Loki is the newest version of elementary OS, a design-oriented and open source Linux-based operating system for desktops and laptops. It succeeds Freya which was released in April of 2015.
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ts and implemented over 20 blueprints. Altogether, these represent stability and security improvements, better internationalization, new features and options, and much more.
A great team doing great work. Elementary OS isn’t exactly a good fit for the “I compile my own kernel every morning”-type Linux users, but for the more turnkey people among us, it’s certainly worth a try.
I thought I was told a while ago that you guys dont run news articles or announcements for Linux distro’s
I’m glad this was posted to OSnews. It was the first place I read about the release.
Elementary OS is a great distribution. I used Luna extensively, skipped Freya, but will be testing out Loki for sure. It’s hands-down my favourite example of a really elegant Linux desktop interface. At the moment, my main machine is running pure Ubuntu 16.04, but with the Unity bar hidden, Plank running, and looking pretty much like Elementary OS.
I’m glad these guys are still working hard on their distribution.
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But on the subject matter, no, ElementaryOS isnt even that good. If you hate Unity it may be good for you but otherwise Elementary OS offers no benefit over vanilla Ubuntu.
Aw, that’s a bit ungenerous, isn’t it? It has its own UI and desktop and a bunch of apps. Looks like a lot of work, and looks nice too.
I think the point anyway was about those things, as opposed to kernels and booting and software repositories, etc…
Edited 2016-09-10 07:10 UTC
This is true. Although it’s not really my type of distro, Elementary OS is aimed at newcomers to Linux and tries to be as friendly as possible for them. The developers have put a lot of work in to the looks of the desktop and it shows, it is a beautiful desktop to look at, and very easy to use.
It’s definitely not aimed at power users and doesn’t proclaim to be, however for a new user coming from Windows or Mac they should feel right at home in no time.
Kudos on a new release.
Indeed. I tried Freya when it was in beta and I was quite impressed by how polished and friendly the distro was, and I really liked the aesthetics, too. There was enough configuration-options and all, but not overwhelmingly so, it looked good to my eye, there was a reasonable selection of software installed and so on. I wouldn’t hesitate to offer someone new to Linux a PC with ElementaryOS preinstalled, if they ever wanted to give Linux a go.
Funny how “power users” are seen upon as users who want to spend all their time on UI that needs and require a lot of tweeking etc.
I’m defenetly a power user, that does NOT mean that I want to spend a lot of time setting up my own laptop.
I use a lot of time setting up servers, developing software etc. and if I also would have to do that on my own machine.. That would just waste my time.
Nope. I want a beautiful desktop that is just working = elementaryOS. I’m sold 🙂
Redards from a “Power user”
Obviously anecdotal, but it certainly does offer something over Ubuntu for me: It’s much faster and smoother on older hardware. I have a 2nd-gen Intel Atom based netbook that chokes on Ubuntu proper even with an SSD and maxed RAM, but on Elementary OS it flies. It’s not as fast as Slackware but it’s more functional out of the box and has a lot of good tweaks for laptop users. Sane power management defaults, a layout that benefits smaller screens, and little things like a battery manager make it worth installing on a laptop.
No, it’s not your stereotypical “1337 haxx0r” Linux distro, but it doesn’t try to be.
Elementary OS has one advantage for people who are interested in contributing: its entire code base including applications is written entirely in Vala, which is a much more “modern” and elegant language than the pure-C-based approach that most Gtk-based DEs use. This should in theory make it a boon for getting contributions from the community, or at the very least for hobbyists to hack on.
Edited 2016-09-10 10:01 UTC
it’s àNice pièce of distribution, although there is nothing New such as design improvement, gesture optimisation or artwork that would shock your eyes.
I think android x86 can do àbetter job for the aimed public. Millions of apps. Chrome Os could be faster.
Anyway, if I start àdistribution one day, i’d love to see so many downloads.
pretty lame claim there. Those who actually rice their systems is a tiny percentage of linux users. They certainly are not the norm.
I suspect that elementary OS’s biggest competition on ease of use would be chromeos and its derivatives.
I shortly installed it on a first gen 64bit dual core atom with 2G ram and it was laggy, especially next to neverware cloudeady’s build of chromeos.
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He’s not being literal.
I’m not really representative, since I only handle 2 servers, but I do compile their kernels. Not on my desktop machines and laptops though
And I’ve always liked Elementary 
I really like their style and coherence through the system but their icon set is just not my cup of tea. It’s borderline ugly, not up to the standard they claim they have. But that’s an easy fix I guess.
The new version is very nice under VBox.