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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Elementary OS Updates for July 2023 (blog.elementary.io)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This should be the last monthly update before OS 7.1 and it’s a good one! We have new releases of our office productivity apps, including several new features in Mail, a much more personal Login & Lock Screen experience with improved accessibility, and a couple of large redesigns in System Settings. Plus, for our developers we have a big new release of Code with tons of bug fixes. And don’t forget to read the Early Access Preview to find out what last minute features might make it into the next big OS release.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I still remember fondly when elementary was relevant. It's been a while.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

For sure. I daily drove it for a long time many years ago when it was starting.

I tried it again recently when I was looking for a Linux OS for my moms 2009 white MacBook, since the default DE wouldn’t be too hard for her to understand.

I forgot how you legit can’t customize anything without external tools, PPAs and DEB support is disabled and requires a terminal command to enable, which is not user friendly at all for people new to Linux. Their App Store is also super buggy and the updates would make it crash every time I tried to run them, so again, had to resort to the terminal.

Lastly, I was surprised at how poorly it ran. I know it has a Core 2 Duo and « only » 6 GB of RAM, but every other distro I tried (Solus, Mint Cinnamon, Fedora) ram perfectly fine.

It’s just sad because it used to be a nice distro IMO. Now I can’t see myself recommending it.

/rant over, sorry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It just seems to be based on an old version of Ubuntu too, half the features of my laptop don't work without serious tweaks while fedora just works

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah i was wondering. What happened?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Bad management mainly. The cofounders fought and one basically expelled the other. And then there's the bad choices like removing .deb support by default. Also, it's a bit buggy nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it just me or does their design look really outdated now compared to just stock gnome?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's the icons that look ugly IMO. If they used monochrome icons in the header bars then I think it'd be the best looking Linux desktop.

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