Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released

Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by higherpurpose on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:03PM (#9359890)

As a new potential user I'd like to see more screenshots on the front page before I send them my money or download and install the OS. A video preview of 2-3 minutes would be even better.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by donpdonp on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:12PM (#9359911)

There is a surprising lack of information on the website. Here are a couple links that help fill in the gaps.

"elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It makes use of a desktop with its own shell named Pantheon,[2] and is deeply integrated with other elementary OS applications like Plank (a dock), Midori (the default web browser) and Scratch (a simple text editor). This distribution uses Gala as its window manager..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_OS

"elementary OS Freya vs elementary OS Luna - What's new?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBS6RDLTNA

It looks intriguing. A host of application level services built on linux leads me to think of this as a KDE-like effort to remake the desktop.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by xorcist on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:52PM (#9360014)

A browser that's not Firefox or Chrome scares me slightly, considering the amount of resources that go into securing them, yet they all fall at cansecwest.

How vulnerable can I expect to be running Midori?

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday April 11, 2015 @02:05PM (#9360065)

Midori is WebKit-based, so it's only as vulnerable as Safari.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by psgbg on Saturday April 11, 2015 @06:39PM (#9361112)

That's not actually true. A browser is not as secure as it's engine. The thing is really more complex than that.

There are configurations concern, certificates, security layer, apps/plugins/add-ons, bugs within the ui layer...

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by TazeTSchnitzel on Sunday April 12, 2015 @07:19AM (#9362957)

Sure, but the bulk of the issues are in the renderering engine, and for that they are sorted.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by psgbg on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:32PM (#9376320)

I know, it's the exposed part after all, but still I wouldn't recommend it as "secure as safari".

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by setpatchaddress on Saturday April 11, 2015 @05:02PM (#9360830)

WebKit isn't the only possible source of insecurity in an app that uses it. It may not even be in the top 10 versus things like image and font rendering libraries.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by iKlsR on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:14PM (#9359913)

They did a hangout yesterday where they run through a few things here https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=wtxmBJKMrDI.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by agumonkey on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:27PM (#9359942)

It's funny, it's like a bedroom version of an Apple conf. Similar progress pace, but small team and FOSS.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday April 11, 2015 @02:08PM (#9360074)

The eOS devs do seem to take a lot of cues from Apple.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by agumonkey on Saturday April 11, 2015 @02:23PM (#9360142)

Yes, it's not surprising and not limited to them either. But seeing all the similarities in a non fanatic context also makes Apple work a tad less amazing.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by linuxexchange on Saturday April 11, 2015 @05:02PM (#9360824)

We've been doing boot process and default desktop screencasts for new Linux releases for a little while now at LQ. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-screencasts-11... for the elementary OS Freya one.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by fugusaurus on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:11PM (#9359908)

Select 'Custom' under the payment options, enter 0.00 and download. Contribute later if you want to.

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Re:Elementary OS 0.3 “Freya” is released by evook on Saturday April 11, 2015 @01:16PM (#9359917)

Their official Download Mirror is sourceforge.

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