The thoughtful, capable, and ethical replacement for Windows and macOS
What’s New in elementary OS 7.1
Made with care with you in mind. OS 7.1 provides new personalization options that make it more inclusive and accessible, protects your privacy and ensures apps always operate with your explicit consent, and addresses your feedback with over 200 bug fixes, design changes, and new features
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AppCenter
Get free and paid apps on AppCenter, the open, pay-what-you-can app store for indie developers. Each app has been reviewed and curated by elementary to ensure a native, privacy-respecting, and secure experience.
Get Work Done. Or Play.
Stay productive and focused with Multitasking View, Picture-in-Picture, Do Not Disturb, and more. Or keep work out of sight when watching videos or playing games.
Multitasking View
Workspaces help organize your work by task. Keep work and play separate, but just one swipe or tap away.
Picture-in-Picture
Whether you’re watching a movie, game, or terminal process, Picture-in-Picture helps keep tabs on one thing while working on another.
Do Not Disturb
Tune everything else out to stay focused on your work, or keep notifications at bay while watching a movie. Do Not Disturb stops notifications in their tracks.
Apps You Need, Without Ones You Don’t.
elementary OS comes with a carefully considered set of apps that cater to everyday needs so you can spend more time using your computer and less time cleaning up bloatware.
Music
Organize and listen to your music. Browse by album, use lightning-fast search, and build playlists of your favorites.
Web
Surf the web with a fast & lightweight web browser. Web lets you use modern sites and web apps while protecting your privacy and being lighter on battery life.
Mail
Manage multiple accounts quickly and effortlessly with conversation-based email, fast-as-you-type search, new email notifications, and more.
Photos
Import, organize, and edit photos. Make a slideshow. Share with online services.
Videos
Smart and simple video viewing with a library, thumbnail previews on the seekbar, playlists, subtitle support, smart fullscreen, and the ability to resume what was last playing.
Calendar
Easily view and create events. Sync with online accounts.
Files
The smart pathbar makes it easy to browse with breadcrumbs, search, or path completion. Quickly navigate with the column view and enjoy browser-class tabs with smart features like tab history.
Terminal
Switchable color schemes designed to prevent eye strain, browser-class tabs with history and smart naming, task-completion notifications, natural copy & paste, backlog search, paste protection, and more. Who says you can’t teach an old app new tricks?
Code
Tailor-made with autosaving, project folders, Git integration, smart whitespace, EditorConfig support, Mini Map, Vala symbols, and extensions like Markdown shortcuts and Vim Emulation. Code will be the last editor you’ll ever need.
Camera
Easily snap pictures or video from your built-in or USB webcam.
Screen Time & Limits
Screen Time
Set per-user time limits for weekdays, weekends, or both.
Internet Use
Manage allowed websites. Rules affect all apps for the chosen user, even if they use a different web browser.
Manage Apps
Choose just which apps are safe for you or your child to access. Plus, optionally allow access with your password.
Everything We Do is Open Source
Our platform itself is entirely open source, and it’s built upon a strong foundation of Free & Open Source software (like GNU/Linux). Plus, we actively collaborate within the ecosystem to improve it for everyone.
Explore Our Stack
Secure & Privacy-respecting
When source code is available to audit, anyone?a security researcher, a concerned user, or an OEM shipping the OS on their hardware?can verify that the software is secure and not collecting or leaking personal information.
Security Notices
Built for Developers
Whether your app could benefit from a new system feature or API or you’re curious as to how an existing feature or design pattern was built, you have complete access to our source code. Copy it, learn from it, remix it, modify it, and redistribute it.
Get Involved
User Friendly. And Keyboard Friendly.
elementary OS is designed to be easy to understand and pick up as a new user. But that doesn’t mean it’s dumbed down; powerful, customizable keyboard shortcuts ensure you’ll stay productive whether it’s your first day or your thousandth.
Privacy-respecting. Through and through.
Your data always belongs to you, and only you. We don’t make advertising deals or collect sensitive personal data. We’re funded directly by our users paying what they want for elementary OS and apps on AppCenter. And that’s how it should be.
Our Privacy Policy
Tattle-Tale
elementary OS helps you keep tabs on what apps are up to. When an app is using your microphone, we display an indicator to let you know. When an app is using a lot of energy, we tell you in your power indicator.
Permissions
When an app wants access to your data or devices, it has to ask up front. We review all AppCenter apps to ensure they’re properly using permissions?and you can always revoke them yourself in System Settings.
Housekeeping
elementary OS automatically keeps your temporary and trashed files tidied up. Not only does this keep your device’s storage free, it can help ensure your private data doesn’t come back to haunt you.
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“elementary OS is different… a beautiful and powerful operating system.”
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“I've found myself more productive these past two weeks [using elementary OS] than in the last two months combined.”
“A fast, low-maintenance platform that can be installed virtually anywhere.”
“Lightweight and fast… and has a real flair for design and appearances.”
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