Thoughts on elementary OS?

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TIL about elementary OShttps://elementary.io/I am immediately interested, but because this is the first time I&rsquo;ve ever heard about it, despite frequenting hacker news, I am skeptical that it could be less to be excited about than what it seems to be.Any thoughts from any of you about why this project is great or terrible, or anything in between?I&rsquo;ve been on Mac since Snow Leopard, and every time I think to myself, &ldquo;I need to get off Mac because of X&rdquo;, I remind myself how terrible Windows is, and how terrible a UX Ubuntu is.Note - thanks @hamaluik for this comment:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902795

throwaway888abc · Accepted Answer

Elementary is great! Grab the image, boot your usb memory and see it yourself. Very polished experience.Last release discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21719028

fabrice_d · Answer

Elementary is a superb linux distribution: you don't know at all you're using linux!More seriously, I installed it on several relatives laptops (from 15 to 70+ yo) and I never heard anyone complain. In general, it just works.

Malp · Answer

It's lovely and very polished! Have been following it for some time now and can't wait to see where they go from beret.

Thoughts on elementary OS?

Elementary is great! Grab the image, boot your usb memory and see it yourself. Very polished experience.
Last release discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21719028

Elementary is a superb linux distribution: you don't know at all you're using linux!
More seriously, I installed it on several relatives laptops (from 15 to 70+ yo) and I never heard anyone complain. In general, it just works.

It's lovely and very polished! Have been following it for some time now and can't wait to see where they go from beret.