Reviewed in LWN back in April: https://lwn.net/Articles/438184/
Elementary OS
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#13For everyone wondering: it's based on Ubuntu, with a clean theme and some "homemade" applications. It's minimalist and blazing fast. The music player will come with the next release. It's opinionated. I like it.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't figure out the internals of the project either (how is it powered ? web based ? etc.) Plus it keeps on giving HTTP 500 errors :(
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Jupiter is based on ubuntu maverick, luna the next update is based on ubuntu oneiric. You could call it a ubuntu remix but its not a fair statement, the whole idea is a unified os that is designed to look and feel a certain way. They have specific apps that will replace the default gnome utilities like nautilus rhythmbox etc.
Marlin - nautilus replacement
Beatbox - rhythmbox/banshee
Pantheon - gnome-terminal
Postler - evolution/thunderbird
Dexter - contacts
I'm writing this post from elementary os jupiter. Its worth a try just to get a feel of ubuntu taken apart and rebuilt with a focus on design and usability.
However dont expect things to be polished like osx, it is not. A few "features" like postler storing your password in plain text is enough to put me off using it over thunderbird but i digress.
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#15This looks eerily similar to OS X. Everything from the desktop to the icons (safari, dictionary, contacts) and even the design of the website.
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#16Love the UI on this. I did a light dig through the docs but does it offer networking support? Would love to use this on my currently Windows box to host files.
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#17What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.
It took some digging, but I found an introduction page: http://www.elementaryos.org/journal/elementary-101
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#18check out #elementary @ freenode
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#19What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.
A reasonable observation. I suspect (but can't confirm because as you note they don't actually say it) that they are going after the 'ChromeOS' / WebStart market. It look like yet-another-linux-reskinning, it has a bit of JoliCloud feel to it. And the downloads don't have ARM builds so I'm guessing its not a tablet OS.
it's just a over ambitious project that spawned off the elementary-gtk-theme