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Key facts
- Developer
- elementary, Inc
- Os family
- Linux ( Unix-like )
- Working state
- Current
- Source model
- Open source
- Initial release
- 31 March 2011 ; 15 years ago ( 2011-03-31 )
- Latest release
- 8.1.1 / 26 February 2026 ; 3 months ago ( 26 February 2026 )
- Repository
- github .com /elementary
- Update method
- Long-term support
- Package manager
- APT ( command-line frontend), dpkg (backend), Flatpak
- Supported platforms
- AMD64
- Kernel type
- Monolithic ( Linux kernel )
- Userland
- GNU
- Default user interface
- Pantheon
- License
- GPLv3
- Official website
- elementary .io
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Elementary OS (stylized as elementary OS) is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS. It promotes itself as "thoughtful, capable, and ethical computing" and has a pay-what-you-want model. The operating system, the desktop environment (called Pantheon), and accompanying applications are developed and maintained by elementary, Inc.
Design philosophy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “elementary OS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.