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What happened to elementary OS? (news.itsfoss.com)
submitted 2 months ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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elementary OS may not be as much as popular as it used to be.

That being said, elementary OS 8 release is still on the horizon with some useful changes based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

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However, amidst disagreement between co-founders during the pandemic in 2022, co-founder Cassidy quit the elementary OS team.

Right after that, the development pace took a big hit, and we saw elementary OS 7 being released almost a year after Ubuntu 22.04 LTS came up.

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A good indicator about its development activity is its upcoming major release, elementary OS 8, based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

I took a sneak peek at it using the daily build, and elementary OS 8 is almost ready to have an RC release.

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You can expect things like:

  • The settings app handles system updates (instead of AppCenter)
  • AppCenter is now Flatpak only
  • New toggle menu icon giving you easy access to the screen reader, onscreen keyboard, font size, and other system settings
  • WireGuard VPN support
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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

What happened to elementary OS?

Gnome 4 came out...

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Fucking hell you could cut the Reddit-tier snark with a knife.

BSD is more binary compatible than Windows. The fact there's less MacOS ports on Linux seems to me like a lack of resources, but if you have a reason beyond 🤓☝️ then I'm genuinely interested.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They released their desktop environment publicly, which imo was the main reason to use it

I never found elementary really worked that well for me, though pantheon is lovely

[–] electricprism@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was a PITA on Arch because the Debian roots didn't play well.

I canned all usage many years ago.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

What's a PITA sorry? Never heard of that

I've used pantheon on nix before and it worked perfectly, can't say for other distros

[–] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I'n using Elementary OS right now. It's been my daily driver for several years on a low powered laptop as a Chromebook replacement. I run browser, messaging, and occasionally some light photo or audio editing.

No complaints. Works great. Solid. Looks great. If you have a similar use case, I recommend it. All of the people ITT talking about what's wrong with it have not changed my mind that it's just what I need.

[–] furycd001@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I really want to love Elementary OS, however, its foundation on Ubuntu has me hesitating, as I'm not the biggest fan of Ubuntu lately. If it were built on something like Debian or Fedora, I’d definitely be more inclined to give it a serious try....