

The elementary ‘App Center’ currently has around 95 apps ( you can view them here). (I’ll leave arguments about whether elementary’s push for eOS-specific software helps or hinders Linux, promotes fragmentation, and splits development effort to one side for now…) Many of these visual changes will be most pronounced in third-party software designed for the distro and distributed through the elementary App Center. The fifth major release of the elementary operating system will introduce major changes to the look, fit and feel of the OS, from the Pantheon desktop and Gala window manager to the assortment of applications that come preinstalled. Understood? What’s New in elementary OS 5.0 Juno? “When you publicize buggy, unstable pre-release images it can damage our brand and hurt adoption and sales of the final production-ready release.”

He also asks that bloggers, journalists and YouTubers avoid making any formal “review” using the beta build. Developers need a pre-release in order to test and take advantage of new platform features.” “Beta is a special release intended for our 3rd party developers and highly technical users. In the beta release announcement elementary project lead Daniel Fore stresses that this beta is just that, a beta, and should not be confused with a production-ready build: However, just because you can download the preview, doesn’t mean you should download it, as elementary themselves warn… Beta ≠ Production Quality Anyone with a virtual machine or spare partition can install the elementary OS Juno beta for themselves, right now. Wondering where elementary 0.5 went? All is explained hereīut you don’t have to wait until the stable release date (which is as yet unknown) to try it out.
