“Thanks to the HWE updates, elementary OS is now using the the 5.3 Linux kernel which also improves support for newer devices and peripherals-especially AMD Navi GPUs and 2015 MacBook keyboards and trackpads,” the elementary OS team explains.
The vulnerability allowed unprivileged users to obtain root access on devices where pwfeedback was enabled and sudo version was lower than 1.8.26.Īdditionally, the new elementary OS ISO images include the latest 18.04.3 hardware enablement (HWE) Stack available in Ubuntu. Latest sudo patch also includedĪdditionally, the dev team says you’ll also get hardware and security updates, including the critical sudo fix that was released earlier this month.Ī 10-year-old sudo bug was finally patched in the latest update.
The new ISO images obviously come with lots of improvements, including all the updates that were part of the January 2020 release.įor example, this new version comes with Code 3.2, Terminal version 5.5.1, Files, and System Settings refinements, so using these ISOs for a clean install provides you with the latest release of elementary OS. With the new process, it has become much easier to tag and release incremental builds of the OS, and consequently today we’ve released a new spin of the 5.1 ISO,” Keli Grubb, elementary OS developer, said today.
“The release of elementary OS 5.1 Hera marked the first time we built the stable ISO for elementary OS via our new, completely open source pipeline. Canonical made a similar decision with the release of Ubuntu 12.10, but quickly reverted this decision.New elementary OS ISOs are now available for download, as the developing team has published the official images for version 5.1.2. There is controversy over the choice of the developers to force the user to enter a zero dollar donation on the homepage before allowing the user to download an ISO. It has recently been updated to Freya, which has included many new stylistic choices and bug fixes. All included applications are made in-house or are modified versions of other popular projects. Some of its more interesting features include a unique desktop environment called Pantheon, with its own panel, dock and window manager, and applications including Pantheon-Files, Midori, Geary-Mail and Noise. It is focused on a more elegant and simple interface. Elementary OS (stylized as elementary OS) is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution for desktops.
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