elementary OS 5.0 Juno Review: A New Polished Experience
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elementary OS is a Linux distribution which aims to be a modern, fast & beautiful replacement for Windows and macOS.
it’s very similar to macOS in terms of UI and usability
elementary OS released version 5.0 codenamed “Juno”,Bringing tons of updates and improvements to both its core software and shape.
1. look & feel
The default look & feel for the Pantheon desktop (elementary’s default desktop interface) hasn’t changed a lot since version 0.4 Loki;
A transparent panel at top and a dock at bottom
There was, however, a number of changes in elementary’s apps their selves. The Files application now uses new icons for folders and file formats
The file manager in elementary looks gorgeous, sadly like many other elementary’ applications there’s no preferences window. So you can’t change
anything in the app itself, you just use it as it is. This is similar to the mindset in macOS where it also forces you to use one set of preferences.
The Terminal application (and many other apps) received what’s known to be “quick controls”, which are simply quick settings available in the main UI
of the program that can be used to adjust the application’s preferences. In Terminal, you can choose the color skin and font size
Unlike most terminal emulators on other Linux distributions, you can easily copy & paste from and to the terminal using Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V.
In case you were running something inside the terminal, the app will smartly recognize whether you want to use Ctrl + C to copy something from
terminal or to stop the current command. More ever, there’s an embedded search functionality in the terminal app which allows you to search for text.
There’s also an option in the context menu which allows you to open the current path in the files manager.
The Photos app now uses a dark theme by default. It also includes a redesigned photo adjustments dialog which allows you to play with photos’ colors.
And includes some quick options to export the image in a different format, send it by Bluetooth or email, print it or compress it somewhere
AppCenter, which is elementary’s software manager, got a set of huge updates since the latest release
Here’s the categories page:
Now, it features a pay-what-you-want model for many open source programs which are in the store.
This allows 3rd-party application developers to earn money from developing free software, and also
allows users to put their hands on generally better software for whatever price they choose.
If you can’t pay, you can put 0 in the custom amount box and download the app for free, or you can pay what you want
“Code” is the name of the default’s elementary’s text editor which is also customized for developers. It has also received
quick controls which allow you to control space/tab length, highlighted programming language and current line. You can also
quickly change the skin of the program
You can easily expand the program’s functionality with extensions already installed. Some of them include a terminal emulator,
a browser previewer and a word completion extension
Talking about the elementary’s control center, you can now enable “Night Light” for your display in order to protect your eyes
from blue light. Which will apply a layer of red color on your current display at time of night
There’s also a service called “Housekeeping” which you can activate to automatically remove temporarily unused files from your
system or empty your trash regularly
Conclusion:
To be honest I would not use Elementary OS as my main desktop, There are two main reasons behind it.
Frist one is pretty simple it uses a lot of ram just for a desktop experience which simply looks like MAC OS, Some of focks say its a gorgious DE but spacally I think
Its Simply not my cpu of tea. But if you like an OS looks like MAC and got a decent hardware then you may try Elemenatry os.
Second and big reason they charges real money now Its ture developers need money to live for sure, but Its just not the peoper way in my openion. besides they charge
money just for a desktop enviroment , since elemenaty os users Ubuntu as core. In open source commounity If you do somethng significant you will rais donation for sure Linux Mint Does.
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