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Posts about elementary OS and related topics
Hera Updates for March, 2020 Sun, Apr 5, 2020
OS 5.1.3 brings improvements and fixes across the board
Fresh on the heels of the AppCenter for Everyone Remote Sprint, we still managed to push out a good amount of updates over the…
AppCenter for Everyone Remote Sprint Sat, Mar 28, 2020
What we accomplished despite postponing the in-person sprint
While we ended up postponing the in-person AppCenter for Everyone sprint due to concerns around COVID-19, we did still get together remotely to get…
AppCenter for Everyone Campaign Results Mon, Mar 9, 2020
Stats, sprint plans, and more
Today marks the end of the AppCenter for Everyone crowdfunding campaign. We’re happy to report that we hit over 190% of our original goal,…
Hera Updates for February, 2020 Sun, Mar 1, 2020
Improvements to AppCenter, Files, Code, and more
This month we launched our AppCenter for Everyone campaign, smashed through the goal in just a few days, and launched a stretch goal for…
AppCenter Spotlight: Planner Tue, Feb 18, 2020
Never worry about forgetting things again
If you’ve been looking for a great task management app, look no further: Planner by Alain is the one. It’s also by far one…
Hera Updates for January, 2020 Mon, Feb 3, 2020
Focusing on developers, privacy, and fine tuning
Fresh on the heels of releasing elementary OS 5.1 Hera, we spent January pushing out several developer-focused updates to core apps. We also focused…
Our 2019 in Review Wed, Jan 15, 2020
And looking forward in 2020
2019 was an intense and record-breaking year for us at elementary. You can read about the monthly updates in detail, but let’s take a…
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera Tue, Dec 3, 2019
A major update on a solid foundation
Last October, we announced elementary OS 5 Juno with wide-ranging updates to provide a more refined user experience, improve productivity for new and seasoned…
Rebuilding elementary OS Tue, Nov 5, 2019
Our road to a better release process, automated builds, and more
If you’ve been following elementary OS, your top thought right now is probably, “Where’s 5.1?” If you’ve been following elementary OS for quite some…
Updates for October, 2019 Fri, Nov 1, 2019
The Flatpak Update. Plus: prepping for LAS and wrapping up Hacktoberfest.
Welcome to November! A bit later this month we’ll be attending the Linux App Summit alongside folks from Canonical, CodeThink, Collabora, Endless, Flatpak, Fractal,…
Updates for September, 2019 Wed, Oct 2, 2019
Updates to apps, settings, and more—plus kicking off Hacktoberfest
Happy October! As you settle into the fall season (or spring for those of you in the Southern hemisphere!), we’re back to share the…
Updates for August, 2019 Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Plus some info about the 5.1 release
Last month was busy! In August, we officially launched the new blog, launched the brand new login and lock screen greeter, and attended GUADEC…
elementary at GUADEC 2019 Thu, Sep 5, 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
Cassidy and fellow GUADEC attendees arriving at the Thessaloniki airport GUADEC is the annual GNOME User And Developer European* Conference where contributors to GNOME…
Welcome to the New Blog Thu, Aug 15, 2019
Why we left Medium, and how!
In 2016, elementary moved to a Medium publication to host our official blog. At the time, Medium was touted as a simple, clean, and…
Updates for July, 2019 Sun, Aug 4, 2019
Lots of small updates, and a new blog!
It’s that time again! Time to look back at the past month and see all of the updates that have been pushed out to…
Licensing for our Written Content Thu, Aug 1, 2019
Using Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
You might have noticed something new at the bottom of blog posts lately: We’ve determined that the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license allows the…
Get Settled into elementary OS with Onboarding Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Designed to improve the first-run experience
We’ve never provided a tutorial or “welcome” on your first run of elementary OS before; our Human Interface Guidelines state that users “should be…
2019 UI Study Results Fri, May 17, 2019
Regarding Custom Styles, Dark Modes, and Night Light
In my time contributing to elementary and GNOME, I’ve become familiar with pleas from users to implement official support for arbitrary themes — while that itself…
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference Fri, May 17, 2019
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
In the past year or so, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox have begun testing or released a user-set dark…
What’s New in Ephemeral 5 Wed, May 15, 2019
New features and snazzy UI refinements
Today I’m happy to announce the latest release of the private-by-default browser for elementary OS. Ephemeral 5 brought some useful new features, and 5.1…
Developer Tips: GitHub Workflow Mon, Apr 8, 2019
Best practices to make development faster and easier
AppCenter leans heavily into the GitHub-based workflow for developers, ensuring that elementary isn’t recreating the wheel. However, that also means that many handy aspects…
elementary AppCenter + Flatpak Mon, Apr 1, 2019
Preparing for the future
Image from Flatpak.org After several years(!) of observing, exploring, and engaging with various newer packaging formats, we’re excited to announce that elementary will be…
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Working with GNOME on shared features
This week I’ve been in London, UK to attend the Parental Controls & Metered Data hackfest and work alongside folks from GNOME, Endless, Red…
Major Updates to Ephemeral Sat, Feb 23, 2019
What’s new with the always-incognito web browser
In case you’ve missed it, I’ve been actively developing Ephemeral, the always-incognito web browser, for elementary OS. My vision for version 1.0 was simple:…
Accessibility Features Are Just Features Sat, Feb 16, 2019
An OS-wide curb-cutting effort
Photo of an accessible curb cut by Dane Deaner on Unsplash For some time now, Daniel and I have been talking about how accessibility features…