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Why a whole operating system and not just a DE?
elementary develops an OS rather than just a DE for a few reasons.
elementary OS is advertised as a replacement for Windows and macOS.
Distributing elementary OS as a whole OS makes it easier to ...
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Can I install elementary OS 0.4 Loki?
Yes, elementary OS Loki has been released. For the latest version of elementary OS, you can always visit elementary.io.
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Where can I download older versions of elementary OS?
Please keep in mind that elementary supports its penultimate releases only slightly into its current release's life. The older software below is unsupported by the developers and is provided here ...
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Is there any difference between paid and unpaid versions of elementary OS?
No, there is absolutely no difference between paid and unpaid downloads. They link to identical ISO files.
To answer your first question, yes, elementary OS is open source. Most of the code can be ...
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How can I fix a secure boot failing to grub when I installed 0.3.1?
Update
elementary OS Freya 0.3.2 has been released and fixes many of these issues. If you are installing or working on 0.3.1 and are experiencing these issues, we recommend you upgrade.
Keep in mind ...
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What are the minimum hardware requirements to run elementary OS?
Recommended System Specifications
Recent Intel i3 or comparable dual-core 64-bit processor
4 GB of system memory (RAM)
Solid state drive (SSD) with 15 GB of free space
Internet access
1024×768 ...
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How can I re-install the Software & Updates app?
You must open a terminal and write:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-gtk
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Direct update from Freya to Loki?
According to this tweet from the official elementary OS Twitter account, it won't be possible to directly upgrade. A clean install will be required.
See also: Should I download loki beta or freya?
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New install has a login loop
Press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and login into the terminal with your username and password. Your password will not show * or anything, but it is being typed.
Now run ls ~ -lah to list files in your home folder. ...
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elementary OS going Zesty
No. This is because Ubuntu based distros that are not official spins like Linux Mint and elementary OS are based on the latest LTS versions. This is done because LTS releases are more throughly tested ...
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elementary OS won't boot past live CD screen
Try launching your kernel with nomodeset option, following this instructions:
During the boot process, press and hold SHIFT key. Now you
can see the grub menu.
Press e key on first line to edit it.
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Black Screen after GRUB (Windows 8.1 dualboot)
Try adding nomodeset to the boot. Here's how to do it:
Press and hold the Shift button which will show you a GRUB screen containing a list of kernels and recovery options.
Press e to edit the ...
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Create swap partition
This answer is after the discussion in chat
Here you have to do two things ,
1 . Deleting the /swapspace file created using AU question.
2 . Creating swap in unallocated space.
1 . Open terminal ...
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Installer doesn't see my SSD
SOLVED: This issue was due to having the SATA mode set to RAID in BIOS. It was resolved by first following this post, then switching SATA mode to AHCI in BIOS and booting to Safe Mode in Windows which ...
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Upgrading Distro from Luna to Freya
There isn't currently a way to upgrade from one release of elementary OS to another. From the release announcement:
elementary OS Luna users should back up their data and perform a clean install.
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Where can I download older versions of elementary OS?
I have archived old versions of Elementary OS and I published them online: http://osarchive.sda1.eu/elementary-os
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Can elementary OS running on a Raspberry Pi?
Nope, there is no current build of the operating system for ARM processors, though theoretically someone could build one. However, you can download ARM and Raspberry Pi-compatible builds of Ubuntu and ...
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Help installing on Surface Pro 2
After a bit of tinkering I managed to get Elementary installed.This very helpful guide walked me through installing Freya on a UEFI based system using the rEFInd boot manager instead of GRUB2.
The ...
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Where can I download elementary OS Luna, now that Freya has been released?
This seems pretty direct and official to me: http://sourceforge.net/projects/elementaryos/files/stable/elementaryos-stable-amd64.20130810.iso/download ;)
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Shasum check gives long list of errors
Try shasum -a 256 elementaryos-freya-amd64.20150411.iso
The -c flag shouldn't be in there.
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Full disk encryption
There is an option to encrypt the disk when you select the device for partitioning in the installer setup. This will encrypt the entire disk and not just the home partition (assuming you use the ...
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Is Python pre-installed on elementary OS?
Yes, it does come installed by default.
Open a terminal session (press Supr+t or search for terminal in Slingshot) and enter:
$ python
This will give you access to Python 2.
If you need to work ...
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Is there any difference between paid and unpaid versions of elementary OS?
Yes, elementary OS is completly Open Source. Most projects are listed here.
The iso is the same regardless you pay something or not.
You can verify the iso. See this site.
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Is there any difference between paid and unpaid versions of elementary OS?
There is no special version of elementary OS only for paying users (and there will never be one). The payment is a pay-what-you-want thing which allows you to pay $0. Your payment is entirely ...
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Is it possible to put elementary OS on a CD/DVD disc instead of a flashdrive?
The elementary OS .iso file is too large to fit on a CD, so you will need to either burn it to a DVD or else make an elementary live USB using a flash drive that has at least 2GB.
To burn on DVD from ...
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How much space does elementary OS need in dualboot?
The official installation guide recommends at least 15 GB free space and the installer requires 6.4 GB. The base operating system itself won't take much more space (in fact it most likely takes less ...
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Direct update from Freya to Loki?
This has already been answered however maybe some keywords need to be added to the original question so it can be found more easily.
Please let us know which search terms you tried.
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Elementary OS on Intel Atom?
Unfortunately elementary OS 0.4 Loki requires a 64-bit CPU, however the Atom N270 is 32-bit. All of the Loki packages are only bit for 64-bit, so installing Ubuntu and then adding the elementary repos ...
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