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ElementaryOs Luna released

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Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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aroman wrote: post #96
pilgrim689 wrote: post #94

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I never heard of elementaryOS but it looks great at first glance. I have a specific question I was wondering: how will distributions using non-Unity DEs/WMs such as elementary handle the replacement of X with Mir? I'm not familiar with how child distros handle divergent dependencies in general so I'd love to hear what elementary is doing.

Great question. The simple answer is: we don't know yet. We actually had a conference call with some folks from Canonical a few weeks ago discussing this very issue. At present, it seems like there are three options (I'm taking these points mostly from the minutes from that call): 1. Port everything to Qt and use Mir (because GTK+ might not work under pure Mir -- they've been backing Wayland so far). This would requi…

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Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by nly »

aroman wrote: post #118
e12e wrote: post #113

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How about 4. Rebase to Debian (Aka: which probably would mean stick with Wayland/follow Gnome) ?

Rebasing to Debian definitely comes up a lot. Our main reasons for sticking with Ubuntu are: - we rely very heavily on Launchpad - we rely on the hardware support and testing work they do - the Ubuntu userbase seems to be a bit more in-line with the kinds of people who will enjoy elementary OS (this isn't a technical reason) - we have some close relationships with Canonical/Ubuntu employees/developers It's definitely…

How about talking to the Linux Mint guys about it?

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by reidrac »

I miss some easy access info in the website about the "building blocks" of this Linux distro.

Wikipedia to the rescue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_(operating_system)

Also, worth reading: http://elementaryos.org/docs/user-guide/technical-specificat...

It's based in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Linux kernel 3.2.0).

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by daGrevis »

If someone is as lost as me and can't found on which distro this one is based, it's Ubuntu with Linux 3.2.

After having a quick look using virtual box, it's really handcrafted nicely and could be a good alternative to Xubuntu. Great job! :)

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by munchor »

daGrevis wrote: post #194

If someone is as lost as me and can't found on which distro this one is based, it's Ubuntu with Linux 3.2. After having a quick look using virtual box, it's really handcrafted nicely and could be a good alternative to Xubuntu. Great job! :)

Actually Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by charlesism »

munchor wrote: post #174
charlesism wrote: post #171

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It's interesting that the features of this OS sound like the features of Gnome in the late 90s (we care about design, and we don't swamp the user with choices)... and Ubuntu a few years later. I truly wish this project the best but it will be an uphill battle when Apple revamps the look of OS X, and Elementary OS is left looking like a dated, less consistent version of someone else's system software. That sounds more…

We came up with a lot of new stuff, we have tons of developers with brilliant ideas and innovation has always been present on elementary OS. I'm pretty sure we'll keep innovating and I'm pretty sure OS X's updates won't contribute to our failure in any way possible.

Judging by the screen shots there's some talented people involved in the project, and probably a lot of care. On the other hand there's something broken with the decision making process when you wind up borrowing Apple's Dock[1][2].

[1] http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html [2] http://archive.arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/macosx-pb1/macos...

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by Radle »

The video seriously says gaming? I don't believe there is a real game you can play there, beside Minecraft. (For pretty obvious reasons)

Any one here who thinks or knows different?

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by Someone »

grey-area wrote: post #157
aroman wrote: post #62

I have been a developer for elementary for 3 years, and I am part of the elementary core team. I am also personally close friends with much of the design and development team, including the project's founder and lead designer, Daniel Foré. There seems to be a lot of feedback here which basically says "this trying to rip off OS X". I would like to offer you some insight into our internal assessment of these claims. Is…

Firstly, this is really impressive and a great idea. Thanks for starting this project, as Linux badly needs some new ideas for UI design. I've had a look at the video. Unfortunately, my first impression from the video was that this is a direct copy of OS X, down to the apps, and in terms of UI and experience, not in terms of skin-deep chrome. The reasons for that were: General window chrome - toolbars, buttons Dock o…

"Finder app again presents exactly like Finder in Mac OS, but with tabs"

That's retrogade copying: http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/#finder

Re: ElementaryOs Luna released

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Post by Someone »

clockwork_189 wrote: post #128
aroman wrote: post #87

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Hi, thanks for the interest! Our desktop interface and apps are actually quite different from Ubuntu, though we are an Ubuntu-based distribution. To give some concrete examples: - We use our own desktop environment and window manager, Pantheon and Gala, respectively.[1] - We write many of our own apps in-house or work closely with the third-party apps we ship with. For example, our music player, settings application,…

Thank you for the reply! :) I will definitely give it a whirl. I have been playing around with the rasp Pi and given that your OS is approx 200MB, I wanna try seeing if I can make the two work together(or if someone else has, do let me know). Good job btw!

"~200 MB less than Ubuntu's", not 200 MB. It is over 700 MB.
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