elementary

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.

@bazzite.gg woo congrats on the release!

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 🩷

A screenshot of the custom keyboard shortcut action chooser window. It contains a list of apps and their actions like the sticky notes app “Jorts” and “Mail → Compose Message”. At the bottom of the window you can alternatively choose to type in a custom Terminal command

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

A screenshot of the Shortcuts overlay in elementary OS. It contains keyboard shortcuts for managing windows and workspaces, navigating the system, and taking screenshots

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
@FreeBSDFoundation
@gentoo […]

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance on Steam Blue Protocol: Star Resonance expands the Blue Protocol universe with a vibrant MMORPG experience. Create your own hero, team up for strategic raids, or simply relax and have fun with friends fishing, crafting, and endless exploration. Adventure awaits!

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/

All of our desktop components use an object-oriented language called @vala_lang that will be very familiar to anyone who has worked with similar languages like JavaScript or C#.

We use @GTK as our application toolkit which can be styled with a subset of CSS.

And all the icons we use are open […]

We have a nifty contributor guide here for tips on getting involved with elementary OS

https://docs.elementary.io/contributor-guide

Especially look for issues tagged “Good First Issue” or “Bitesize” on GitHub

https://github.com/elementary

And don’t forget you can join our discord and get […]

Hacktoberfest 2025 Hacktoberfest: a month-long celebration of open-source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors.

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/

A set of 5 pin buttons including the classic elementary logo on blue, the rainbow logo, community logo with a heart inside it, purple "Learn Vala Do Future", and a Terminal prompt

A set of 5 seasonal pin buttons including Dia de Muertos, Disability Pride, Progress, Trans Pride, and the classic logo on blue

A "Learn Vala Do Future" mouse pad in purple

Check it out! We just dropped prices for just about everything in out store and added some very cool new products including button pins and a @vala_lang mouse pad!

https://store.elementary.io

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

You should be able to use the apps and app stores that you trust without any gate keeping from your operating system. That’s a big part of why we chose to build our app store on @FlatpakApps

#Flatpak #AppCenter

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/

A screenshot of Keyboard settings in elementary OS. The option "Compose key" is highlighted with a red rounded rectangle

💡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 […]

elementary Builds Early Access builds of elementary OS

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!

If you want to follow along or help us address accessibility issues in elementary OS, we’d love your help! We’re tracking issues in this GitHub project:

https://github.com/orgs/elementary/projects/111

If you discover a new issue—accessibility related or otherwise—we’d love to get your feedback […]