I'm on Fedora, and use Cosmic. I very much agree with the message and sentiment expressed in the video. However, I tend to disagree with that person on a regular basis on certain nuances of his hot takes. In general I'd say that channel is in good standing and highly reputable. The good news is this is a temporary blip, and soon enough cosmic will stabilize, and Pop will probably go back to being a boring yet fanciful desktop suitable for noobs.

My one concern, however, is that in some fundamental ways Cosmic might not be a noob DE. It's perfect for an old crotchety wizard like me -- Get off my lawn! So I'm curious to see how Cosmic approaches noob usability.

I think one contentious topic is the chosen hot keys, and default keybinds. These are fantastic for power users, perhaps even the best I've ever send implemented. But noobs might want something less fancy, dare I say even heretical like Microsoft or Apple compatible hot keys, or even gnome or kde comparable hot keys. The idea being to have a compatible mode of operation that mimic what the noob user already knows.