diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml
index dbf954eb88ac..0ce88c0c516c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml
@@ -5,42 +5,10 @@ on:
   push:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      macos12:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      macos13:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      macos14:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      debian11:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      debian12:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      ubuntu2004:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      ubuntu2204:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      fedora38:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      fedora37:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      fedora36:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      windows10:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-      windows11:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
+      oses:
+        default: ''
+        required: false
+        type: string
 jobs:
   prepare-matrices:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -49,9 +17,11 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           all='["debian11","debian12","ubuntu2004","ubuntu2204","ubuntu2304","fedora38","fedora37","fedora36"]'
-          inputs=${{ toJSON(github.event.inputs) }}
+          inputs=${{ toJSON(github.event.inputs.oses) }}
           echo "FIXME: test ALL THE INPUTS: $inputs"
-          selected=$(jq -nc --argjson inputs "$inputs" --argjson key "$keys" '[ $key[] | select(($inputs[.] == true) or ($inputs[.] | not)) ]'
+          #selected=$(jq -nc --argjson inputs "$inputs" --argjson keys "$all" '[ $keys[] | select(($inputs[.] == true) or ($inputs[.] | not)) ]'
+          selected=$(jq -cn --argjson inputs "$inputs" --argjson all "$all" '$all - ($all - $inputs)'
+          [[ "$selected" == "[]" ]] && selected="$all"
           echo "FIXME: test SELECTED targets: $selected"
           echo "linux_matrix=$selected" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Generate matrix for Windows builds