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posted by cmn32480 on Monday April 13 2015, @05:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the my-dear-watson dept.

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?

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 13 2015, @08:08AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 13 2015, @08:08AM (#169580) Journal

    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.

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