# System76 is building a new Linux desktop in Rust

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/system76-is-building-a-new-linux-desktop-in-rust/28377>\
**Category:** Backend In The News\
**Tags:** rust, linux, desktop\
**Created:** [9 November 2021 06:40 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/system76-is-building-a-new-linux-desktop-in-rust/28377 "2021-11-09T06:40:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [9 November 2021 06:40 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/system76-is-building-a-new-linux-desktop-in-rust/28377/1 "2021-11-09T06:40:07Z")

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> System76 is building a new Linux desktop in Rust.  
> ‘There are things we’d like to do that we can’t simply achieve through extensions in GNOME’

Read in full here:

> **[System76 is building a new Linux desktop in Rust](https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/08/system76_developing_new_linux_desktop/)**
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> 'There are things we'd like to do that we can't simply achieve through extensions in GNOME'

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**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\
**Post date:** [9 November 2021 18:58 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/system76-is-building-a-new-linux-desktop-in-rust/28377/3 "2021-11-09T18:58:10Z")

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Honestly, don’t do this, instead rewrite KDE in Rust, lol.