So @davidmhewitt is a boss and fixed the installer localization! I prepared a few releases this morning and when those are merged I’ll build a new stable ISO and send out an update to sponsors.
Gonna turn my attention back to wrapping up the press release. I need to poke a couple people about availability to pick a release date but I think we have no major blockers now. OS 8 is done*
While I’m waiting for a few branch approvals, maybe this is the way to go for OS Upgrades in the future? https://github.com/elementary/os/issues/724
It seems like systemd-sysupdate and bootc are kind of the most popular atomic update paths here. At least trying to start the conversation so we can finally implement this in a reliable way
@danirabbit I promoted this idea to the KDE folks when they chose to use sysupdate, and I'll promote the same idea to you now: you could build the OS on top of your Flatpak runtime, and thus the freedesktop-sdk! That way, elementary OS, GNOME OS, and (if I can convince them eventually) KDE OS could be a family of distros that are controlled by their associated Desktop projects and share the distro stuff like hardware enablement, security, etc
Just planting an idea :), and happy to discuss
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