DM 44: Blend OS, Elementary OS, and Escuelas Linux

DM 44.1 – What’s BlendOS?
Well well well, why be forced to make a Sophie’s choice? Why not just blend the Big 3 Linux families in one distro? That is what the maintainer of the Unity desktop seeks to do with BlendOS. It is an optionally immutable Arch-based distribution which offers the ability to easily install apps from DNF (Fedora) and APT (Ubuntu) by providing distrobox-ed versions of both of those package managers. I think this sounds like an awesome idea, though personally, I wish that it wasn’t defaulted to GNOME for the desktop. That’s just me, though. You start with pacman, and then have the option to add those other, containerized package managers later on. For my effort, I think I’d rather see options to install different desktop environments and choose whether you’ll use the distrobox options to provide Debian and Fedora package support for you out of the box. It does come with flatpak support out of the box, though, so that is a significant benefit.

I may take a look at it, though I don’t know when.

https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-blendos-a-blend-of-arch-linux-fedora-linux-and-ubuntu

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DM 44.2 – Elementary OS 7 “Horus”

Elementary OS is an Ubuntu derivative, and this version is based on last year’s 22.04 LTS. It has its own desktop environment called Pantheon, which feels a bit like MacOS, though it is not a perfect match. Pantheon is based in the Gnome-iverse, so GNOME plugins and extensions will probably work at least somewhat in it, and that enables them to pull things like Gnome web more easily, which features heavily in this version of the OS. So, what’s new in v 7?

Xubuntu Jammy Jellyfish as the base
Improved App Center
Linux 6.0.12
Better Installer
New & Improved Mail, Tasks, Music, Files, and System Settings apps
General improvements for Pantheon to make it faster and more stable

https://9to5linux.com/elementary-os-7-horus-launches-based-on-ubuntu-22-04-lts-heres-whats-new

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DM 44.3 – Escuelas Linux 8.0: 25th Anniversary Edition

What is Escuelas Linux? It is a Bodhi/ Ubuntu Linux distro. Bodhi is all about being as stripped down as possible while still providing a good GUI-based experience, so it is very lightweight. Ok, so that is the base... What makes it different? Well, Escuelas is focused on being an excellent foundation for use in educational environments. So, what do they pack in? All sorts of educational and productivity software, from LibreOffice & OnlyOffice to GCompris and Wxmaxima 22.11.1, and even both kdenlive and openshot for video editing. It also includes a couple of account tools which sound like they would be great in general in any enterprise level environment: Restoreuser and reinstate user. The first one restores all apps to a default state, where the second allows an administrator to wipe individual accounts of user info, but leave the account in place. So, what else should we know?

There is a host of other educational software included, from exelearning, which is a tool that allows anyone to create beautiful interactive lessons and the like, to the KDE Education Suite, to GIMP and Krita, as well as the Escuelas Linux Developer Pack. This sounds like a really cool option if you are home schooling or have decision making power in a small private school. You have a choice between the Ubuntu base and a Debian base, though the Debian base sounds like it is not intended for use with Escuelas 8.0. Take a look at it for educational purposes, unless you have a setup that is at least as good.

https://9to5linux.com/escuelas-linux-8-0-educational-distro-celebrates-25-years-of-promoting-foss

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