The release of elementary OS 8.0.2 has been published, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-focused alternative to Windows and macOS. The project emphasizes high-quality design aimed at creating a user-friendly system that consumes minimal resources while ensuring high boot speed. Users are provided with the Pantheon desktop environment. Bootable iso images (3.3 GB) have been prepared for download, available for the amd64 architecture (for free download from the project site, the donation amount field should be filled with 0).
The original components of elementary OS are developed using GTK3, Vala language, and the custom Granite framework. The distribution is based on the Ubuntu project. On the package and repository support level, elementary OS 8.x is compatible with Ubuntu 24.04. All additional applications offered for installation via AppCenter, as well as some default applications, are packaged using the Flatpak format. The graphical environment is based on the custom Pantheon shell, which includes components such as the Gala window manager (based on LibMutter), Slingshot launcher, control panel Switchboard, Wing top panel, Dock taskbar, and Pantheon Greeter session manager (based on LightDM).
The environment includes a set of tightly integrated applications necessary for users to accomplish their tasks. Most of the applications are developed by the project, such as the Pantheon Terminal emulator, Pantheon Files file manager, Code text editor, and Music (Noise) music player. The project also develops the Pantheon Photos manager (a fork of Shotwell) and the Mail client (a fork of Evolution).
Key Changes:
- The installer and initial setup wizard have improved support for accessibility tools.
- A bug that caused crashes during the creation of certain partition combinations during disk partitioning has been fixed in the installer.
- The music player has added additional queue management capabilities and improved performance for processing large queues. Support for deleting individual music tracks from the context menu has been added. Track name search has been implemented. Queue and last played track recording and restoration have been ensured.
- Issues with input focus when opening a new terminal window have been resolved.
- Packages with Linux kernel 6.14 have been added.
Source: opennet.ru
