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elementary have just released the final version of their long expected elementary OS version 0.3 "Freya". After a week-long countdown, an expected release candidate was skipped and they went from beta 2 straight to the final.
A brief overview of the project from the Wikipedia entry:
elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It makes use of a desktop with its own shell named Pantheon, and is deeply integrated with other elementary OS applications like Plank (a dock), Midori (the default web browser) and Scratch (a simple text editor). This distribution uses Gala as its window manager, which is based on Mutter. The distribution initially started as a set of themes and applications designed for Ubuntu which later turned into its own Linux distro. Being Ubuntu-based, it is compatible with its repositories and packages. It uses Ubuntu's own software center to handle installation/removal of software, though its own software center is in the making. Its user interface aims at being intuitive for new users without consuming too many resources.
The team is known for their highly polished "Pantheon" desktop environment as well as for their funding strategy that requires the visitor to enter a donation amount, even if it is zero, before revealing download links.
Will this release be solid enough for them to aim for the top spots of Linux distributions?
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday April 13 2015, @06:28AM
Not sure a third derivative is ever going to make it to the top spot among linux distributions. The world is getting a little apprehensive about Debian's downstream anyway.
Still it's interesting how many different packages they had to fork to come up with a working DE they could call their own.
I periodically nuke a VM and fire up some small distro for fun and learning. Salix (Slack based) was my last project (no systemd). Maybe I'll give this one a try, just after I get done upgrading my OpenBSD to 5.7. So many systems so few hours.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2015, @06:46AM
Technically Mint is a third derivative: Debian -> Ubuntu -> Mint .. and its #1 per Distrowatch now for a few years. I find a lot of the "smaller" distros quite flaky and soon blow them away after setting up a VM to take a look. Its hard to get away from systemd though as I run Mint primarily and am comfortably setup in my (photo) workflow and software needs at this point. It took 3 years to wean off of the Seattle medication, and then systemd - rats. Now what?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 13 2015, @08:08AM
LMDE - Linux Mint Debian Edition. Not Ubuntu based. Those of us who dumped Ubuntu don't load Ubuntu based OS's very often. Linux Mint was abandoned along with Ubuntu, but LMDE is still good on my machines.