One of the characteristics of Linux is the amount of customization options it offers. Each distro is unique, is focused on a specific audience and has a series of characteristics that differentiates it from the others. Among the Linux distros that look like other operating systems, one of the most relevant is Elementary OS, a Linux designed as an alternative to Windows that brings users an appearance very similar to that of macOS, Apple‘s operating system. Its developers are already working on the next big update of this distro, 6, of which we can already know its news and features.
This same weekend, the developers of Elementary OS have published a list with the main features that are planned to arrive with version 6.0 of this distro. One of the most important is that this new version will be based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS , which will offer us support for 5 years. In addition, we will also find other interesting news, as we will see below.
What’s New in Elementary OS 6
The next version of this Linux will arrive with important news and features. One of the ones that will catch your eye the most from the get-go is the refined new visual appearance . OS 6 is going to receive a lot of small changes in this regard so that the interface is refined with a new typeface and an improved style table. We will also see a new contrast with new shadows, and even design improvements in the main native apps of this distro.
The main applications , such as mail and calendar, have received a complete face lift. Now both programs bring users new functions and highly requested features to be able, among other things, to synchronize with different online services and meet the needs of any user.
If you have a touch screen computer , the new Elementary OS 6 will be ready for it. This new version of Linux will bring new multi-touch gestures that we can use from touch screens to trackpads and even with the mouse wheels.
We can also see a new installer , as well as a new initial configuration wizard that will allow us to easily launch this OS.
We can see on GitHub a complete list with all the tasks that have been carried out and those that still need to be done before taking this new distro to all users in its final version.
Test OS 6.0
This new Linux distro still has work to do. We do not know when the new version will reach users interested in this distribution. But, if we can’t wait to try all the previous news, we can have a first contact before anyone else with the development versions of it.
We can access this link to find the development versions of Elementary OS . From there we will be able to download the latest compilation available of version 6.0. We can install it on the PC, or in a virtual machine, to have a first contact with it. Being a version still in development we recommend the second.
As soon as the final version 6.0 of Elementary OS is ready, it will reach all users completely free of charge. And we can get it both as an ISO and as an update within the distro itself. In the meantime, if we are using this distro, we will have to settle for version 5.1.7, the latest stable update.