When we did our desktop survey, 98% of you said you change at least a few of the items on the dock. So, what’s pinned to your dock? Feel free to share screenshots :)

Happy Holidays from everyone at elementary! Thank you for being part of our community and spending another winter with us 🎄☃️

Everything you love, made even better. OS 8.1 improves the Secure Session and Dock, enhances accessibility, improves support for your devices, and addresses your feedback with over 1,100 issue reports fixed https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/ #elementaryos #opensource #linux

RE: https://mastodon.social/@elementary/114280707553145509 According to our Wrapstodon, our most popular post this year was about our anti-AI policy! Very proud to say that all of our code, artwork, copywriting, social media, everything is created by humans and openly licensed 🩷🤝

We just did the first refresh of our logotype since 2013! We rarely use this brand asset, but it's one of the first things you see when you visit our home page. The refresh changes the base typeface from Raleway to Inter and increases character weight while […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Hey tech press! If you’re not yet on our press list, now is a great time to sign up. It’s a super low volume list that we only use to send important press releases. And we’re about to send one your way 😉 https://elementary.io/press

We're looking for some fine folks who would be willing to host Linux App Summit in April 2026 specifically we are looking for countries in Europe. If you're interested in hosting, please DM me. :) #linux #AppEcosystem #gnome #kde

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

Trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️✊

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

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