gala

According to their Github, it hasn't progressed much since 2020-2021[1]. Apparently, there is still a Gala issue and bugs related to Plank Dock/Wingpanel holding it back[2]. There's also a proposal for a Wayland Dock for Elementary OS 7[3] that doesn't seem to have advanced much. It seems like it was scheduled to be released by version 7, but priorities have changed. Let's hope they can polish it for 8. [1] https://github.com/orgs/elementary/projects/12 [2] https://github.com/elementary/gala/wiki/Experimenting-with-W... [3] https://github.com/orgs/elementary/projects/99

I hate to add even more of a wishlist, but in addition to moving towards a Wayland environment, it would be nice to see an immutable root as well. SteamOS on deck has sold me on this concept; as long as there's plenty of escape hatches and the ability to disable it, I view it as a plus, and no doubt it makes updates excellent. These two features would make Elementary OS the very obvious recommendation for anyone curious about Linux but wanting an environment that actually works and looks nice. Today on Linux, it feels like you are more often than not stuck between choosing one or the other... Regarding Wayland, it looks like it has been hacked on here and there but doesn't seem to be a priority yet: https://github.com/elementary/gala/wiki/Experimenting-with-W... Hopefully by the time it is, NVIDIA's driver will have better stability with

I think it's interesting that so many things in elementary OS are written in Vala. They are probably the biggest user of the language. For example: Calculator: https://github.com/elementary/calculator Calendar: https://github.com/elementary/calendar E-mail client: https://github.com/elementary/mail File manager: https://github.com/elementary/files Image viewer: https://github.com/elementary/photos Music Player: https://github.com/elementary/music Terminal: https://github.com/elementary/terminal Window manager: https://github.com/elementary/gala