#elementaryos

ok so #elementaryos probably not gonna work for a touch screen computer. kind of a shame since that drastically and severely reduces accessibility use cases. their problem is they're still using onboard which hasn't been maintained well for some time. most of the xorg-era osks hardly work at all anymore. it's also not nearly wayland ready yet. problem with wayland osks is they're being made for specific desktops like gnome or kde, so there's going to be a ton of redundant effort making a generic wayland-session osk. that's kind of the double-edged sword of shipping your own desktop is you have full control over it but you also forego the support of big projects and have to do everything yourself, which leads to edge cases being unsupported, or reliance on third party vendors that you don't control. really the only solution to this is roll your own OSK or abandon that use case entirely.

@danirabbit@mastodon.online Sent a small sponsorship to @elementary@mastodon.social It's tough out there for all of us now. But c'mon, people, if you can spare it, now is the time to support alternatives to the ethical Chernobyl that is the tech landscape today. Now is the time to make the smallest public gestures and to stand up just the slightest bit for the brave queer role models in tech. And truly it's a worthy project. https://elementary.io/get-involved#funding #Foss #elementaryos #mutualaid

The actual reason why I stay in elementary OS and I don't want to switch to another Linux distribution. #linux #elementaryos #tech

A screenshot of my daily drive desktop. as screenshotted on Apr 30 2026. elementary OS 8.1 Linux 6.17.0-22-generic #linux #elementaryos #foss #tech #desktop

This week's Linux and FOSS news: LINUX NEWS elementaryOS dev announces to comply with California law to avoid fines: https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/116250765623660340 (I mean, losing a source of income is a valid concern on her part, but it doesn't justify that she risks the privacy of the users. Even though she says in a reply that asking for ID is different, I wouldn't be so sure at this point that she won't consider implementing that too, just to stay in business.) Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API: https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-leader-suggests-age-verification-api/ (Adopting a big tech corp's API? What the hell did he smoke? It's even worse than the Systemd stuff. I already had some trust issues with Fedora, but now it becomes pretty obvious, that they shouldn't be trusted) Devuan rejects compliance: https://xcancel.com/jaromil/status/2034694340249821329 (Now this is great to see. I'm considering getting away from Systemd due to their attitude to comply, Devuan is the primary distro I consider, because it would let me keep the Debian base but get rid of Systemd at the same time.) Slackware also rejects compliance: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-is-ab-1043-going-to-impact-slackware-4175762747/page15.html#post6626190 (3 Systemd-free distros not complying at this point, there are quite a few distros to go to.) And ZorinOS too: https://forum.zorin.com/t/statement-about-age-verification-laws/61052 (A really good summary of this whole age nonsense, a worthy read) Kicksecure/Whonix changes plan, "unlikely" to comply, after user backlash: https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Age-api#status Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism: https://itsfoss.com/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy/ (I think he isn't the one to blame here, but rather the Systemd project. If he didn't do it, someone else would do it. That's what we get from a corporate-backed project I guess. Harrassing him won't do anything, it's just naive, childish behavior.) Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support: https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/ (more Linux and FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AgeVerification #elementaryOS #Fedora #Devuan #Slackware #ZorinOS #Kicksecure #Whonix #Systemd #FosseryTech