Elementary OS

Elementary OS is a free community-created open-source operating system based on Ubuntu Linux. This highly customizable OS enables users of all knowledge levels to get a stable, fast, and Ubuntu LTS-compatible experience on desktop and laptop PCs, with a wide array of pre-installed apps and services that are used in many daily tasks both at home, school, and work.

It features its own theme, icons, applications, services, and GNOME desktop environment that are all highly customizable in accordance with perfectionist tendencies found in many other Linux-based operating systems. And since it requires a bare minimum of resources, this OS can provide a new life to an incredible variety of older PC machines, making them the home of a modern, stable, safe, and highly reliable operating system that will not crash or be targeted by malicious software.

Similarly like many other Linux-based distributions, Elementary OS can be installed on modern PCs via 32-bit and 64-bit live DVD ISO images, enabling users to use this OS even without installing the entire operating system to the local storage. For faster and more streamlined use, users are recommended to load the live OS environment direct from fast USB flash drives.

Upon the first start, users have the option to check the PC environment by testing the core hardware, and then decide whether or not they want to install this OS on the local drive. The automated procedure of starting the live OS is simple and requires users to simply don’t touch the keyboard until OS gets up and running.

Once up and running, users can start exploring the OS interface that consists of a top panel with few shortcuts to important system services, an application launcher (dock) at the bottom of the screen, and a large desktop surface.

The OS comes with numerous preinstalled apps such as web browser (Midori), file manager (Nautilus), multi-protocol instant messenger (Empathy), archive manager (File Roller), email client (Gearz), disk partition editor, movie player, document viewer, image viewer, text editor, and many others. Of course, many other Linux LTS-compatible apps can be added to the OS via the integrated ed Software Center tool that can easily download new apps or update existing ones.

Elementary OS is 100% FREE and provides extraordinary levels of functionality to all PC users. Getting a new Linux OS up and running on any PC with a live session loaded directly from a DVD or USB drive was never easier.