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Last Update: 2024-11-01 13:13 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: 8.05/10 from 244 review(s).


Pop!_OS
Distribution Pop!_OS
Home Page https://system76.com/pop
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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:
 • 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
 • 2021-04-14 Pop!_OS to ship with COSMIC, a modified GNOME Desktop
 • More Pop!_OS headlines...

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Feature 24.04-alpha2 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Feature
Release Date 2024-10-31 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) 2500-2900 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-alpha2 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-alpha2 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 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 (1.2.13)
amdgpu (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 (9.20.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.85) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (131.0.6778.85)
cups (2.4.11) 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 (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 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 (1.47.1) 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 (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0) 132.0 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 (133.0)
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 (14.2.0) 13.2.0 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 (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.39 2.35 2.34 2.33 2.32 2.31 2.30 2.29 2.28 2.27 2.26 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) -- 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 (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
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 (4.16.7) 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 (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 31 29 28 28 27 27 26 25 25 24 24 kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) -- 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 (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.1) 6.9.3 5.16.19 5.15.5 5.11 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.0 4.18 4.15 4.13 linux (6.12.1)
Package 24.04-alpha2 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.0) 24.0.9 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 (24.3.0)
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.0) -- 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 (47.0)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) 560.35.03 510.60.02 470.86 465.31 455.28 440.82 440.64 418.56 410.57 390.48 -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.6p1 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.4p1 8.3p1 8.2p1 8.0p1 7.9p1 7.7p1 7.6p1 7.5p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 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 (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 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 (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (17.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.0) 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 (3.13.0)
qt (6.8.0) 5.15.13 -- -- -- -- -- 5.12.4 5.12.2 -- -- -- qt (6.8.0)
samba (4.21.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- samba (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) 255.4 249.11 248.3 247.3 246 245 242 240 239 237 234 systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) 128.4.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (133.0)
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) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 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 (21.1.14)

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Version: 22.04
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-10-23
Votes: 3


Have not tried Pop OS is a while and was surprised to see it was still at 22.04 LTS. Not that I crave cutting edge Linux releases but I do find it sort of behind the times for even a LTS distro. Maybe its why I have seen Pop OS sort of fall in downloads. I think with so much happening in hardware I do want a OS to keep up with a more recent kernel and improvements. I especially find it strange since System 76 hardware offers a choice between Pop OS and Ubuntu which is now on 24.04. Still, I still find PopOS acceptable and stable dispite the lag in updating. But I am not sure about sticking with it when so many other distro's are updating faster.


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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-10-07
Votes: 0


I've been using some version of Pop!_OS for at least eight years and have found it to be reliable. I'm running it on a System76 Gazelle laptop that has an Intel Core i7-11800H 2.3 GHz processor, 16 Gbytes of memory, 1Tbyte SSD and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile graphics processor. The system and OS have been trouble free. Pop!_OS is my daily driver and I use it for everything. For example I use it with: OBS Studio for recording onscreen videos, Shotcut for video editing, Brave for web browsing, Betterbird for getting and writing emails, Lazarus/Free Pascal for RAD GUI development, GCC for coding console applications, GIMP for image editing, etc. I quit using MS-Windows over twelve years ago and I don't miss anything about Win-Doze. I keep one laptop, that currently has MS-Windows 10 on it, for cross development work (using Lazarus/Free Pascal) that I do for a charity organization that requires Windows compatible applications. I was a Win-Doze user since the 3.0 days and it took me a long time of trying Linux distros to finally bite the bullet and switch, mainly because it's taken Linux and its assorted applications many years to mature into something that's reliable and powerful enough to supplant Win-Doze. It has achieved that capability and capacity. I vote "YES" for Pop!_OS and I say goodbye Win-Doze I don't miss you one damned bit.


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Version: 22.04
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-09-16
Votes: 0


Using Pop!_OS since months. Working good on high resolution monitors under Wayland, very smooth. Has a good App store, but of curse you can install software via apt or from .deb files or via flatpak files directly. I like the menu of Pop!_OS which does not cover the whole display as it does the GNOME Menu and does not need 2 mouse clicks to open it as in default GNOME. I love the integration of the weather app and calender app into the date/time panel widget, so when you click on the date widget on the panel, you see the weather and all your apointments in calendar without having to open the calender app and weather app. The system apps like calendar, contacts have good nextcloud integration. If you don't like the default theme and icons as I do, it's not that difficult to change them, I just followed some guidelines on youtube and could install nice icons and change the theme of menu and the panel. Also what I love about Pop!_OS that it is made for multiple monitor usage, so if you open a program on the monitor B it will be minimized to the menu on the monitor B. If the mous coursor is currently on the monitor A and I hit the "super" key, the menu opens itself on the monitor A. So there are some very good designed and thougtfull concepts on Pop!_OS which I could not see on other distros. All the software I use no matter if e-mail client or music player are the newest versions, the kernel is also always updated reguralry. Pop!_OS became my daily driver system, and I am using it sinse months after trying different distros like zorin os (which is very good), mint, ubuntu, fedora, debian. For me Pop!_OS offers the best experience. I just needed an OS for office work, emails, movie streaming services, listening to high resolution music files, having regularly videocalls, programming, virtual box, reading eBooks, printing and scanning documents, youtube, online shopping on multi monitor system setup - and for that Pop!_OS works just fine.


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