I believe the point here is how Elementary presents itself. If you compare Elementary's discover page with Ubuntu's feature page, the difference is clear. Elementary's page screams I'm clean and simple; their page don't took you to figure out what the hell Me Menu is (and how I should care), they just put enough stuff to get you comfortable with its application and featureset, which I believe is a good thing for those who want to get their stuff done without much fiddling around.
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Re: Elementary OS
#22'OS' is a bit of a stretch, it is essentially a gnome skin and a handful of apps.
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#23'OS' is a bit of a stretch, it is essentially a gnome skin and a handful of apps.
Well, given your description it's an OS as much as Ubuntu is.
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#24This looks eerily similar to OS X. Everything from the desktop to the icons (safari, dictionary, contacts) and even the design of the website.
Yep, the Safari logo in particular does it for me as they've attempted to make it look ever so slightly different ("Nooo, see this one's green and the compass dial is pointing at a TOTALLY different angle"). Just reminds me of the rather awful OS X-like skins you see for Winamp or basically any skinnable application. Bleh
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#25Hmm, it looks beautiful and I really don't want to be a detractor, but with the iPad, I don't really see anyone needing a minimalist desktop OS anymore.
Well, then I can't use my computer anymore... Do you REALLY think desktop OSes are dead? Well, think again :)
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#26Is this linked to Enlightenment? The "e" sure looks familiar.
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#27What 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 not a simple reskin. The Elementary folk have patched Nautilus quite a bit to make it more usable, and some of the changes have made it back to Ubuntu. They've also written several of the default apps from scratch.
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#28Hmm, it looks beautiful and I really don't want to be a detractor, but with the iPad, I don't really see anyone needing a minimalist desktop OS anymore.
Well, then I can't use my computer anymore... Do you REALLY think desktop OSes are dead? Well, think again :)
I'm not saying the Desktop OS is dead. I'm saying the only reason why you'd use a desktop OS is for complicated tasks like designing / programming / gaming / spreadsheets where this kind of power is needed.
This OS looks very minimalistic. The only functions I can see are web browsing, e-mail and pictures. It's even called Elementary OS. I just feel an iPad can replace all the features that this particular OS offers easily.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, then I can't use my computer anymore... Do you REALLY think desktop OSes are dead? Well, think again :)
I'm not saying the Desktop OS is dead. I'm saying the only reason why you'd use a desktop OS is for complicated tasks like designing / programming / gaming / spreadsheets where this kind of power is needed. This OS looks very minimalistic. The only functions I can see are web browsing, e-mail and pictures. It's even called Elementary OS. I just feel an iPad can replace all the features that this particular OS offers…
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#30It seems to be focused on creating a few applications on its own, which are different somehow. The GNOME project seems to have the goal of usability (easiness etc.) but also has pretty clear criteria (etc. the dictionary doesn't have bookmarks as in Elementary OS) I really like Gnome 3 on Fedora 15 which as always stays close to the upstream. But still more choice of applications running on Linux to choose from is always a good thing :-).