The second stable version of elementary OS, Luna, was released that same day, along with a complete overhaul and redesign of the elementary OS website. On 7 August 2013, a countdown clock appeared on the official website with a countdown to 10 August 2013. The second beta version of Luna was released on, carrying more than 300 bug fixes and several changes, such as improved support for multiple localizations, multiple display support and updated applications. In November 2012, the first beta version of elementary OS code-named Luna was released, which uses Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a base.
As of October 2012, it is no longer supported and thus no longer available for download from the official elementary OS web site except in a historical capacity. The first stable version of elementary OS was Jupiter, published on 31 March 2011 and based on Ubuntu 10.10. As of the 2016 Loki release, 17,500 in bounties had been raised.
It also seeks to create open source jobs through developer "bounties" on specific tasks. Įlementary OS founder Danielle Foré has said that the project is not designed to compete with existing open source projects, but to expand their reach. Įlementary OS is based on Ubuntu's Long Term Support releases, which Ubuntu's developers actively maintain for bugs and security for years even as development continues on the next release. However, after the release of Loki, Elementary bundled their own app store, AppCenter, whose user interface is designed to be intuitive for new users without consuming excessive resources.
Being Ubuntu-based, it is compatible with its repositories and packages, and prior to version 0.4 "Loki", it used the Ubuntu software center to handle software installation/uninstallation. The elementary OS distribution started as a set of themes and applications designed for Ubuntu which later became its own Linux distribution. īryan Lunduke of Network World wrote that the Pantheon desktop environment, elementary OS's centerpiece, was among the best of 2016.
Pantheon's main shell is deeply integrated with other elementary OS applications, like Plank (a dock), Web (the default web browser based on Epiphany) and Code (a simple text editor). The elementary developers maintain that any similarities are unintentional. Wired claimed that it closely resembled macOS, visually and in user experience. Since its inception, elementary OS has received praise and criticism for its design.
The three core rules the developers set for themselves were " concision", "accessible configuration" and "minimal documentation". The human interface guidelines of the elementary OS project focus on immediate usability with a gentle learning curve, rather than full-fledged customization. The operating system, the desktop environment (called Pantheon ), and accompanying applications are developed and maintained by Elementary, Inc.
It promotes itself as a "thoughtful, capable, and ethical" replacement to macOS and Windows and has a pay-what-you-want model. APT ( command-line frontend) dpkg (backend) FlatpakĮlementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS.