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Based on Ubuntu LTS (long term service, ie, stable) it has a simpler UI that is somewhat similar to Mac OS X.
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Pros
Pro Simple intuitive UI
This distribution promises you a very tailored user experience and it does deliver on that promise. The developers provide you with a custom desktop environment and a set of neat programs. And the whole desktop looks simple gorgeous.
Pro Stable
Based on Ubuntu LTS it means that most softwares may be not the latest but they have been well tested for a while. So you have very little risks of running into broken stuff.
Pro Has proprietary drivers
As long as you agree to install proprietary drivers during the install, you won't have to look for graphic drivers manually. Everything should just work out of the box.
Cons
Con Poor Linux community reputation
The devs of elementary OS feel anyone not paying for their Ubuntu respin are not worthy of using it. Which upset a good bit of people. Obviously the core dev team have issues with their community outreach and PR.
Con Old base and applications
The slow release schedule makes the applications outdated. It drags behind Ubuntu LTS (on which it's based) which itself drags behind Ubuntu which is often still quite far behind Arch for example.
Con Window control button placement may be unintuitive to some
elementary OS has window controls on the left side of the window. It may be less intuitive to users coming from other operating systems that put window controls on the right.
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 Upper panel requires extra spaces
The upper panel in Elementary OS requires more space. This can be a problem for computers with small monitors.
Con UI doesn't let you change anything
Every installation of elementaryOS looks excactly like the same.
Recommendations
Comments
Out of Date Pros + Cons
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.
