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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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Pro Consistent development practices
All Elementary apps are written in Vala and hosted on Launchpad, and there are standard APIs such as contractor for applications to interact with one another. This is different from most distros, in which apps are written in a variety of languages. This design decision makes it easy to get started developing for Elementary and to understand how the various pieces fit together.
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Recommended a year ago
Neat looks and very good performance. Works straight out of the box. It's a little bit unconfigurable out of the box but that can be easily fixed with Pantheon Tweaks. Very smooth animation/transitions. Works very well with touchpad (multitouch gestures that track 1:1 with finger movement). Developers p...
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UI design consistencyPro
Extremely user-friendlyPro
Built on UbuntuPro
With new tweak tools customisation is not a problemCon
Doesn't support 32-bit hardwares anymorePro
Works very well with touchpadCon
Old base and applicationsCon
Not very configurableCon
Window control button placement may be unintuitive to someElementary OS
Recommended 2 years ago
ConsiderateApsat hasn’t added their experience, pros or cons to their recommendation.
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Recommended 3 years ago
EarnestIllapa hasn’t added their experience, pros or cons to their recommendation.
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3 years ago
LuckyIshat hasn’t added their experience, pros or cons to their recommendation.
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SophisticatedTenenet hasn’t added their experience, pros or cons to their recommendation.
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Recommended 3 years ago
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UI design consistencyPro
Extremely user-friendlyPro
Lightweight & fastPro
Built on UbuntuPro
Active Google+ communityPro
Simplicity, limited configurabilityPro
Consistent development practicesPro
A dedicated StackExchange sitePro
If you like MacOSX the UI/UX is similarPro
With new tweak tools customisation is not a problemCon
Doesn't support 32-bit hardwares anymoreCon
Quite buggyCon
No proprietary driver installer