elementary

I use to love eos, but the last update keeps freezing on my laptop. Its a shame, I still send them money every mth as i think this is a great way to get new noobs into linux.

If I could, I'd give Elementary 4.5 stars. Daniel & Co have done excellent work, but your satisfaction depends on what you're looking for. I moved off eOS because it was too locked down for me. I could do most of what I wanted, but kept depending more and more on hacks to get there. That said, it's a 5 star distro for users with basic needs.

I know its designed to be less resource heavy. I was testing distrbutions to provide a service for people who have older working computers which Microsoft abandoneds. When I tested this OS it was slower than ubuntu in response to commands from the keyboard. Software os limited but I discovered how to install synaptic from a website. I decided not to offer this due to Linux Mint cinnamon only uses 630MB of ram and elementary was close to the same ram usage.

I enjoy this distro for it's aesthetics. It didn't work well with my specs on my new machine, otherwise i'd give it 5 stars

One of the best desktop experiences available. Great polish and professional looking desktop. Has some of the best support for high DPI and you don't need to do any crazy configurations for screen tearing - It just doesn't happen on ElementaryOS! I love the support for developers in it's app store by offering a payment option.

For people where eyecandy is absolutely Paramount, and excruciating simplicity is an entitlement. Just like on Apple products.

I was on elementy for about a year, it taught me a lot that's for sure... very geard to new users and that seems good. It was quite buggy the last time I installed it on a client machine. default email window kept resizing well outside the peramiters of the phisical screen.

I would simply refer to Elementary OS as a go-to desktop distro. It is built to smooth out all of the rough edges that Linux can contain and present the user with a usable system in which you can just get work done. Some design choices may not be to everyone's liking, however upon reading what the developers have to say, one realises that every choice made for the distro has been researched, has a clear purpose and is pointed toward the direction of continually building a better system. Put a new user on Elementary OS and they will likely have little difficulty learning how to use it, put an experienced user on the same system and they may miss a few customisation options, however everyone will get work done without the system getting in the way.

As a former IT teacher I used Elementary as a gateway OS for linux. The reason is that it's Ubuntu base added ease of use for newbies and the tweaked up pantheon desktop offered ease of access with eye candy. I didn't have to jump through hoops to have students follow along. They quickly grew out of it though but for my purposes it was perfect.

If you like wearing a straight jacket, elementary is for you. The default experience works well enough, the PPA overlay introduce many compatibility issues for 3rd party software that just works on Ubuntu.

An ok distro, unfortunately it is confused on its gender and what it should be, It is a Linux distribution but dresses up like MacOS. Looks very nice and has a very nice software manager with an option to donate money to the software developer, it does feel very restrictive when it comes to customisation as it really does want to be a mac deep down. overall if you looking for something pretty and contribute to software developers using the software manager donation system then this is a great distro.

A great distro if you like a simple, clean desktop. The encouragement to pay for software is an interesting approach, hopefully it is helping developers get paid for their work.

If you are helping someone switch from Windows/Mac to Linux, this is a great way to do it. People who are "afraid of using something that is free" can easily pay for this distro and the software found in their market place. I've used this off and on since they started and it just keeps getting better and better. Because it is based from Ubuntu, you can find lots of support to help you troubleshoot any issues you run into while using it.

One of the best Mac like and it's own special spin on it one of the best desktops I've ever seen and used. If your coming over from Mac it's a perfect steeping stone.

I've used Elementary off and on since it's first release. I love the elegance of the desktop environment and the ease of use for new users. For that reason, when non-technical friends or family members ask for advice on leaving Windows or MacOS I point them to Elementary. You could obviously use it for servers or whatever you want, but it's designed to be a Linux desktop, and I think it does that very well. The devs made it more restrictive than most other distros, but for most users who are used to being locked in to a desktop theme and getting apps from a curated store it's fine. Otherwise, it's only a few short bash commands to remove those restrictions and get your typical Linux options back.

Beginner friendly desktop but it lacks customization due to there apple like ecosystem. Very easy for people to use I personally think it needs a facelift on the customization part. Overall solid system

If you like the look and feel of MacOS you'd probably like this one. Similarly, like MacOS, customizability is also limited.

I've used elementary now for six months on my eight years old laptop. Everything is smooth, stable and fast. The installation is very easy with sane defaults for everything. And after installation, everything looks great and works out of the box. There is less room for customization than with most other distros, but that seems to be the intent of the developers: they have figured everything out so the user doesn't have to. With all other distros I have used, I tend to tinker with the system just because it's possible, often breaking it sooner than later. With elementary, I tend to actually do stuff.