u/InternationalMood337

Right now, there are a lot of applications (mostly games) that I tryo run that have issues with grabbing the window I assume through the window handler that's been rewritten for Cosmic. Sorry, I've been a user of Linux for like 15 years on and off, but I don't know the ins and outs of the operating system really.

That said: I recently switched back to Windows for stability because I'm in grad school, working full time, and doing volunteer work as well. I just need a system that works.

I was considering:

https://fedoraproject.org/spins/cosmic

But, I'm not sure if I'm going to encounter the same kind of situation. How do these projects where a GUI is laid on top of a base system actually work? Is it simply that the entire front-end being used here is Cosmic with the back-end of Fedora? If that's the case, I will most likely still be running into issues with some applications and games when it comes to applications not just disappearing forever.

The prime example I can think of is anything Battle.net related running on Cosmic right now. Whether I run it through Lutris or run it through Steam, it seems to have issues where:

1. The window just won't be visible even though the application is opened.

OR

2. The game minimizes to a small window in the upper left hand corner.

TLDR: Does Fedora Cosmic Spin just run the Cosmic front end and will ultimately leave me in a similar situation with bugs with the new rust based windowing system? Will I sometimes just not be able to see my applications running on my screen?