I’m still on Pop!_OS 22.04, the last release version. My applications are getting very out of date from being tied to the jammy package repo.
It looks like Pop.next is still in alpha, which suggests it could be 2026 before it’s RC. I don’t actually like any other distro — I built a new laptop on Mint, which I only tolerate. But I’m getting nervous, and the UIs for enough apps have evolved sufficiently that it’s creating some cognitive load to remember how to use both versions (LibreOffice and Evolution stand out).
What have people chosen to do?
I’ve heard pop’s alpha stage is a bit tongue in cheek. Maybe give it a shot and see how it goes? Then again, what if it goes poorly? Idk… Good luck.
I’m always hesitant to daily drive non-stable but you may be right. I played around with an early Alpha and it was pretty nice but also pretty bare bones.
It is quite stable and is actually much better at recovering during gpu driver timeouts than gnome is for me.
The only big gripe for me is how OSD’s like notifications or changing the volume cause full screen content to get letterboxing that can only be worked around by refullscreening.
It’s been a problem for at least a year now, here’s to hoping it gets fixed for the beta release.