Well, there must still be a reason that people are going to other distros... I don't think Pop has any inherent problems (unlike Manjaro for example) so perhaps the average user (counting myself in there) simply considers those under-the-hood changes less appealing than new GUI stuff, especially when the demographic is gamers. Things like Cosmic's improved tiling and the built-in theming support will be a major attraction, I think.
cygnus
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Stagnant was probably the wrong choice of word. Perhaps "stable" (in the Debian sense) would be more apt, and that isn't for everybody. I think you will see a HUGE influx once Cosmic launches.
I guess it depends how one defines "update" versus "version". Again, please don't take what I'm saying as criticism of what you guys are doing, because PopOS is great — I just happen to have a personality better suited to rolling-release distros. Pop is what I usually recommend to first-time Linux users though.
Mint has released 3 versions based on Ubuntu Jammy, though.
No new version will be released until Cosmic is ready.
Edit: I don't intend to badmouth S76 here. I love PopOS, it's the distro that made me a Linux fulltimer. Cosmic looks great so far. However the last major release of PopOS was in early 2022.
Pop is stagnant while they work on Cosmic. I'm one of the people who left because of that.
So it's a computer that lets you remotely control another computer? Is the advantage over SSH or remote desktop etc that you can interact with stuff outside the OS, like in BIOS?
I tried it years ago and it felt more like Quark to me (not a compliment) but should give it another chance. For the past several years I've been using Affinity Publisher in a Windows VM.
Edit: just tried it out a bit (ver. 1.5.8 because that's what's in the Arch repo) and it's better than I remembered. Adobe-like shortcuts. I made a new document and created a few text styles.
You don't really need to configure TLP, just let it run in the background and it will "learn" on its own.
What model of laptop is this?
Use OnlyOffice if looking like MS Office is that important.
I never made this connection until now, but of course that makes sense... Very cool.