System76 left a really bad taste in my mouth.

I can’t speak to Cosmic, but their existing system updater tool was a crash prone pile of garbage that never got fixed for years. That’s right, the tool they shipped with was known broken open issue on github for YEARS.

Then one day I updated and the latest linux kernel just didn’t work on my S76 branded laptop. Didn’t for MONTHS.

Maybe they’ve improved since, but I’m never giving them money again.