Elementary OS 0.4.1 Released, Based on Ubuntu 16.04.2
Daniel Foré has announced the release of elementary OS 0.4.1, the first point update of the project's "Loki" series. The new version is based on Ubuntu 16.04.2
Release of a major update to elementary OS Loki: version 0.4.1. This release brings a new hardware enablement stack, all of the updates to Loki thus far, plus a brand new AppCenter. Let’s dive into the details.
Hardware Enablement
Thanks to the wonderful work of the folks at Canonical and Ubuntu, Loki 0.4.1 ships with a newer kernel and X server as part of the Ubuntu 16.04.2 core. This means Linux 4.8 and better support for 7th generation Intel (Kaby Lake) chipsets, among other hardware compatibility and performance improvements.
Updates to Loki
If you’ve been following along on Medium, you’ll remember the updates posts from December, January, February, March, and April. The 0.4.1 release contains all of those updates as well as the latest Granite for developers. If you haven’t already read those posts, be sure to check them out for more details. Notable updates include a significant upgrade to Epiphany, several fixes in Files, a redesigned metadata sidebar for Photos, new Bluetooth settings, a microphone indicator and bluetooth device controls in the sound indicator, a brightness slider in the power indicator, the ability to start an AppCenter search from the applications menu, Look & Feel updates, better support for CJK input methods, better translations, and more. if you’ve kept up to date, there’s nothing exclusive to 0.4.1, but it does mean fewer updates to download on new installs and a better experience out of the box. 0.4.1 isn’t just a minor bug fix release with a few bumped packages; this release includes a ton of new features that represent 8 months of solid development work.
"We’re excited for developers to get their apps directly in the hands of users. If you’re an interested developer, be sure to head over to the AppCenter Dashboard to sign up for the public beta and check out our publishing documentation," said Daniel Foré in the release announcement. "We’re also looking forward to pushing out continued updates to AppCenter with new features."
Apart from the user interface revamp, various stability, quality and performance improvements were also added to the AppCenter, among which we can mention that the Infobar is now displayed when users need to restart their computers after applying important updates, and the appearance of hardware drivers in the updates tab. Download elementary OS 0.4.1 "Loki" right now!
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Release of a major update to elementary OS Loki: version 0.4.1. This release brings a new hardware enablement stack, all of the updates to Loki thus far, plus a brand new AppCenter. Let’s dive into the details.
Hardware Enablement
Thanks to the wonderful work of the folks at Canonical and Ubuntu, Loki 0.4.1 ships with a newer kernel and X server as part of the Ubuntu 16.04.2 core. This means Linux 4.8 and better support for 7th generation Intel (Kaby Lake) chipsets, among other hardware compatibility and performance improvements.
Updates to Loki
If you’ve been following along on Medium, you’ll remember the updates posts from December, January, February, March, and April. The 0.4.1 release contains all of those updates as well as the latest Granite for developers. If you haven’t already read those posts, be sure to check them out for more details. Notable updates include a significant upgrade to Epiphany, several fixes in Files, a redesigned metadata sidebar for Photos, new Bluetooth settings, a microphone indicator and bluetooth device controls in the sound indicator, a brightness slider in the power indicator, the ability to start an AppCenter search from the applications menu, Look & Feel updates, better support for CJK input methods, better translations, and more. if you’ve kept up to date, there’s nothing exclusive to 0.4.1, but it does mean fewer updates to download on new installs and a better experience out of the box. 0.4.1 isn’t just a minor bug fix release with a few bumped packages; this release includes a ton of new features that represent 8 months of solid development work.
A brand new AppCenter, latest updates
As you might have already noticed, the folks over at elementary have been working hard in the past few months to revamp the AppCenter graphical package manager, which is included in today's elementary OS 0.4.1 "Loki" release. The new AppCenter comes with support for applications submitted to the AppCenter Dashboard, thus encouraging third-party developers to build apps for elementary OS."We’re excited for developers to get their apps directly in the hands of users. If you’re an interested developer, be sure to head over to the AppCenter Dashboard to sign up for the public beta and check out our publishing documentation," said Daniel Foré in the release announcement. "We’re also looking forward to pushing out continued updates to AppCenter with new features."
Apart from the user interface revamp, various stability, quality and performance improvements were also added to the AppCenter, among which we can mention that the Infobar is now displayed when users need to restart their computers after applying important updates, and the appearance of hardware drivers in the updates tab. Download elementary OS 0.4.1 "Loki" right now!
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