Elementary OS 5.1.5, News and Download of the Alternative to macOS

If anything characterizes macOS, Apple‘s operating system, it is that it can only be installed on their own computers. This means that users who do not have a Mac cannot enjoy the features, especially aesthetics, that this operating system offers. Fortunately, there are alternatives that, although they are not macOS, very well imitate all aspects of this operating system, and one of the most successful is Elementary OS.

Elementary OS is a Linux distro, based on Ubuntu, whose main purpose is to offer users an operating system that is as similar as possible to macOS. This distro offers excellent speed, a fairly controlled consumption of resources and is also totally free and open source. Any user interested in installing it can do it, regardless of the type of PC they have.

Elementary OS 5.1.5, News and Download of the Alternative to MacOS

Although the users of this distro are waiting for the arrival of the new big update, Elementary OS 6 , which will be based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS , at the moment it seems that this new version has not yet arrived. What we have seen is a new version of the current version, the 5 “Hera”, which comes with interesting changes and improvements to continue shaping this excellent alternative to macOS.

What’s New in Elementary OS 5.1.5

One of the main innovations that have come with this new version of Elementary OS is the possibility of installing programs without administrator permissions. One of the aspects that users of this distro complained about is having to enter account credentials too often, which was annoying. From now on, the programs are installed as user programs, and no authentication is required, neither when installing them from the AppCenter, nor as Flatpak.

Another of the updated elements of this distro is the File Explorer , which brings two major important changes. The first of them is that, finally, when copying and pasting images from the browser to other applications, it will be copied to the image as such instead of just copying the link path. And the second of the novelties is that now we can see the size, in pixels, of the images just by placing the mouse on them.

Explorador Elementary OS 5.1.5

Other important changes that have also come to this new version of Elementary OS are:

  • Improvements in the usability of the recycle bin.
  • Better support for network encryption.
  • Better performance when changing the month in the date and time indicator.
  • Fixed a bug that crashed the system when changing settings.
  • Updated the system icons.
  • Better reliability for the application dock.
  • Fixed a bug that caused color labels to disappear.
  • Fixed a bug in the size of restored mosaic windows.

Download or upgrade to Elementary OS 5.1.5

This new version of the Linux distro is now available for free to all users. If we do not have the system still installed on our computer, we can download the latest version available from its main website . We will record the ISO on a USB memory and we can install this new version on any PC.

If we already have Elementary OS installed on the computer, we can easily install this new version. When opening the AppCenter, a message will appear about the availability of the new version 5.1.5. Click on “Update all” and our system will update to this new version.