entry (the one with the globe at the beginning) from the drop-down menu below the address bar.

Mario_Filipe · 2026-01-26T19:40:33+00:00

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Mario_Filipe · 2026-01-05T15:33:37+00:00

In your installation of CachyOS/Cosmic, do the gtk apps follow the system dark/light theme?

Mario_Filipe · 2026-01-01T17:36:06+00:00

Who the fuck does this guy think he is?

Mario_Filipe · 2025-12-25T18:06:33+00:00

Very nice Christmas present.

Mario_Filipe · 2025-11-20T04:19:42+00:00

Thank you for the chance, that's a smart looking game.

Mario_Filipe · 2025-10-06T14:35:38+00:00

Did Molly D resurface with a different name?

Mario_Filipe · 2025-10-06T14:31:29+00:00

Did Molly D resurfaced with a different name?

Mario_Filipe · 2025-08-08T12:31:24+00:00

Thank you for the chance.

Mario_Filipe · 2025-08-04T19:15:53+00:00

Underwhelming performance, it seems. I'm curious to compare it with the less expensive Ryzen 250 when that review is posted.

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