Danielle Foré

@ariadne for me the solution there is focusing on inclusive design. It completely solved my whole perspective on when and how to implement settings and what features matter to put it in a framework of how we can make the experience more inclusive

@Sobex we don’t use it! https://docs.elementary.io/contributor-guide/development/generative-ai-policy

@nettings possible! I find that the more experience someone has with desktop Linux the more they hate elementary OS, which I see as a success indicator personally haha

@ariadne @Sobex totally. That like vapor wave, bit fonts, etc aesthetic is very “Nintendo power glove” and I feel like the messaging hits on the white male youth anger at a world that isn’t as compliant with their supposed supremacy. Don’t be sad little white boy, you can “be somebody” from the comfort of your basement. Play with digital slaves. Embrace oligarchy. You’re the master in our vision of the world

@ariadne @Sobex which I think sometimes really disappoints that set of people who expect productized Linux. They wanted to feel like a leet haxor and use Terminal and tweak and customize things and that’s not at all what I’m selling

@ariadne @Sobex I’d say we’re kind of doing the opposite of Omarchy in that we do a lot of things that are not traditionally Linux-y and the prospect we’re selling isn’t, “be a leet haxor and rice your desktop”, but rather “Spend less time thinking about computer and more time doing interesting things”. The OS in elementary OS is not the product. The idea of not worrying about the OS is the product

I would view this as a complete failure if anyone on my team felt this way. Nobody should ever be made to feel embarrassed for asking questions. We’re doing challenging and oftentimes confusing work. Good engineers ask questions!