I'm Finally Home

Anyone that follows me on any social networks, or the sparse updates I add to this blog will know that I have been on the hunt for the perfect operating system for my needs over the last few months.

Iโ€™ve hopped from Linux Distro, to Linux Distro including Ubuntu, Ubuntu Gnome, PinguyOS, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, Bhodi, and a few others. They are all great and capable operating systems. But all of them had at least one niggle that I didnโ€™t like, or that slowed me down โ€“ in their own ways they all just do too much.

I also considered Googleโ€™s ChromeOS, but decided against it in the end as I really need the flexibility and power that comes with normal applications, as opposed to web apps.

For some time I settled on Windows 8 with a custom Start menu installed from StartIsBack. But I really wanted the freedom and joy that comes with using FOSS, so although Windows 8 is great, it couldnโ€™t scratch my itch either. I then heard that the Elementary team had announced the release of Luna Beta 2 โ€“ and oh what a game changer that was!

Iโ€™m back!

I had already tried Luna Beta 1, but it was lacking some features and it was still a little buggy on my machine. But Beta 2 is a completely different animal. Iโ€™ve been using it for around a week and a half now and itโ€™s a complete joy to use. Itโ€™s stable, beautiful and most importantly, it gets out of my way and letโ€™s me get on with my work. Which is exactly what I want from an operating system.

My Elementary Luna desktop
My Elementary Luna desktop

I am officially back in love with Linux!

Elementary Luna is an operating system that is very loosely based on Ubuntu. However, they have re-developed many of the core features of the OS. It isnโ€™t a hacked version of Gnome, or Unity, or XFCE, or any of the other UIโ€™s. Itโ€™s their own UI built from the ground up called Gala.

Elementary OS Luna Beta 2 is so stable that I think if it were an Ubuntu release, the Canonical team would have no problem in calling this a stable, or even LTS release. Itโ€™s a great operating system and I canโ€™t recommend it enough. Iโ€™ve migrated all of my machines over to it and I will be here for a long time to come yet I think!

Long live Linux!

NOTE: Even though Luna is extremely stable and awesome. Itโ€™s still a development release. Just because Iโ€™ve had positive experiences of Luna doesnโ€™t mean that yours will be the same. So if you install this OS and your machine blows up, you cannot blame anyone but yourself.

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