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#GNOME
We’re Going to WestCoast Summit!
At the end of June, we’ll be meeting up with GNOME developers from the United States to discuss our future plans and how we can collaborate. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet other players from the open source world in...
Read more…#accessibility
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
Accessibility Features Are Just Features
An OS-wide curb-cutting effort
#appcenter
Updates for October, 2019
The Flatpak Update. Plus: prepping for LAS and wrapping up Hacktoberfest.
elementary AppCenter + Flatpak
Preparing for the future
Privacy and elementary OS
How we protect your data from ourselves and others
AppCenter and Content Ratings
Using open standards to empower users and parents
About AppCenter Payments
Building a sustainable app ecosystem
AppCenter & the Future of the Universe
How elementary OS can “cross the chasm”
So You Wanna Publish on AppCenter
Helpful tips, common pitfalls, and frequently asked questions
Building the Future of elementary OS
Why AppCenter is the center of our platform
#calendar
Juno Updates for February, 2019
Bug fixes and performance improvements
#customer-engagement
A Wild Karen Sophia Has Appeared!
And she’s bringing stickers back
#dark-style
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
User Interface Study Findings
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 is a large and controversial topic, I have been working over the past few years to...
Read more…#design
Say Hello to the New Greeter
Our redesigned login and lock screen
Welcome to the New Blog
Why we left Medium, and how!
Get Settled into elementary OS with Onboarding
Designed to improve the first-run experience
Meet the Upcoming Installer
Making elementary OS more “gettable”
Busting Major Myths Around elementary OS
A look at the facts
The open source desktop landscape is complicated. There are many distros, many desktop environments, and so many things to know about each of them. We often see folks fall into some of the same pieces of misinformation when reporting on...
Read more…Switching from macOS: Creative Work
What it’s like to do creative work or work alongside a designer on elementary OS
A Music App Shouldn't Be a Podcast App
The Heuristics of Headerbars
10×10 Design Process
The problem and a possible solution
What's (Still) Up With Window Controls?
In my original post, “What’s Up With Window Controls?”, I outlined some of the things we were thinking about window controls in elementary and the beginning of an experiment. As of now, we’ve been running that experiment for about a...
Read more…What's Up With Window Controls?
It’s the stuff of epic flame wars. “My button position is better than yours” surely gets the blood boiling. So let’s take a second and talk window controls. What do they do, why do we have them, what order should...
Read more…#developer-tips
Developer Tips: GitHub Workflow
Best practices to make development faster and easier
#devs
Developer Tips: GitHub Workflow
Best practices to make development faster and easier
A New Native File Chooser
And how you can get your apps ready for it
Building the Next Generation of Apps
Platform improvements and goals for Juno
So You Wanna Publish on AppCenter
Helpful tips, common pitfalls, and frequently asked questions
Switching from macOS: Developer Environment
Part 2 of a 5-part series
What’s Up With HiDPI Icons?
Thoughts from the GNOME WestCoast Summit
Why we write elementary apps in Vala
A tremendously effective tool for our needs
The Heuristics of Headerbars
#digital-wellbeing
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest
Working with GNOME on shared features
#event
elementary at GUADEC 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest
Working with GNOME on shared features
We’re Back from LAS 2018
Sharing knowledge and wisdom in Denver, Colorado
Things We Learned at GUADEC 2018
You can drink on the beach in Almería
GNOME West Coast Summit
We’re Going to WestCoast Summit!
At the end of June, we’ll be meeting up with GNOME developers from the United States to discuss our future plans and how we can collaborate. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet other players from the open source world in...
Read more…#fdo
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
Making System Settings Access a Cross-Desktop Feature
A new cross-desktop URL scheme specification
#first-run
Say Hello to the New Greeter
Our redesigned login and lock screen
#flatpak
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
Updates for October, 2019
The Flatpak Update. Plus: prepping for LAS and wrapping up Hacktoberfest.
elementary at GUADEC 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
elementary AppCenter + Flatpak
Preparing for the future
A New Native File Chooser
And how you can get your apps ready for it
We’re Back from LAS 2018
Sharing knowledge and wisdom in Denver, Colorado
#funding
Today Is My 30th Birthday
And I have a small request
A Wild Karen Sophia Has Appeared!
And she’s bringing stickers back
Privacy and elementary OS
How we protect your data from ourselves and others
About AppCenter Payments
Building a sustainable app ecosystem
You Are Not the Product
A reminder about our stance on advertising and tracking
Payments
Or, “Why we make you type $0”
While our desktop developers are hard at work making Freya happen (we just released beta 2!), our web developers and many new contributors are collaborating over at GitHub to bring our new website to life.
Read more…#github
Rebuilding elementary OS
Our road to a better release process, automated builds, and more
Developer Tips: GitHub Workflow
Best practices to make development faster and easier
elementary + GitHub
We’ve completed our move
#gnome
elementary at GUADEC 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
Today Is My 30th Birthday
And I have a small request
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest
Working with GNOME on shared features
We’re Back from LAS 2018
Sharing knowledge and wisdom in Denver, Colorado
Things We Learned at GUADEC 2018
You can drink on the beach in Almería
Busting Major Myths Around elementary OS
A look at the facts
The open source desktop landscape is complicated. There are many distros, many desktop environments, and so many things to know about each of them. We often see folks fall into some of the same pieces of misinformation when reporting on...
Read more…GNOME West Coast Summit
#gtk
elementary at GUADEC 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
Building the Next Generation of Apps
Platform improvements and goals for Juno
The Heuristics of Headerbars
#guadec
elementary at GUADEC 2019
Hanging out with GNOME in Thessaloniki, Greece
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
Things We Learned at GUADEC 2018
You can drink on the beach in Almería
#hera
Our 2019 in Review
And looking forward in 2020
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
#hidpi
What is HiDPI
and Why Does it Matter?
What’s Up With HiDPI Icons?
Thoughts from the GNOME WestCoast Summit
GNOME West Coast Summit
#infrastructure
Rebuilding elementary OS
Our road to a better release process, automated builds, and more
#installer
Meet the Upcoming Installer
Making elementary OS more “gettable”
#juno
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
Rebuilding elementary OS
Our road to a better release process, automated builds, and more
Updates for October, 2019
The Flatpak Update. Plus: prepping for LAS and wrapping up Hacktoberfest.
Updates for September, 2019
Updates to apps, settings, and more—plus kicking off Hacktoberfest
Updates for August, 2019
Plus some info about the 5.1 release
Say Hello to the New Greeter
Our redesigned login and lock screen
Updates for July, 2019
Lots of small updates, and a new blog!
Juno Updates for May, 2019
New features and fixes
Juno Updates for April, 2019
New settings, redesigned dialogs, smashed bugs, and more
Juno Updates for March, 2019
While we made a pretty big announcement on April 1, March wasn’t without its own hard work
Juno Updates for February, 2019
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Juno Updates for January, 2019
We’re back from the holidays with plenty of updates
Juno Updates for December, 2018
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Juno Updates for November, 2018
It’s not the end of the cycle, it’s just the beginning
Building the Next Generation of Apps
Platform improvements and goals for Juno
#las
We’re Back from LAS 2018
Sharing knowledge and wisdom in Denver, Colorado
#luna
Hello, Luna Beta 1
RE: Geary
Continuing the legacy
Sometime last year the Yorba website was subtly changed from “Yorba is a non-profit free software group” to “Yorba was…”. This made us very, very sad at elementary. Before that, we’d been working on building a better relationship with Yorba....
Read more…#meson
Building the Next Generation of Apps
Platform improvements and goals for Juno
#meta
Our 2019 in Review
And looking forward in 2020
Welcome to the New Blog
Why we left Medium, and how!
Licensing for our Written Content
Using Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Our 2018 in Review
A look back at the past year of elementary
You Are Not the Product
A reminder about our stance on advertising and tracking
Our 2015 in Review
To get into the New Year’s Eve spirit, here’s our year in review!
We can’t believe that 2015 is almost over! It’s been a great year for elementary. So much has happened and we’re super excited to see what 2016 has in store. To get into the New Year’s Eve spirit, here’s our...
Read more…Payments
Or, “Why we make you type $0”
While our desktop developers are hard at work making Freya happen (we just released beta 2!), our web developers and many new contributors are collaborating over at GitHub to bring our new website to life.
Read more…Why we write elementary apps in Vala
A tremendously effective tool for our needs
Managing Criticism on Both Ends
I’ve been working with elementary and the community for quite some time now, and I’ve gotten a pretty good feel for the individuals that make up the awesome team. Not only that, but I know the direction of the project...
Read more…Distros, Platforms, and Where We Fit In
We often get asked to distribute software like LibreOffice, Firefox, Google Chrome, WINE, applications that use Qt, etc. And for the traditional Linux distribution this is a perfectly reasonable request. The typical distro make up for home users consists of...
Read more…Eating Our Own Dogfood
Woof!
Eating your own dog food. Taking what you dish out. Talking the talk and walking the walk. It’s a seemingly simple concept that has very important ramifications for the entire development process. If you’re an elementary contributor, developer, or someone...
Read more…#myths
Busting Major Myths Around elementary OS
A look at the facts
The open source desktop landscape is complicated. There are many distros, many desktop environments, and so many things to know about each of them. We often see folks fall into some of the same pieces of misinformation when reporting on...
Read more…#oars
AppCenter and Content Ratings
Using open standards to empower users and parents
Building the Next Generation of Apps
Platform improvements and goals for Juno
#oems
Switching from macOS: Hardware
In the Apple world, you have one choice for hardware: whatever Apple makes. With elementary OS, your options are far more vast.
#onboarding
Get Settled into elementary OS with Onboarding
Designed to improve the first-run experience
#open-source
Licensing for our Written Content
Using Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Today Is My 30th Birthday
And I have a small request
Switching from macOS: Open Source
What exactly is Open Source about and why does it make elementary OS better?
#parental-controls
Parental Controls & Metered Data Hackfest
Working with GNOME on shared features
#platform
Distros, Platforms, and Where We Fit In
We often get asked to distribute software like LibreOffice, Firefox, Google Chrome, WINE, applications that use Qt, etc. And for the traditional Linux distribution this is a perfectly reasonable request. The typical distro make up for home users consists of...
Read more…#pre-release
Hello, Luna Beta 1
#privacy
Privacy and elementary OS
How we protect your data from ourselves and others
You Are Not the Product
A reminder about our stance on advertising and tracking
#release
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
#sideload
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
#switchboard
Attack of the Settings
#switching-from-macos
Switching from macOS: Open Source
What exactly is Open Source about and why does it make elementary OS better?
Switching from macOS: Hardware
In the Apple world, you have one choice for hardware: whatever Apple makes. With elementary OS, your options are far more vast.
Switching from macOS: Creative Work
What it’s like to do creative work or work alongside a designer on elementary OS
Switching from macOS: Developer Environment
Part 2 of a 5-part series
Switching from macOS: The Basics
Part 1 of a 5-part series
#tattle-tale
Privacy and elementary OS
How we protect your data from ourselves and others
#updates
Our 2019 in Review
And looking forward in 2020
Introducing elementary OS 5.1 Hera
A major update on a solid foundation
Updates for October, 2019
The Flatpak Update. Plus: prepping for LAS and wrapping up Hacktoberfest.
Updates for September, 2019
Updates to apps, settings, and more—plus kicking off Hacktoberfest
Updates for August, 2019
Plus some info about the 5.1 release
Updates for July, 2019
Lots of small updates, and a new blog!
Juno Updates for June, 2019
A Few Little Big Fixes
Juno Updates for May, 2019
New features and fixes
Juno Updates for April, 2019
New settings, redesigned dialogs, smashed bugs, and more
Juno Updates for March, 2019
While we made a pretty big announcement on April 1, March wasn’t without its own hard work
Juno Updates for February, 2019
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Juno Updates for January, 2019
We’re back from the holidays with plenty of updates
Juno Updates for December, 2018
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Juno Updates for November, 2018
It’s not the end of the cycle, it’s just the beginning
#ux
The Need for a FreeDesktop Dark Style Preference
It’s time for the FreeDesktop to catch up
User Interface Study Findings
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 is a large and controversial topic, I have been working over the past few years to...
Read more…Accessibility Features Are Just Features
An OS-wide curb-cutting effort
#vala
Why we write elementary apps in Vala
A tremendously effective tool for our needs
#year-in-review
Our 2019 in Review
And looking forward in 2020
Our 2018 in Review
A look back at the past year of elementary
Our 2015 in Review
To get into the New Year’s Eve spirit, here’s our year in review!
We can’t believe that 2015 is almost over! It’s been a great year for elementary. So much has happened and we’re super excited to see what 2016 has in store. To get into the New Year’s Eve spirit, here’s our...
Read more…