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ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS

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Re: ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS

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Post by bsimpson »

Elementary has been around for a long time. From what I recall, it tries to ape the Mac style on Linux the same way that KDE has been accused of aping Windows.

The original founder (Cassidy James Blaede) is now a designer for GNOME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJq8Cq9LixE

I wonder why this is on the front page today.

Re: ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS

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Post by stavros »

What's a popular rolling release distro that's fairly stable, but also modern, for my dad's computer? He just wants a good balance of "things won't break" and "things will get updated".

Ubuntu is ok, but maybe pop!OS or something else is better for him?

Re: ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS

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Post by rahimnathwani »

stavros wrote: post #5

What's a popular rolling release distro that's fairly stable, but also modern, for my dad's computer? He just wants a good balance of "things won't break" and "things will get updated". Ubuntu is ok, but maybe pop!OS or something else is better for him?

Fedora isn't a rolling release but updates pretty often.

Re: ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS

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Post by haunter »

stavros wrote: post #5

What's a popular rolling release distro that's fairly stable, but also modern, for my dad's computer? He just wants a good balance of "things won't break" and "things will get updated". Ubuntu is ok, but maybe pop!OS or something else is better for him?

Fedora Kinoite https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/

I really do think that immutable distros are the future especially if you want something that don’t break. And imo KDE is arguably the best DE right now, that is if you believe DEs should follow the WinNT era UX principles.

But there is a version with GNOME too or Cosmic

https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/

https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/cosmic/

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