
Saying that, we installed Firefox and LibreOffice direct from the Ubuntu repos without a problem, and Chrome directly from Google's download. This is the largest collection of third-party Flatpak apps for Linux and those apps are compatible with elementary OS." For apps that are not available in AppCenter, I recommend checking out. It does use some GNOME components, such as the modified version of the Epiphany web browser, but it's more unlike GNOME than Ubuntu's Unity was.įoré said: "On Elementary OS, the native package format is Flatpak instead of Debian package files. Saying that, the writer feels the need to correct a previous comment that the distro is very Mac-like or based on GNOME. Perhaps it's that while Pop!_OS seems to expect to be the only OS on a new machine, Elementary OS doesn't. Unlike with Pop!_OS, we were easily able to configure shared /home and swap partitions, quadruple-boot worked perfectly, and Jólnir detected our Nvidia 4200M GPU and installed the correct driver. The installation program was co-developed with System76, but it worked notably better for us. The changes are not sweeping but they are widespread: a better alt-tab switcher, better search in the app launcher, a more all-encompassing dark mode, and other smaller improvements.
ELEMENTARY OS REVIEWS UPDATE
Elementary OS 6.1 makes quite substantial changes for a point release, but if you were already running 6.0 and you update regularly, you probably already have it. Fans of American Gods might recognise that Odin, the Allfather of the Norse gods, has many names – and "Jólnir" is one of them.
