By Bertel King - Published Apr 22, 2026
From the moment GNOME 3 launched back in 2011, I felt like it was perfect for a touchscreen, and I’m happy to say that it absolutely is. I’d even go so far as to say that the GNOME interface is a better way to navigate a touchscreen than that of Android or iOS. I’ve said before that I would love to see an official GNOME-only OS, and this experience has only strengthened that desire.
Every aspect of GNOME is easy to tap with a finger. Opening the app drawer and swiping between workspaces feels completely natural with three-finger gestures. Windows are easy to drag around, maximize, or pin to the side. The virtual keyboard that pops up when I tap an input field is the only visual distinction from desktop GNOME. (…)
I’m about to make you happy. The below script puts SSH into initramfs, so you can SSH in to a prompt and type your LUKS password at boot. No part of the system is accessible over this SSH connection, just the prompt. You also still get the prompt locally on screen.
PORT=22 PUBKEY=... sudo apt install -y dropbear-initramfs echo "DROPBEAR_OPTIONS=\"-I 180 -j -k -p ${PORT} -s\"" |sudo tee -a /etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear.conf echo "no-port-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-x11-forwarding,command=\"/bin/cryptroot-unlock\" ${PUBKEY}" |sudo tee /etc/dropbear/initramfs/authorized_keys sudo dropbearconvert openssh dropbear /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key /etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key sudo dropbearconvert openssh dropbear /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key /etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear_ed25519_host_key sudo dropbearconvert openssh dropbear /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key /etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear_rsa_host_key sudo update-initramfs -u -k all@[email protected] for if this is easier than what you are doing.