Elementary OS

#1

Post by rkwz » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:14 PM UTC

Elementary OS
elementaryos.org

Re: Elementary OS

#2

Post by cdcarter » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.

Re: Elementary OS

#3

Post by tejaswiy » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

Hmm, 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.

Re: Elementary OS

#4

Post by eperoumal » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:55 PM UTC

cdcarter wrote: post #2

What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.

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 :(

Re: Elementary OS

#5

Post by ChuckMcM » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:56 PM UTC

cdcarter wrote: post #2

What 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.

Re: Elementary OS

#6

Post by wccrawford » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:57 PM UTC

eperoumal wrote: post #4

cdcarter wrote: post #2

What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.

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 :(

About the browser:

"But unlike many of its peers, Midori is also fully native to elementary, using the same GTK toolkit that ensures the perfect desktop compatibility and integration found in our other apps."

So apparently it's GTK-based.

Re: Elementary OS

#7

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:57 PM UTC

eperoumal wrote: post #4

cdcarter wrote: post #2

What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.

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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Re: Elementary OS

#8

Post by buster » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 5:59 PM UTC

eperoumal wrote: post #4

cdcarter wrote: post #2

What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.

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 :(

looks like plain gnome + docky with a clean theme, that's about it.. Another linux distro which tries to have a simple and clean interface.

I will install the mail program postler on ubuntu and give it a try, though.

Re: Elementary OS

#9

Post by ChuckMcM » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 6:00 PM UTC

eperoumal wrote: post #4

cdcarter wrote: post #2

What is the target market for this OS? I can't figure out from their website.

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 :(

Sourceforge repo: http://sourceforge.net/projects/elementaryos/

Re: Elementary OS

#10

Post by eperoumal » Tue, Jul 19, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

wccrawford wrote: post #6

eperoumal wrote: post #4

Earlier 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 :(

About the browser: "But unlike many of its peers, Midori is also fully native to elementary, using the same GTK toolkit that ensures the perfect desktop compatibility and integration found in our other apps." So apparently it's GTK-based.

Wow GTK. People are still using that ?