Elementary OS 6 Odin

Post by phendrenad2 » Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

stonogo wrote: post #100

azinman2 wrote: post #75

I tried eOS 5. The screenshots made it look the most user friendly of Linux distros (read: Apple knock off), and at first it feels that way. But it quickly starts to show how shallow that knock off is… and it’s a huge undertaking so I don’t blame them. First is what happens once you run anything that isn’t made by them — all of the sudden totally different UIs. Linux has this problem in spades because there is no sta…

This is a series of complaints about the project as it stood in 2018, when eOS 5 was new. You don't suspect that maybe some of your criticism might have aged out? Maybe some of your recommendations are redundant by now?

Post by Wowfunhappy » Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 6:54 PM UTC

azinman2 wrote: post #75

I tried eOS 5. The screenshots made it look the most user friendly of Linux distros (read: Apple knock off), and at first it feels that way. But it quickly starts to show how shallow that knock off is… and it’s a huge undertaking so I don’t blame them. First is what happens once you run anything that isn’t made by them — all of the sudden totally different UIs. Linux has this problem in spades because there is no sta…

Post by tengbretson » Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 6:54 PM UTC

OJFord wrote: post #43

I'm surprised they spend so much (presumably) time and effort on applications, especially 'Web' and 'Terminal'. How many users are actually going to use 'Web' as their browser? That said, I wish them all the best, because I use 'Files' (but not the distro) since it's the best I've found for the odd occasion where I think using a GUI file manager will be easier than the command line. I still wouldn't say it's good , j…

Post by scns » Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #113

kemiller wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is pretty much why all the desktop Linux experiences fail. The major linux apps were all developed for different desktop experiences and so there's no consistency, even on things as basic as copy/paste shortcuts. It's very hard to get that without a powerful dictator shepherding the overall ecosystem and it's the achilles heel of FOSS for GUIs.

It is a crying shame that Linus, or some other benevolent dictator for life like Linus, never emerged to steer the Linux userland. If there are parallel realities and alternate timelines, then somewhere out there is the one where everyone settled on GNUStep/WindowMaker in the 90s and Linux took over the Desktop by 2005.

Post by SkyMarshal » Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

b2ccb2 wrote: post #60

Mikeb85 wrote: post #33

Wow looks great. This fell off my radar for a bit, looking pretty nice now. Not gonna lie, having Gnome + Flatpak on Ubuntu LTS base already puts it near the top of my list, the styling and added usability features puts it over the top. Ubuntu LTS base is also great for developers, as it seems most cloud images these days are just that. I've tried installing/building tools on other distros that I like more than Ubunt…

FYI, it doesn't use Gnome. It uses it's own DE based on Vala/GTK+/libmutter.