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vishalrao

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vishalrao said:
Visit elementary.io especially read their blog: https://blog.elementary.io/

The next upcoming version 8 is in development based on the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS though there's no fixed release timeline it should be out soon.


I just happened to send in a small code contribution (been doing this for ages now) for the upcoming v8 release, see https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-datetime/pull/127

Does anyone else here use elementary OS?
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Been using it since 0.3 beta (freya?), nice clean look and decently fast. Gave up on it after purchasing my current laptop, as they did not support wayland, and while wayland has its quirks, the experience is better if you're used to certain features on other OSs (browser trackpad gestures, screen tearing being some that were a deal breaker for me). Moved to ubuntu and it's been a generally smooth ride since (except for the inoperative fp sensor, but Linux in general has really bad fp support). I hear they're moving to wayland with 8, maybe I'll give it a spin then. Attached is an old photo of setting up elementary on the laptop.
 

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altair21 said:
I have been wanting to give it a try for a while now, how stable is it compared to Ubuntu or Mint? Do you daily drive it?
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It has been very stable for me over the years but then I always purchase hardware conservatively like no nvidia gpus etc.

I've been daily driving the current v7.1 on my ThinkPad and it's smooth.

Even though I'm excited for the next v8 release I'm concerned about the big shifts to Wayland (X11 session still available) and move from gtk3 to gtk4 etc for stuff like running Zoom app, there's currently some hidpi scaling issues with Chrome and VScode but the OS is still in development.

Typically the next point release v8.1 should be better anyway.
 
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