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Wow, that's by far the best looking Linux distro I've seen. Judging from the screenshots, Fuduntu, like most distros, is pretty fugly. ElementaryOS actually loo

Wow, that's by far the best looking Linux distro I've seen. Judging from the screenshots, Fuduntu, like most distros, is pretty fugly. ElementaryOS actually looks like it has someone making UX choices and creating a consistent design language. The system font isn't great and type could really use some font smoothing, but that's the case with all Linux distros I know of. They're even working on a curated App Store: http://elementaryos.org/journal/introducing-appcenter http://elementaryos.org/journal/introducing-appcenter I think this is exactly what Linux needs to become a platform consumers like to use. Once it's out of beta, I'm definitely going to install ElementaryOS. Screenshots: http://elementaryos.org/journal/when-its-ready http://elementaryos.org/journal/when-its-ready

xiaomai 14y ago
I don't care for the desktop shell they're making, but the applications I have tried are really high-quality. The screen-capture program is really great and feature-full.
joe_the_user 14y ago
Looks like a gnome-shell clone with burnished aluminum frames. It may be pretty in the abstract but it's apparent lack of usability makes it ugly to my eyes.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
  As others have noted, a lot of their efforts have been going into developing new (or new forks of existing) tools and applications, with much attention to implementing a simple "do one thing and do it right" solution for each item, and making all of them cohesive. You can still quite easily replace their file browser, their dock, their terminal, etc. with ones you prefer quite easily (this is becoming difficult within Unity), but I've found myself not wanting to. The OS is very cohesive and kind of a joy to use, I've found.
mehrzad 14y ago
>Wow, that's by far the best looking Linux distro I've seen Have you seen any Window Manager only (without Desktop Environment) desktops? They're very nice, even nicer than OS X or Windows. Examples: http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/3BtzL.png http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/3BtzL.png http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/dV2Ac.png http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/dV2Ac.png
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  Yah, sorry, don't like it one bit. I don't understand how you could think that works better for consumers than OS X or Windows. I do think the desktop metaphor is on its way out, though (see iOS and Win8)
  - mehrzad 14y ago
    >better for consumers than OS X or Windows I didn't mean to imply that. I just said it looks nicer, but I guess it doesn't appeal to some people. I like a desktop-style workflow more than a mobile one, but I guess it may be worse for normal consumers, but that's not what I am.

xiaomai 14y ago

I don't care for the desktop shell they're making, but the applications I have tried are really high-quality. The screen-capture program is really great and feature-full.

joe_the_user 14y ago

Looks like a gnome-shell clone with burnished aluminum frames. It may be pretty in the abstract but it's apparent lack of usability makes it ugly to my eyes.

BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
As others have noted, a lot of their efforts have been going into developing new (or new forks of existing) tools and applications, with much attention to implementing a simple "do one thing and do it right" solution for each item, and making all of them cohesive. You can still quite easily replace their file browser, their dock, their terminal, etc. with ones you prefer quite easily (this is becoming difficult within Unity), but I've found myself not wanting to. The OS is very cohesive and kind of a joy to use, I've found.

mehrzad 14y ago

>Wow, that's by far the best looking Linux distro I've seen Have you seen any Window Manager only (without Desktop Environment) desktops? They're very nice, even nicer than OS X or Windows. Examples: http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/3BtzL.png http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/3BtzL.png http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/dV2Ac.png http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/03/28/dV2Ac.png

Samuel_Michon 14y ago
Yah, sorry, don't like it one bit. I don't understand how you could think that works better for consumers than OS X or Windows. I do think the desktop metaphor is on its way out, though (see iOS and Win8)
- mehrzad 14y ago
  >better for consumers than OS X or Windows I didn't mean to imply that. I just said it looks nicer, but I guess it doesn't appeal to some people. I like a desktop-style workflow more than a mobile one, but I guess it may be worse for normal consumers, but that's not what I am.