Love the clean dock in elementaryOS but also prefer the flexibility of Linux Mint?
You can have both - especially if you're using any other X11-based distro like Mint.
Here's how:
- Move taskbar panel to the top
- sudo apt install plank
- Add plank to startup applications
Thats it!
And with a some tweaking and tuning you’ve got a elementaryOS-style dock also on Mint.
@amirbkhan @elementary Well done. This is a very useful guide. I installed #elementaryos on my 2014 MacBook Air months ago but haven't spent the time to figure out how to get the camera working. This will save me a lot of time. Thanks!
I feel like every few months I have to convince myself that I shouldn't make a Linux icon set. I know it would be too much work for me and take too long, but I feel it would be really fun at least for a while. I basically want to mash elementary and GNOME styles together, make my own color palette for them, and just steal the elementary cursor theme with basically no changes because it's so good.
But I also would just be making it for me because I don't want to become a project maintainer and don't want to field a bunch of icon requests
i'm probably going to get a #frameworklaptop12 and sell my 13 at a good price to my girlfriend so that she can replace her dying laptop. i'm probably going to try #elementaryos on it. i've had issues with it on my 13, the resolution of the display is too high and i could never find a good compromise of settings to compensate for the lack of fractional scaling. the display was too high res and it was messing everything up.
considering that the 12 is running a 1080p display, i believe things will go much more smoothly. i love the idea of running an os who's lead dev is a fellow transfeminine person and who cares so much about queer and disabled people's issues. maybe i'll run back to bazzite, as it has become my standard, but i'm still curious to try it nonetheless. 
@alex_deplov my decade old mac airs are back in action purring smoothly thanks to #elementaryos
How do you lure your kids off iPhones?
Give them MacBooks…running a "cool" version of Linux. Snagged 2 old Airs for just €50 each.
Wiped macOS, & installed @elementary - a clean, distro that feels familiar to macOS users but comes with a lot less bloat.
Now they’ve got "cool" Apple gear, with the the rich world of #Linux that respects their freedom and sparks curiosity.
Kids 1, Dad 1
Win-Win
Full guide here:
https://mangotek.eu/posts/breathing-new-life-into-macbook-airs/
The weather's cloudy a lukewarm. Perfect for today's stream where I create a "yes, but no" resource for everyone who tells me to just switch to #linux :P
Nah but seriously we'll look at a number of first-time experiences (install, initial boot into the OS ec.) of various popular and less popular distros. I will comment on the #accessibility considerations primarily for #screenReader users and I'm sure other things'll come up. See you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed around 3 PM EST/8P BST/9pm CEST over at https://twitch.tv/ic_null or https://youtube.com/@blindlyCoding. My #peertube account is, unfortunately, not approved yet :) #selfPromo #tech #foss #selfHosting #homeLab #stream #ubuntu #debian #fedora #elementaryOs #kaliLinux #blind
Oh, specifically the #popos packaging issue I mentioned:
- PopOS uses COSMIC desktop, which is #wayland and in Alpha
- But they use a special configuration which means (on my hardware) other Wayland DEs don't run
- #x11 DEs mostly work fine
- But their packaging assumes Wayland compatibility
- So a lot of software doesn't work or has graphical issues on X11
Unfortunately, this situation reminds me of #elementaryos lockdown, which killed that distro's popularity. #linux
I tried #ElementaryOS, and I really liked what I saw. The WM looks very polished, and the attention to detail is stunning. Compared to other Linux distributions, this one seems the most polished to me, and, for some reason, the closest to the macOS experience that we're about to lose with the Tahoe release.
I also like how the Elementary team builds SVG icons. I've never seen that technique before. The semi-transparent borders around the layers look great when rendered by the system.
@elementary @Endof10 How about #endofOSX? I installed elementary OS on my 2014 MacBook Air after I stopped receiving updates to OSX. This computer is now running much better than it did under the most recent Mac OS update I was able to install. Linux in general and elementary OS in particular are a great way to breathe new life into Intel Macs that Apple no longer supports. #endof10 #elementaryos #linux
Today, I tried #ElementaryOS, and it looks very polished and nice. The only thing I don't understand is why CMD isn't the default instead of CTRL. It claims to be a replacement for macOS, which I like, but it seems like there is no option to set it up in the settings or installer.
The only opinion in the Fediverse I care about on the iPadOS changes.
(I mean, have you seen #elementaryos in any screenshots? It’s beautiful. Danielle and her team understood the assignment.)
I’m once again thinking about finding (or creating) a new Linux distro.
I really want #elementaryos to work, but it really struggles to provide the essentials in a reliable way (which is a shame because I think it would be the easiest transition for folks coming from the Mac).
I just can’t get anything done when I have to fix basic stuff like email and saving files and such on a daily basis.
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This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
Arch project to create new sponsorships policy, which defines two types of sponsorships:
https://news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-sponsorships/
elementaryOS 8 released with new gesture controller, improved multitasking view, notification when taking a screenshot with a keyboard shortcut, improved dock, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/elementary-os-improves-window-manager-dock-multitasking-screenshot-capture-and-more/
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed monthly update brings Linux kernel 6.14.6, QEMU 10.0, KDE Plasma 6.3.5, other updated packages:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/opensuse-tumbleweed-update-brings-qemu-10-kde-plasma-6-3-5-and-security-upgrades/
CachyOS update fixes NVIDIA issues by detecting the GPU and atomatically installing the correct driver, brings new boot animation and GRUB theme, Cachy-Browser discontinued, Firefox with custom config becomes the default, Proton-CachyOS is now based on Proton 10:
https://betanews.com/2025/06/01/cachyos-nvidia-fix-steam-deck-support-linux-browser-dropped/
Rocky Linux 9.6 released with enhanced image-building and delivery process, updated images, additional policy rules for SELinux, package updates:
https://9to5linux.com/rocky-linux-9-6-is-available-for-download-based-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-6
UBports 20.04 OTA-9 released with VoLTE support out-of-the-box for more carriers, Waydroid 1.5.1, new font for emojis, support for newer emojis, bug fixes:
https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-9-focal-release-3962
Malicious pull requests to the Linux kernel copying Linus Torvalds' patches and re-listing him as the author got prevented:
https://news.itsfoss.com/linus-kernel-broken-pull-request/
(FOSS news in comments)
I’ve been running #elementaryos on my personal machines for about six months now as a way to get familiar with a Linux distro I could recommend to people coming from Mac or windows.
I still think it’s the best fit for that I’ve seen, but I do find myself desiring something with fewer distractions and it has me thinking again about how I’d design a workstation.
Devs working on elementary OS continually push out pertinent fixes, features and finesse via regular updates – recent ones delivered some neat improvements!
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/elementary-os-8-recent-updates
