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This distro, based on the Ubuntu LTS with a custom desktop environment called Pantheon, is a turnkey OS with a focus on user experience design.
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Pros
Cons
Con Very slow development cycle
elementary does not offer any release date for their stable releases going more with a "it's done when it's done" attitude. Making depending on newer apps a difficulty as well as a poor choice for those that need consistent release schedules for their OS.
Con Change theme needs extra-software
To change the theme you'll need to install elementary-tweaks. No Con for a semi-experienced Linux-User but for a newbie it may be annoying.
Con No official forums
For some reason the elementary devs do not want to have a forum for discussion making finding fixes for issues difficult to find as the only resource Elementary uses id G+, which does not lend itself well to problem solving or large ongoing easily readable discussions.