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   elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:06:44 JST elementary

   Over the past several years we’ve been building features to improve the trust relationship with your computer by requiring your explicit informed consent and disallowing untrustworthy behavior on a technical level. Now we’re extending that story with both new settings to put you in control of the system features apps can access and a new Secure Session powered by Wayland.

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:09:28 JST elementary

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     In OS 8 operating system updates will now appear in System Settings. The new system updates mechanism is super fast and includes the option to download updates automatically. Plus there are new options in the system shutdown dialog so you can install updates before shutting down or choose to skip a pending update, even when automatic updates are enabled.

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:09:29 JST elementary

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     Application settings has an all-new design that expands your control over permissions. We now support adjusting the run-time permissions in Flatpak’s Permissions Store. So if you’ve previously denied an app access to run in the background or granted an app permission to set the wallpaper, you can change your mind at any time and adjust permissions here

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:09:29 JST elementary

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     In OS 8 we’re expanding your access to apps even further by including the most popular app store for Linux out of the box: @flathub

     You’ll be able to access apps made specifically for elementary OS, apps made for Linux, and popular cross-platform apps like Discord and Spotify all directly from #AppCenter without having to manually sideload or configure an alt store.

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:10:14 JST elementary

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     We took the opportunity a few years ago to run a survey and get better insights into the way you multitask on elementary OS and other operating systems. We then combined those insights with the feedback we’ve received in GitHub over the years and carefully reconsidered the role of the Dock in our desktop. This has resulted in a new Dock that retains the features you love from OS 7 and before and introduces whole new features to improve your multitasking workflow

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:10:51 JST elementary

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     Keyboard navigation and screen reader support during Installation, Initial Setup, and Onboarding has been rewritten and the entire first run experience has been much improved for blind folks in OS 8. We also now have screen reader support in the Alt + Tab window switcher and we’ve made sure that there’s audio feedback when we’re unable to complete window management tasks

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:34:25 JST elementary

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     System Settings has been refreshed with a modern space-saving dual-pane design that is more responsive for small and large displays. We’ve also vastly improved support for text scaling, screen readers, keyboard navigation, right-to-left language layouts, and improved contrast in illustrations. Plus search now returns more relevant results and the titles of those results now reflect both the exact setting name they’re matching and the path to that setting.

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     elementary (elementary@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 03:34:25 JST elementary

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     OS 8 also brings a new Quick Settings menu that improves access to features while reducing clutter in the panel. We’ve started by combining the accessibility and session menus which contain useful controls, but don’t indicate a change in status. We’ve also added hotly requested controls like Dark Mode and Rotation Lock.