Pop! OS

Pop!_OS
Pop!_OS 21.10, with the pre-standalone COSMIC desktop
DeveloperSystem76
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseOctober 27, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-10-27)[1]
Latest release22.04 LTS[2] Edit this on Wikidata[3] / 25 April 2022; 2 years ago (25 April 2022)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pop-os
Update methodAPT (+ Pop!_Shop User Interface)
Package manager
Platformsx86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		GNOME (COSMIC)
Official websitepop.system76.com

Pop OS (stylized as Pop!_OS) is a free and open-source Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu, and featuring a customized GNOME desktop environment known as COSMIC. The distribution is developed by American Linux computer manufacturer System76. Pop!_OS is primarily built to be bundled with the computers built by System76, but can also be downloaded and installed on most computers.[4]

Pop!_OS provides full out-of-the-box support for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs. A 2020 review in Foss BYTES described it as an easy distribution to set up for gaming, mainly due to its built-in GPU support. Pop!_OS provides default disk encryption, streamlined window and workspace management, keyboard shortcuts for navigation as well as built-in power management profiles. The latest releases also have packages that allow for easy setup for TensorFlow and CUDA.[5][6]

Pop!_OS is maintained primarily by System76, with the release version source code hosted in a GitHub repository. Unlike many other Linux distributions, it is not community-driven, although outside programmers can contribute, view and modify the source code. They can also build custom ISO images and redistribute them under another name.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Pop!_OS released and Thank you". blog.system76.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS has landed!". 25 April 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pop_Blog_22.04_LTS_Has_Landed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "DistroWatch.com: Pop!_OS". distrowatch.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Pop!_OS 20.04 Beta Benchmarks On The System76 Thelio Major". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Pop!_OS". GitHub. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Pop!_OS Tech". Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.