Version: 5.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-11-15
Votes: 4
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On the whole, it's been a pleasant experience. The desktop environment feels clean and refined. The settings exposed to the user are lacking, and the third-party "Tweaks" switchboard plug-in is a must-have for basic customization. Sure, it's not as fleshed out feature-wise as the more established distros, but what's there is fast, fluid, and familiar.
Upon first boot, elementary had my 4K HiDPI display running with 2x scaling for GTK applications, which looked *great*. Out of the box, Qt applications were using a less refined scaling mode similar to that used by Windows XP: text-based elements rendered at appropriate sizes, but images were too small. Setting QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1 at boot fixed that, and now Qt apps scale uniformly. I also needed to install some packages and tweak some environment variables before I could get Qt apps to use the GTK style. I'm surprised that a distro so heavily inspired by macOS didn't spend more time on UI consistency.
The console was effectively unusable due to the tiny font sizes; I had to move my face within a few inches of the screen to read the grub menu. Some quick searching was all I needed to switch to a larger console font, but updating grub was a bit more involved. I'd like to see this taken care of automatically in future releases.
I have heard other users complain about theme-related issues with other GNOME/GTK applications. I haven't encountered anything egregious, but these days I mostly stick to Firefox, various JetBrains IDEs (not based on GTK), and the terminal. Speaking of, the terminal app could certainly use more settings. At least with Elementary Tweaks it was easy to change the default font size, though it could probably be done through the dconf editor.
8/10 for a slick experience, but a ways to go before hitting 10/10.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-11-14
Votes: 1
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There are several bugs I have run into with this new version so beware of this before you install hopefully bug fixes are coming sooner then later!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-11-13
Votes: 2
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Elementary OS found all my hardware (even my generic USB wifi adapter).
Love the clean interface as it doesn't distract me.
I've tried a lot of different distros. And this one fits me best!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-11-12
Votes: 5
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As a linux enthusiast, i really am considering to use elementary OS daily. Just beautiful.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-11-08
Votes: 5
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Really wanted to love this distro and was ready to jump ship from Ubuntu and MX--mainly because I value such detailed and consistent theming that this OS offers.
Unfortunately with the seemingly high potential and talented developers behind the project, they either cannot or will not let third-party apps, even GNOME apps look half decent. Not to mention the overall buggy feel.
IMO it is more suited to advanced users who appreciate the macOS style "walled garden" concept where you can rely on minimal GUI apps (the in-house ones are good), and find other CLI alternatives where theming breaks in GUI.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-11-08
Votes: 0
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Used it for more than 1 year with no big issues. Extremely intuitive.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-11-08
Votes: 0
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Cons:
- Doesn't auto select password field on login.
- LID cover actions do not separate the on battery power and AC power
- No Icons, folders on Desktop
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-11-08
Votes: 0
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The latest update is simply far far too restrictive. There's no customization capability at all, everything is so locked down it's like a damn iphone (except it doesn't work as well).
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-11-07
Votes: 0
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im glad i just donated $0 to download this distro.
the UI just doesnt works for me and im having a hard time getting adjusting since they feel so limited in customization and the applications are too basic that you will need to replace the included applications with something else that works anyways.
can suggest this to "new" users to linux, but not for users who already have been familiar with general linux behaviour. the distro is just very restricting and is trying to follow Apple's mentality of how their OS is suppose to be used.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-11-06
Votes: 5
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Big ElementaryOS fan. Not sure if I like 5 better than Loki.
Pros:
• Got rid of glitch where Plank icon would show up and not go away.
• Videos now goes to true fullscreen.
• App center actually has useful apps now.
• Like the file explorer. Took some getting used to, but the checkmark for selecting vs one-click to open is actully pretty efficient once you adjust.
• Can change terminal to dark variant now.
Cons:
• Doesnt auto select password field on login. Gets annoying.
• Not a fan of the giant header bars that gets put on every app, wish there was a way to adjust this.
• Mail app needs work, difficult to get it to work with any provider. (Maybe just ditch it for Thunderbird?)
• No minimize button. Have to click icon.
• Terminal does not have many configuration settings.
Overall:
Still big EOS fan. You have some bugs to fix, and some of your design changes I am not fully onboard with (ahem..minimize button...ahem...massive title bar...) but overall it is a really well-polished great looking OS.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-11-05
Votes: 2
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This OS is trying to bring a more macOS-kind of feeling to Linux. The desktop, while smooth and pretty, feels like a very watered-down version of macOS. Everything is quite restricted and siplified. Some folks might find this appealing but if I have to replace most of the default apps because I can't do everyday tasks with them (and I don't have unusual habits working on my PC), I start questioning if the OS is the right one for me, or even can be a good one in the first place.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-11-05
Votes: 0
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Have been a elementary user since freya (0.3.2) and last week, I updated to juno 5.0. I love the looks and the simplicity of many apps and the desktop in general and in freya and loki I could accept the bugginess, because the bugs usually only affected single apps and hardly ever the desktop.
But Juno is crashing like almost everyday, and it is often different bugs which is really annoying (Mouse is extremely laggy, sudden reboot, app data is lost, etc.). I regret having paid 30$ for the download because this piece of software does not deserve to be called stable. It is essentially a beta version and regular users are used as beta testers against there will. The distro at this point in development is not well-suited for every day use, at least not for me on my 2015 Dell XPS 13 notebook.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-11-05
Votes: 5
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This is very buggy needs several bug fixes as soon as possible was this even tested before being released? I think not plus needs much better printer support asap!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-11-02
Votes: 2
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Really good and awesome. It is like butter smooth, even on an old laptop.
My hardware specifications are 4 gigs of RAM, and a 2.2 Ghz processor.
Even on that kind of hardware it runs really very smooth.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-28
Votes: 1
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The best and most stable version of elementary OS yet. Easily the most polished Ubunut/Gnome distribution of Linux.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-10-27
Votes: 4
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I really like this OS, it's beautiful, smooth and very appealing. Unfortunately I can't use it because of a bunch of small things. Pcloud, PIA apps do not work correctly. The whole no minimize and maximize button thing is fine but should at least have the option to enable them.
I was getting accustomed to right clicking and minimizing over the few hours of using this OS but that stopped working as well. The default email app and Gmail are not friends. On top of that having to click in the password box at every login is just plain aggravating.
I will definitely try again next release, but for now its not worth the trouble to me.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-23
Votes: 14
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Even Juno 5.0 Beta 2 was nearly rock-solid...this OS is perfect for me...simple, elegant, and engineered for users who just need to get some work done as opposed to endless tweaking. If other apps are required over and above those supplied with the distro, they are easy enough to add. I added Synaptic, Eddy, VLC, ImageBurner, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sayonara Music Player, Epson Printer Utilities, and Spotify using Snap, the OS AppCenter, and Eddy without any drama.
I hope the elementary team is in this for the long-haul because this OS is a true gift to novice GNU/Linux users dipping their toes into the FOSS waters for the first time AND more-experienced users who don't feel compelled to build-from-scratch or distro-hop to the latest whiz-bang OS flavor-of-the-month!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-22
Votes: 0
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Best distro ever. Just install and get to work. No headaches, hiccups or need to change anything.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-10-21
Votes: 20
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I've used Elementary as my sole desktop since version .3 in 2015. Today I uninstalled it. The new version 5.0 has the same headaches that version .3 did and my desire to tweak and play around with text files and commands to get basic things to work has finally drove me away. Version .4 almost drove me away. The pay-to-play bug fix system ensures that many issues won't get fixed too.
1) I use email accounts other than IMAP, so their default email client is useless to me. I've always used Evolution and it doesn't play well with Elementarys calendar. When clicking on the date in wingpanel, events will show up 20 times. Either get the calendar to work or get rid of it.
2) The button layout. To have a design principle for minimizing a window via Plank is fine, but it isn't an option either, unless you add repos and start installing tweaks. They intentionally lock it.
3) Contractor needs to go away. I forgot to backup the many /usr/share/contractor files I created in the last version so I'd have (among other things) evolution email integration with Pantheon Files and I couldn't remember the command for attaching. Selecting the dafault app for email does nothing for this.
4) There's no way to search for files unless you install one, which I did (synapse) so by default you have to open Files and click through for everything.
I was expecting version 5.0 to be an improvement over 0.4. From what I can tell, they changed the text editor and terminal. Everything else stayed the same or was even more limiting. I used Elementary not for the apps, but for the desktop. There are extensions for Gnome that create a far more friendly desktop than this is.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-10-19
Votes: 5
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Well, I'm disapointed with this version. I was trying version 0.4 before and it was very buggy. Unfortunately, nothing has changed, The developers focused on the frontend instead of improve the backend. Some points:
1. The login screen still shows the time in AM/PM format and it can't be changed
2. Gmail account can't be added to Mail application
3. It is impossible to set time of notifications
4. LID cover actions do not separate the on battery power and AC power
5. When I need some better system settings I need to download some "tweaks" package, that is even not in base repositories but I have to add another repository.
And best of all, after first update, I can't use this desktop anymore as after login there is no top or bottom panel, only background image.
All of these bugs were already reported by users in previous version 0.4
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-18
Votes: 1
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Love Elementary.
Been using Loki as a daily driver on 2 machines for about 6 months. Took one up to Juno last night and spent quite a while configuring things.
Positives: Beautiful as always. Love the addition to uninstall apps by just right clicking them in the Applications menu. Love the theme options for terminal. Love that the devs stuck to the minimalist approach and lack of bloatware/ads. Just as snappy as Loki was. Fixed video player to go to actual fullscreen, so now i dont have to download mpv. Yay! App store much improved.
Areas for improvement: I know it's kind of your thing to click the icon to minimize, but i want a button as well. I want the option to change the curser in the terminal from block to I-Beam. I want an easier way to switch audio output. (Actually, in Juno, I was not able to find the HDMI output option after plugging in the cable, and had to download pavucontrol (pulse audio) to be able to find it.)
Thats about it! with a bit of tweaking it is my favorite OS. Looking forward to continued use. Excellent development team. Also, the ElementaryOS subreddit and stackexchange seem to be taking off. So support is finally increasing to the point where I don't have to use Ubuntu support to get answers that may/may not work. Donated and bought a shirt. You guys rock!
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-10-17
Votes: 26
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Not quite Windows-like, not quite OSx-like. Somewhere in the middle with frustrating aspects of both and some of its own.
Examples:
Bar up top is just a bar with the time and the "Start" menu and "Systray". The rest is wasted space. It does not double as the foreground application menu as in OSx.
Bar on the bottom acts as a shortcut launcher and taskbar. Unfortunately, icons do not tell you what they are launching or what is minimized, there are no names under the icons to let you know. You have to float the mouse over the icons to see the application names.
"Start" menu is a bit Windows-10ish but with icons in a horizontal view instead of goofy distracting tiles. At least there are no ads. There does not seem to be an easy way to add icons or custom launchers to the "start" menu e.g. Add a Chrome icon that has the incognito switch set.
There is no desktop, its just a "wall" with wallpaper, maybe I should call it a "ceiling" since you can pin things to a wall in real life. It is not useful or helpful at all just a complete waste of space with a pretty picture. There is no ability to put files on your "desktop". It is a very illogical concept of what Elementary folks call a "desktop". I do not work in my file drawer when working with physical files. I take it out of my file drawer place it ON my desktop work on it, then file it away after I am done.
Sometimes the "desktop" just freezes completely. When this happens you cannot switch between apps or launch new ones for a couple of minutes or seconds. If you happen to have a foreground application running it continues to work fine, it is just the "desktop". This doesn't happen often but there is some issue there I haven't quite pinpointed it.
As with any distro some of these things can be worked around but then its not reviewing the distro "out of the box" as it is designed.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-10-17
Votes: 2
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I have tested it out in virtual box. The os is slow and laggy.
Being said that I like the attention to detail the team put in to it. The OS itself is quite polished.
But the lagginess made it unusable and I removed it with in a hour. Sticking with Linux lite for now.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-10-17
Votes: 0
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I was very happy when the new version was launched, but Juno needs a lot of files and fixes. Maybe I was too impressed by Loki.
One example is R Studio. I cannot install the app with gdebi.
Now I try to find a copy of Loki.
Version five receives a 5 rating for the moment.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-17
Votes: 0
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Best and most polished distro out there.
Good package management.
Good performance.
Sane defaults.
Nice code editor.
Easy to use.
Beautiful on a laptop.
Easy to customize.
Cons:
Sometimes it might be sluggish, but honestly most distros are. Probably my own computer is sluggish?
No portage.
I don't like the icons very much and I will always hate midori because it never works.
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Version: 5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-17
Votes: 0
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i think this version is the best juno i find it to be fast everything works well a job well done no complaints as far as it goes simple straightforward distro
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-16
Votes: 1
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Elementary OS is a successful combination.
I already see 3 major players: elementary OS, mac OS and windows, the last being the first that will lose.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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I just tried the live distribution from an USB Stick.
The interface is simple, and very very fast.
Some locale where not translated in english (Russian) and the software center was quite diffuclt to get hands on (Nothing was found even with Wifi on).
It's quite too soon to use this distribution as daily basis, but it feel great, simple, and fast.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 0
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After years of distro hopping, Elementary OS is my final choice of linux distro. Not only it's easy on the eye, it's simple to use. No further tweaking required and I've left it the way it comes out of the box. Loving it.
I've relinquished all of Windows in its entirety. Good bye Mr Gates.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 1
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Easy to use, easy on the eyes...
First tried it on and older Intel i3 laptop and all the hardware worked (including the camera & SD slot).
I've tried a few different popular distros in efforts to find a Windows replacement. But none fit me quite right till I found Elementary OS. Love at first byte!
I now have only Windows 7 machine for Guild Wars 2 and that's it. Everything else is Elementary OS.
Thank you very much!
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-10
Votes: 0
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Pretty awesome distro. I came from Mac OSX and the switch was a breeze! I love the community and the idea of paid open source work.
I definitely got a better understanding of FOSS and of the importance of good and well-paid programming work.
Thanks a bunch to the elementary crew
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-10
Votes: 3
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For me - a chemical engineer and a medium experienced user I think elementary OS is so much more than just a pretty Linux for starters.
They try to develop good reliable software, start a software center that can play a role for a lot of software developers out there.
I really like that they're putting UX on a very high priority in the development process. In my humble eyes this is what it take to make Linux a huge success for all the disappointed MacOS and windows users out there!
Keep it up
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Version: 5.0-beta2
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-10-07
Votes: 2
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issue since 0.4.* with mouse/cursor and intel drivers on 4k resolution. cursor size changes in different applications, like file manager,still exist..
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 6
Date: 2018-10-05
Votes: 1
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ENGLISH:
"Elementary OS" is a fast system, quite light, there are bugs of connections with the software library very often, besides that the system is very stable ..
What I did not like: it is a locked system, the "Kernel", applications, except "Firefox", are not at all up to date.
FRANCAIS:
"Elementary OS" est un système rapide, assez léger, il y a des bugs de connexions avec la bibliothèque logicielle très souvent, à part ça le système est très stable..
Ce que je n'ai pas aimé : c' est un système vérrouillé, le "Kernel", les applications, à part "Firefox", ne sont pas du tout à jour....
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-09-19
Votes: 13
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looks OK and works fine although i experienced a few crashes after install. It works fine now though.
What I really miss is the minimize butten in the windows. I don't like closing and reopening and losing state of the window. Thinking about going to another distro because of this...
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Version: 0.3.2
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-09-16
Votes: 3
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Last time I used it, it didn't feel like OSX. Was very frustrating. When I drag and drop something on my real OSX desktop, there it is. When I tried that with elementary, it would never drop anything on to the desktop. Very annoying for a distro that is obviously trying to mimic OSX but then fail at the basics. Appearances are important, but even more so is function.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-09-16
Votes: 4
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elementaryOS is a perfect name for this distro. It's snappy but after running it for a few days I noticed that it was using more resources than normal. I'm not sure if it's due to Ubuntu as it's core, but it starts to get sluggish and will kill a process after running for 3 or 5 days. I don't particularly like the UI, but it's much better than most distros I have tried.
I'm going to install it as a VM for now and wait to see what the next release has to offer.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-09-13
Votes: 0
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Good, but could be better.
Overall Elementary is a fine experience. It feels quick and stable, and overall has a decent interface. Very easy to use, and I've considered putting this on computers for people who are not as tech literate.
The overall UI, however, could use some polish. Having dealt with a lot of OS GUI's, I like that of Pantheon, but it just feels lacking in some area's. I would love to see more customization options (dark theme for starters), and some more polish overall. I feel like it's trying to go for a more modern clean look, but just falls short of offerings from macOS, or other distro's like deepin.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-09-12
Votes: 3
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STABLE.
So nice to have a nice-looking Linux distro that is super stable.
1 weird bug i have noticed is that emptying the trashcan makes the plank icon appear on the dock, and only goes away by toggling "show unpinned" on and off again in dock settings.
Not the most customizable, but you can do a good bit if you install tweaks. every app you need is available through .deb files, aptitude, snappy, and flat-paks. Dont waste your time with the store.
Essentially Ubuntu with a nicer layout. Love it.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-09-12
Votes: 0
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Got tired of I/0 errors with Linux Mint on a AMD and bios hardware got none of that with Elementary.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-09-09
Votes: 1
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Patheon is very Mac-esque, so it would have been rude not to try it on my old MacBook. It looks lovely, and performance was acceptable, it even had the Mac-lag while it thought about executing a command.
I can see why this is popular amongst people switching from other OS's as it looks nice and clean, everything is simple to use, and the layout is fairly logical.
Not for the hardcore Linuxeers, but great for putting on your folks old hardware so they can carry on with their basic computer life.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-09-07
Votes: 2
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Beautiful Desktop Environment, Elegant so... I like it... More than Favor then Manjaro Linux.
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Version: 5.0-beta1
Rating: 2
Date: 2018-09-02
Votes: 1
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Solid install and that is where it ends. Custom desktop environment called Pantheon sucks and is not customizable. Custom apps are the worst I have come across with very bad selections. Tried top 5 flavors and will definitely not be using this one. Hate it!
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-29
Votes: 3
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Works flawlessly on my old desktop and inside VMWare Fusion. Need to install tweaks and snapd to be able to configure it well imo. Great distro. Excited for 5.0.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-08-25
Votes: 12
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Ill summarize this simply as, A better looking distro than deepin, and nothing else.
Meaning that although this distro has the great looking UI, its the only thing i can see good about it. I never understand the reasoning for having these limited customization options when using linux. even the applications have limited options, making them quite useless due to vast available alternative apps on ubuntu/debian repo. i spent most of my time after installing lurking in the terminal to find apps to replace the ones it came with coz the App Center is freaking useless for not having at least an option to install the recommended apps of what you are installing, which are often plugins or extras that make the application better and such.
and where is the freaking minimize button?
if you are or only need an OS for basic stuff, then this is for you.
but for me, there are better alternatives.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-24
Votes: 1
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Love love love it!
Very easy to use which makes it great for new Linux users including kids.
Excited for Juno 5.0.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-22
Votes: 0
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I'm using Elementary Loki for 1 year for Graphic Designer and Web Programming. Always Smooth and Strong. I'm waiting for Next 5.0 Release.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-08-16
Votes: 0
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I'll have to wait for Juno 5.0, because my HP printer is not supported by 16.04 based distros. That's my problem with elementary, the long wait between releases. It would be better if we had non-LTS releases twice a year and an LTS every two years, like Ubuntu.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-08-13
Votes: 0
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Looking nice. Working good. The App centre only have curated apps. Curating app itself is an enormous task.
I look forward to the next release as my major apps are need os upgrade due library compatibilities.
Overall it is a good and pleasant distribution to use. I recommend for new users.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-08-08
Votes: 0
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Nice clean simple UI. Doesn't get in the way of real work. I love it!
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-08-06
Votes: 1
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Excuse me, but all this for Pantheon? I have an ethical laugh. nothing special. But I understand those who just like the form and don't care about the bottom and lol
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-02
Votes: 9
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I bought a Windows 10 laptop and, after using it for just a few minutes, became desperate at the intrusiveness, ugliness and lack of consistency of the operating system.
Instead of searching for a Windows 7 license, which might not even be on sale anymore, I decided to give Linux another chance. Ubuntu didn't seem polished enough, so I started reading about other distros until I found the most unimaginably beautiful, slick and well thought out of them all.
I've been happily using it for some months, bought 2 "licenses" so far and became Daniel Foré's biggest fan. Never thought I would ever see a Linux distro care so much about regular desktop users.
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Version: 5.0-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-24
Votes: 11
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Most beautiful distro out there. The UI is simple and take away the fear of using Linux. It has some nice apps but at the same time they take away the trash, letting the system decluttered, you will have to find the apps yourself.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-20
Votes: 4
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I use Loki in a VirtualBox VM and this works very well for me.
It's lightweight, looks nice and makes it easy to have a workspace free of visual clutter.
I like the pay-what-you-want pricing and the pared-down list of apps it ships with.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-07-10
Votes: 19
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It is unquestionably one of the most beautiful and lightweight distributions I have ever used, but I miss the desktop being functional with access shortcuts to folders and mount points which is currently only a wallpaper frame.
Something that I consider fundamental is an application that is not supported and even not recommended by system developers is Tweaks that allows you to customize and adjust some items that increase productivity, usability and improve aesthetics.
Another point that the elementary OS deserves to be highlighted is in its application center that is very intuitive and easy, but I would very much like to return the button to include PPA's that many applications are not available being forced to add terminal.
One problem I felt and I did not figure out what it could be is with regard to virtual machines in VMware, it does not work I tried several versions but without success. As an alternative, I started using VirtualBox that did not experience problems.
Clearly it is a distro with a strong reference in the macOS, but it does not try to be a clone system because elementary OS has personality and its own guidelines. I recommend for all users whether Windows, MacOS or even other Linux distros.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-07-05
Votes: 6
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It is really a good distribution, very fast, congratulations.
Here some suggestions:
- Better configuration when you have a SSD, like scheduled trims.
- Include an office like libre office.
- Include system monitor.
- Firewall graphic configuration.
- Give hibernation option on the shutdown window.
Regards
Carlos Kassab
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-01
Votes: 9
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beauty of user environment motivate programmers to make a good core and clean user interfaces
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-24
Votes: 6
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elementary started a whole new universe of applications. If all you know is Rhythmbox, Transmission, Firefox, FocusWriter, etc., your attention will be caught by Noise, Melody, Torrential, Epiphany, Ciano, Color Picker, Quilter, and 100+ elementary apps that have been created.
The desktop is comfortable, really well thought and minimal. Good responsiveness, although it still inherited some GNOME/GTK problems, such as bogus in/out mouse events at the left and top edges of the screen. The frustration comes when you try to click a panel button and the click is ignored. Affects all users on Intel graphics, try it. This is fixed using Wayland, which isn't available for elementary yet.
Another thing. When opening complex webpages such as Facebook on Epiphany, several visual and functional glitches will start to bother you. For example, you type a message to your friend, but you notice a typo few words back. No, you move the cursor back by clicking there. The cursor will remain at the last word you typed, frozen there.
My suggestion to the elementary team would be to always use the latest Epiphany, which works a little better in these situations.
If you prefer Firefox, make sure you enable Client-Side Decoration, so it will look a bit more like Epiphany.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-21
Votes: 5
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This is the fastest, cleanest, and most beautiful OS I've ever try.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-06-21
Votes: 0
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With Loki, very clean and well-designed but still buggy. Some apps hang, like Chromium and Google Chrome.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-17
Votes: 10
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This is the fastest, cleanest, and most beautiful OS I've ever try. The realease are always very stable.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-03
Votes: 4
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I started using Elementary OS as my daily runner. The User Interface is what keeps me at bay. I love how simple Elementary OS is to use. Whats not to like about functionality and beauty.
Pros
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1.) Stunning and Beautiful Interface
2.) Very Reliable
3.) Works out of the BOX
4.) Incredibly Fast and Responsive with low memory usage. (Your Millage may vary)
Cons
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1.) Not very Customizable out of the box. Install tweak tools, Snaptastic, Gdebi installer.
2.) Not a large user community (Hope this grows over time)
3.) Not many features compared to other distributions for instance edge snapping does not work.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-31
Votes: 7
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Everything just works.
App store is pretty sparse, but if you have any knowledge of SNAP or APT repositories you can install whatever you want. Also, built on Debian (Ubuntu 14) so .deb files run out of the box as well.
Need to activate firewall. Comes turned off out of the box.
Might be the most aesthetically pleasing distro I have had the pleasure of using.
No frivolous bloatware.
Keep going devs, you rock!
Phenomenal distro. Stop reading this and download it.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-05-28
Votes: 5
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Use it daily for administering Red Hat & Ubuntu server farms. Most solid laptop distro yet. Touch works out of the box. Some issues waking from sleep.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-25
Votes: 1
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Best linux distro I have ever used so far.Stable and good looking .I use it for android development.It'serformance is great.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-05-24
Votes: 0
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Nice look but Vmware workstation doesn't work, a lot of bugs. Not recommended for a workstation.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-05-23
Votes: 0
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Been using it for a full year now, replacing windows 10. I find myself comfort using it
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-23
Votes: 4
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The best linux distro I've ever tryed. Not much buggy, developer friendly (AppCenter) and really good looking (design that you dont get bored with).
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-21
Votes: 10
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It is one of the best distributions of Gnu / Linux, it is very stable, I really have little complaint about elementary because it has worked for me with a machine with few resources (2gb ram, T3200 pentium dual-core), I collapsed once , after a second attempt it has left me surprised because it has not failed me, I have barely 1 month with it, it is a distro that falls in love, it is compatible with all linux software practically, I see it oriented to a user type mix home and work , I recommend it.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-05-15
Votes: 2
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It's an easy to use distro, but the customization is very limited, and it doesn't come with any good apps or even a decent package manager. No System Monitor or Firewall, no Office Suite, and the Epiphany Browser looks limited and slow. Not a good distro at all, unless if you are a Mac user that wants something like Mac.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-05-07
Votes: 9
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elementary OS 0.4.1.:
Installation:
- Dual-boot installation took almost 30 minutes (SSD drive)
Apps:
- few apps installed by default and few apps available in the app store
- the menu has a bug that doesn't show some installed apps, I installed htop and the icon was not showing up, just when I searched for it and it didn't launch, but launching it using the terminal worked
- no system monitor installed
- no preferences/about menu on some apps
- no office suite installed by default, installed LibreOffice Writer but the theme didn't work and it was unusable
- browser(Epiphany) looks limited, you can't install Chrome because there is no .deb installer by default
- can't use snaps by default, you need to install snapd
Customization:
- polished distro but few customization options available
Translation:
- it's not fully translated to my language, I had to use U.S. numbers, dates and currency
Conclusion:
- There is room for improvement. I can't use it as my daily driver yet, I will wait the Juno(version 5) release.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-04
Votes: 3
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As of my experience the UI is one of the most stable and perfect though I complain about the strictness of the UI
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-05-02
Votes: 4
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Using it professionally as a secondary computer two serve my monitoring view, en do some testing on this. It is highly usable clean and fast.
Im am using elementary since version 0.2
the guys at elementary are doing some good work to make linux and desktop development really usable to anyone in the linux world. Elementary is a movement far more that the distro itself.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-05-01
Votes: 9
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I installed elementary OS on my Lenovo Ideapad 100S ($150 laptop) after my inability to download the new Windows 10 update due to a lack of storage rendered it useless. Installation was a breeze as all of my computers hardware was successfully recognized by the installer. Lightweight and fast is the highlight this OS, my ability to multi-task has been realized for the first time since installation. With the Windows 10 installation simply browsing the web with this entry level, slow laptop with sub-par hardware was a chore. Now, it runs great. Battery life has increased, and my performance is like I never would have dreamed from such a mediocre machine. With Gimp I'm actually able to edit photos which would have never been possible running in a Windows Environment. This is my first experience with Linux since the early 2000s, and I must say that I am greatly looking forward to getting back into the Linux world, and elementary OS makes it an easy and beautiful experience.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-04-28
Votes: 0
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Yet another ubuntu distro.
Quite a pretty desktop but what's the point of this distro?
There is no mouse menu on either left or right button, which I've not seen missing on any other distro before.
There is nothing that is not available in any of the usual ubuntu clones.
It installed easily in vmware and will be deleted just as quickly.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-27
Votes: 2
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Recently got fed up with Windows issues and went through A LOT of distros before trying this one.
Elementary is great. Built on Ubuntu, so there is hardly any learning curve if you have experience with that. Between apt, snap, and curling deb files you can install anything you want, and that is for things that you cant find in the store, which (albeit a little light on applications) works very well.
Everything seems to just work out of the box with little to no configuration. HDMI pushes video and audio with no configuration changes (more than I can say for deepin, which I liked as well, but turned out to be a little buggy and heavy on resources.) Audio through headphones works well. Firefox runs smoothly after install (i did not try epiphany, which is the browser that comes with the OS.) I could go on.
Looks beautiful. Dock looks great, and the animations do not impact the crispness of interacting.
Cons: wish I could replace the friggen block curser in the terminal with an i-beam. Picky, I know. Wish the store had more programs, but I suppose it will grow with the community.
Overall: My all-time favorite linux distro for everyday use. I am putting it on everything. I probably tried 30+ distros in the past two months looking for the best Windows replacement, and this is hands down the champion.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-24
Votes: 1
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Beautiful and easy to use. install was very simple on my old windows PC. One of the fastest and cleanest distros I've seen. Will continue to use full time. Excellent replacement for windows.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-22
Votes: 0
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Just complementing a previous review:
The default music player pauses the song when you unplug the earphone, a behavior I've never seen in other systems except the mobile ones. Good.
On the bad side of things, Epiphany doesn't always show websites properly. Some Youtube videos blackout leaving only sound. Some controls on complex pages don't respond properly. But well, Youtube is a shitty website. I don't mind avoiding it.
Also, the default image viewer does not reproduce .GIFs. A bug report is already filed and we'll see if this is implemented in the next release.
Everything else is smooth and functional.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-09
Votes: 15
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Clean and aesthetically consistent desktop, quite fast. Convenient notifications, hints over icons, easy access by GUI to mounted media such as flash drives, and good-looking font scaling. Easily customizable for medium-level linux users.
There are a few bugs remaining, but these have been solved by online users: (1) very slow login to desktop, (2) for CLI users, profusion of error messages on launching some X apps from Terminal.
I prefer elementary OS 0.4.1 to other distros I have tried such as Mint and Ubuntu, which reflect Windows 10 style or have interfaces too complicated for the basic stuff.
EOS 0.4.1 is the best choice for someone like me who uses the CLI for serious computing, and wants simplicity in the GUI.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-07
Votes: 0
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I've been using this distro for about a year now on my laptop and so far, I've had a great user experience. Everything just works and I like that it ships with minimal number of app, so you can make your own choices right off the bat. Pantheon is very user friendly and boots and shuts down fast. Updates are fast and frequent.
My only problem is that my VPN icon disappears from the panel whenever I open Chrome.
All in all a great distro that great out of the box.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-31
Votes: 19
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I can honestly say I've used 50-60 different distros since my days with Linux started with Red Hat 5.1 Manhattan in 1998. The Pantheon desktop is by far the best environment in existence. My pioneering mind has me trying anything and everything available, but no matter which OS I use I always come back to elementary OS.
To criticize them for one thing though is that some of their apps in the AppCenter are so simplistic and useless that I almost laugh at the fact that the app was created in the first place.
It'll only get better.
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Version: 0.3.2
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-03-23
Votes: 7
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having best UI experience in linux is a reason i have been fan of EOS............... my suggestion is add some useful apps built-in............................LOVE From bangalore,INDIA
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-21
Votes: 8
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I have been using Linux on and off since Ubuntu 7.
For the past five years i have always had a laptop running Linux of some kind ( like alot of people thses days i have several machines).
I will often try new distros and see what they are like, there are nowadays a lot of very good distros out there all offering polished and attractive user experiences.
However, I will always find myself going back to Elememtary, it runs so wonderfully on my Thinkpad X200s on an SSD, i paid under £50 for the laptop off eBay in 2014 and all be it an old machine, with Elementary OS on its more often than not my favorite laptop.
ElementaryOS is so far the most stable distro out there, its actually quite strange sometimes especially since it is based on Ubuntu LTS, because it just never goes wrong.... EVER. And now it has support for SNAPS it just got a whole lot easier to install the best apps on the market.
I was even trying to do a video some time back about running a AAA game title on linux, i tried all the usual distros but surprisingly ended up using eOS for the experiment.
Seriously you get it installed on an SSD and you will be genuinely alarmed at how fast, stable and reliable it is.
Purely astonishing OS. One of my favorite things about eOS is the way there are many apps especially designed for it, so the desktop UI stays consistent, everything is sleek and silky smooth,
In my opinion eOS is by far the best all round desktop OS and is good for beginners and professionals, EVERYONE should try it at least once, you will fall in love eventually.
I am a bit of a skeptic and never give anything full marks.... ever, but this distro deserves 10 out of 10.
Dont be put of by the devs trying to pull in a bit of revenue for the distro, you can download for free but if any distro is worth a donation it is eOS for sure. Astonishingly good.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-03
Votes: 28
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Been running this distro since the beginning, jumped around from ubuntu and mint, but kept coming back to this distro. Its amazing when you need it to be a GUI operating system, and amazing when you need it to be a full fledged developing operating system. Half of my time is spent with school work and games, my other half is spent developing for my job so it fits perfectly.
Thanks eOS team!
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-14
Votes: 32
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I've move around quite a bit over the last couple months and have found some good distros, some great distros as well as some that were just not to my liking. It had been a couple years since I tried elementary so I figured "What the heck...give it a try." and I'm glad I did so.
Install went quickly and easily, full-disk encryption was available, updates easily done and the OS is seriously fast on an i5 with 8GB memory and 250GB SSD. Boot (including disk decryption) is under 25 seconds from power on to loaded DE.
Once up and running, I installed elementary-tweaks plus the apps I regularly use. All was done with zero complications or errors. My only complaint here is that the tweak tool isn't included out of the box but no big deal. For those folks who believe the DE is too 'locked-down', I have a hard time understanding the comment. As a Linux user with 8+ years of user experience, I find it able to accomplish anything I need it to.
After reaquainting myself with the Pantheon DE over the course of a couple weeks and solving a few issues I have what I believe to be the best all-around Linux solution for my machines (installed on two others) and look forward to a long stay with elementary. I'm looking forward to the next release with a great deal of anticipation.
The only wish I have for the OS is in terms of the file manager. Files works well but lacks some of the expanded functionality of something like Nemo or Dolphin. Easily remedied and since elementary is aimed at new users, no harm-no foul.
Hats of to Daniel and the entire Team at eOS!
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-13
Votes: 12
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Super minimal, super fast and stable. Wonderful UI. Add what you need and have a clean system. Best Distro i have used. Used (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint)
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-13
Votes: 5
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Best distro for Normal use. A Very clean desktop. For me is a best linux d.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-12
Votes: 1
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easy to setup, relatively easy to use and install apps. Ubuntu clone.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-08
Votes: 13
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using this system as main for the last 3 years. Fully satisfied - best distr.(in my opinion)
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Version: 0.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-02
Votes: 7
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The Luna version of ElementaryOS was my "initiation" to Linux. I dual booted alongside XP-having used Win products since MS-DOS was a necessity, I was hesitant to change everything I knew at once.
I really liked it and don't recall any big problems, if there were any at all (it has been about three years now).
It worked great and helped me understand that ANYone can learn to use Linux. I used to break MS's stranglehold on my computing.
Later I moved on to Mint, and am now trying out different Linux distros all around the spectrum and learning SO MUCH more about how it all works, and what I prefer, and HOW to do it. I like the control and options that Linux brings us and Elementary got me started down this path. I give Elementary a high-rating for that.
Jump in and try one, or two, or seven. The water is fine, and Elementary can be your diving board.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-02-01
Votes: 2
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it is beautiful and unique but it needs a lot of work and many installs as it has few programs around
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-29
Votes: 9
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I have migrated to Linux through ubuntu in 2014. I have one machine running Mint now for a while as main machine and I have one old machine on the side mainly for distro-hopping.
A year ago I came across elementary en liked it instantly. I even bought the t-shirt to support them as it is a fairly new distro. And it must be an amazing amount of effort to make and maintain a distro. I can't remember why I ditched it again. But distrohopping is probably a phase you have to go through. Last weekend I set up elementary os again and I was charmed right away.
pro's: smooth, good looking, intuitive, minimal, fast, friendly to novices...
con's: Some work requires a bit more than "minimal" but every distro needs some tweaking to serve your needs. Only one thing I do, requires wine, and that might have been the problem back then. I'll have to check the latest release on that.
installing libre office(and some others) required me to install through terminal
because the version in the software center didn't work. I prefer installing updating en upgrading in terminal anyway so that's not a con for me, bet maybe for new linuxusers it might be bumpy.
Oh and: searching for how to's on the net requires you to add "os" to the search words because otherwise you get to learn a lot about anything but your os because "elementary" is a frequently used word.
I wrote a lot of words in the cons-section but they're alle small problems that are easily to overcome or tweak. That's how I've learned to use my machine.
I can't imagine going back to windows again so this whole Linux thing gets a 10/10 and this one deserves a nice rating
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-01-28
Votes: 1
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Very easy to install. No problems in that regard. I did find some problems on login. It hung for quite a while and then finally came up. I searched the net and found a work around and after that no problems. So, some parts of it are buggy, hopefully these will be fixed in the short term. Once I got the login working properly it was a joy to use. I very much like the Applications menu but not so much the App Store. The Applications Menu uses a nice combination of icons and text which make for a colorful set of side-scroll app choices that are responsive and easy to understand. I installed Synaptic which I much prefer as a supplement to the App Store. The initial apps are thin, requiring me to install Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice and the like. No big deal.
The distribution is very stable and with the exception of the login bug which I fixed renaming /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop to /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled . I am now enjoying all aspects of the distribution. I also installed some of my favorite GTK3 themes to give me some additional choices for colors and style. I decided to try Elementary as I was experiencing lots of problems with Linux Mint 18.3. This had been my go-to distribution but lately I have found it very heavy and buggy. Out of frustration I decided to try Elementary which I had heard good things about. For now I have decided to make this distribution my main OS. It is buttery smooth and rock solid. I am giving it an 8 due to the login problems which require some fiddling to resolve. If you are OK with doing some of that then - Highly recommended.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-01-26
Votes: 5
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Pros:
- Beautiful Distro
- Powerful
- Stable
- Easy to update
- Easy to use
Cons:
- Minimize button is missing
- No good solution to mark files caused of opening with one click
- Animation lag sometimes, even if you are running with 980ti, ssd, i7
- Installer is broken
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-25
Votes: 5
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Being a Mac OS X user, Elementary OS is great, especially having never used Linux as a daily driver. With AutoKey to help me map my favorite Mac OS X keystrokes, I feel very at home, very productive.
Most of the of the things you need are included in the default repos.
The only niggle is coming out of sleep mode, it get stuck in a loop asking for the password. Just escape that window.
Its very clear this is the distro to watch in 2018!
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-01-20
Votes: 9
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Elementary OS (Loki) for me was very easy to use and is very similar to both Mac OSX (in terms of the desktop and the applications menu) and Windows 7 (in terms of window boarders; a shiny 3D aesthetic). I had used it for several months on my main computer (CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X; GPU: Nvidia GTX650Ti BOOST; OS Drive: ADATA GAMMIX S10 128GB NVMe Drive) as my daily driver. Here are some of the pros and cons I came across:
PROS:
+Intuitive and easy to use (Beginners can easily use)
+Aesthetically pleasing
+Easy to update (Updater and store built in to one app)
+Desktop is clutter free
CONS:
-Can feel slow on some drives (for me Elementary OS was quicker on my laptop's Samsung SSD connected via SATA than a drive connected via M.2 PCIe. Which to me was rather odd. Wasn't to do with the RAM, both my laptop and my Ryzen computer both have the same amount of RAM)
-System Updates aren't transparent as to what is being updated (when you click on the system updates icon when it appears in the Updates section of the app store it only shows a heading but doesn't explain in depth as to what is being updated)
-Conflicts with Nvidia Drivers and Passphrase screen (if you're using Encryption) (From what I know, this is a common problem with other Linux distros as well)
-The super key (Windows Key) isn't mapped to the applications menu by default. (You need to use Terminal to change this)
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-01-17
Votes: 3
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I had 0.2 luna installed a couple of years back. Being new to Linux it was difficult to to operate and have encountered a couple of bugs that made me give up.
I am now running Loki for about 2 weeks exclusively and it is amazing.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-01-16
Votes: 6
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Excellent clean and optimized distribution.
Every one can install the package he wants knowing the speed of the machine he uses.
Very good job of the hole developpers team.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-01-15
Votes: 1
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For many months, i have used elementary OS as my primary OS like for gaming, going on Netflix, and running a lot of virtual machines. But recently with the whole Intel & AMD bug with all CPU's i looked to reinstall elementary OS but then i had some big problems and decided to go with Ubuntu again because first, elementary OS takes to long to setup because of the applications bundled with it and there is not many and it takes a long time getting the applications installed. Second, it is possible to customize elementary OS to a extent but it's a long process but with Ubuntu it's easier again. My point is i love elementary OS when i customize it but out of the box it's kind of crappy. Third, Ubuntu with gnome with the latest version 17.04 is great and like it better than elementary OS because it's different but with elementary OS maybe it's to much like Mac OS and then when i used it i did not mind that it looked like Mac OS except the elementary OS brand
wants Windows and Mac users to go with them but it dosen't make sense that Windows users would go to a Mac OS feel. But i believe that elementary OS should make some big changes to their OS but i must say it's stable when you don't screw around with it but i need to for making my experience better. Also NOTE About the Intel & AMD Bug elementary OS is having some problems for me but when i tried installing & updating Ubuntu it was fine with the patch.
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Version: 0.4.1
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-01-06
Votes: 7
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It boots very quickly. It's a very pretty implementation of gnome with a docking station at the bottom of the screen. More than functional OS. Worth a try.
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