Have you seen the new StarBook Horizon from @starlabssystems? Wowee is it pretty and it packs a ton of built-in privacy features 👀 Snag one with elementary OS to help support development and get 10% off for #blackfriday 🎁 💸 https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starbook-horizon

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Your November update is here! This time we have the release of Monitor, a ton of issue fixes in our Window Manager, some visual design updates, and more! Check it all out here: https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-november-2025/

Question for any blind desktop Linux users, particularly GNOME users, out there: What are the remaining practical issues with running Orca in a Wayland-based GNOME session? I'm guessing inability to synthesize mouse clicks is the main one.

Very cool news! Which games are we playing lately? https://mastodon.social/@anthroposamu/115455955354708635

We just passed 12,000 followers 🥳 Thank you everyone for supporting and being interested in our little operating system 🩷

Hey power users, did you know you can directly launch app actions and even execute terminal commands with a custom keyboard shortcut? 💡Open System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Custom to make your commonly used actions available right at your fingertips #protip

Learning all the keyboard shortcuts for a new operating system can be challenging! That’s why we have a built-in shortcuts app to help you out. 💡 Tap the Super (or Windows) key to open the Applications menu and search “Shortcuts”. There you’ll find a list of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Just wanted to make this a bit more visible since we’re getting some more recent attention for folks with vision-related disabilities. If you’ve encountered anything unexpected or something isn’t working for you or you’re just having a hard time getting around, please file a report about it! We […]

Today on the international e-waste day, do the final move to update your computer from Microsoft #Windows10 to an operating system that respects your freedom to use, study, share, and improve the software you use, like: @archlinux @debian @elementary @fedora#windows10@FreeBSDFoundation @gentoo […]

A new anime-styled MMORPG launched today and it plays with Steam + Proton! Anybody playing Blue Protocol: Star Resonance on elementary OS? 👀 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3681810/Blue_Protocol_Star_Resonance/ #linuxgaming

shoutout to @elementary in times where everyone around us is seemingly turning into a fascist nightmare techbro company, elementary stays aggressively queer ​:neocat_heart:​ (btw, u should totally check out their stuff, donate, buy some merch or otherwise support them!)

Our monthly update blog post is here! We've got a ton of new feature updates to go over including the first release of Maps, improvements to AppCenter, Background Apps portal support in the Dock, and tons more. Check it out: https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-october-2025/

Hacktoberfest is now! If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to an open source project, this is your month to get involved! For super contributors—those who get 6 or more pull requests merged—you can get a free T Shirt 👀 Find out more here: https://hacktoberfest.com/

Re-evaluating some of our retail items and seeing if we can adjust prices and maybe add some new things. Any requests? 👀

OS 8.0.2 is available now as a pay-what-you-can download from our website! This release wraps up our last 6 months of bug fix and feature work and includes the latest Hardware Enablement stack from Ubuntu. https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-0-2-available-now/

We’ve had some reports of AppCenter not launching after the latest updates. Oops! 😅 We’re pushing a fix right now. AppCenter 8.3.1 should be available shortly. Thanks for your patience!

Feeling very proud today to be shipping a web browser without any “AI” 😅

RE: https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/115226164650502655 The new Dock sure is looking good in Early Access! Super excited to ship all these features in OS 8.1 🚀 Support development and try it out now at https://builds.elementary.io

Safe app sideloading and alt stores are both supported out of the box on elementary OS and can be installed with a double click. No messy jailbreaking or rooting necessary 🎉

We finally have a release date for Silk Song! Who’s playing it on elementary OS? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1030300/Hollow_Knight_Silksong/

💡To more quickly type letters with accents or special characters, you can set up a "Compose" key in System Settings → Keyboard → Layout Also check out this handy Compose Key cheat sheet to learn how to type arrows, fractions, em dashes, musical notation, and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Did you know that elementary OS isn’t a remix or spin distribution? We build our images from metapackage seeds 📦 🌱 And now with the release of @debian Trixie—woo congrats 🎉—we’re using the latest version of Debian Livebuild to put together our operating system. This allows us to clean up our […]

It’s time for another monthly update post! This month we have updates for our developer-facing tools—Code and Terminal—plus some big improvements to Bluetooth settings, and the new Hardware Enablement stack from @ubuntu has landed! And in Early Access we have the new Maps app, some fresh eye […]

Good news for folks with Early Access! You can now try daily builds of universal EFI ARM64 images at https://builds.elementary.io These are install images for computers like M-series Macs and Raspberry Pi’s that support EFI firmware. Join Early Access for as little as $1/mo and give them a try!

Our latest blog post is here with updates on our accessibility story and new software releases, including a big update to Code and powerful new keyboard shortcut options. Plus a redesign for Bluetooth settings and ARM64 builds in Early Access! https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-july-2025/

Did you know we have a Discord community with over 1,200 members? Share with other fans, talk to developers, get help, and more here: https://discord.gg/pCenUBu

Recently upcycled a computer by installing elementary OS or another Linux operating system? Post about it with hashtag #endof10 or explore @Endof10#endof10to find out how you can help reduce e-waste and give new life to an older device when Windows 10 support ends this fall

It’s official! elementary does not accept AI-generated code or design contributions as a matter of policy across any of our over 150 source code repositories. Our operating system is made and shared by real people https://github.com/elementary/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md