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Elementary OS

elementary OS is an Ubuntu (Long Term Release) based distribution originally developed with an emphasis on the visual and usability design of the distribution. It aims to present a cohesive design relationship between the desktop environment and applications. As such the project develops its own custom desktop environment, based on GNOME, and applications.

The project, currently organized as elementary, Inc., monetizes the distribution with a pay what you want model for downloading the installation ISO as well as for installing applications, developed spcifically for it by third party developers, from its Software Center.

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Estimated Usage Unknown
Inception Year March 31, 2011, 9 p.m.
Country United States of America
Website https://elementary.io/
Download Portal None
Documentation Portal None
Development Portal https://developer.elementary.io/
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Distribution Base Ubuntu
Base of Distributinos
Architectures 64-bit PC (AMD64, Intel 64, x86_64)
Init System systemd
C Standard Library GNU C Standard Library (glibc)
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Distribution Default Package Format .deb
Distribution Default Low Level Package Manager
Distribution Default Package Manager Database
Distribution Default CLI Binary Package Manager Advanced Package Manager (APT)
Distribution Default GUI Binary Package Manager AppCenter
Distribution Default CLI Source Package Manager
Distribution Default GUI Source Package Manager
Distribution Default Build System

Editions/Variants/Spins

Logo Distribution Edition Screenshot Edition Release Type Release Frequency Distribution Base Desktop Environment
elementary OS [Default] Regular Biennially Independent/Original Pantheon

Reviewed Releases

Logo Release Screenshot Release Name Release Version Release Distribution Edition Release Date Review Publication Date Review Title
Juno 5 elementary OS [Default] Oct. 16, 2018 Nov. 9, 2018, 9 p.m. elementary OS 5 Juno Review