Beyond that-and more immediately relevant-we’ve been hard at work to design a new sideloading experience for users to more safely get apps if they venture outside of AppCenter. Over the past year, Flatpak has really matured as a technology which has lead us to commit to a Flatpak future for our AppCenter ecosystem. Flatpakįlatpak is an open source technology that enables developers to ship apps to different desktops in a way that is more secure and privacy-respecting for users. With a fresh codebase across both, we’ll also be able to more quickly iterate on features and fixes. Together, these two components greatly improve the first impressions of elementary OS from first run or getting a new computer all the way through using your account for the first time. It now always shows usernames for all users, shows users’ backgrounds as cards so you can more easily find users who maybe haven’t set differentiating avatars, notifies when Caps or Num Lock are on, and makes “Log In as Guest” more distinct when it’s enabled.Ĭassidy James Blaede Co-founder & CXO Tue, Jul 23, 2019 The new design in Hera was in response to user feedback from Juno, and enables some nice new features. The newly redesigned login and lockscreen greeter looks sharper, works better, and fixes many reported issues with the previous greeter including focus issues, HiDPI issues, and better localization. This is the duo of major new features for Hera, and greatly improves the first-run experience for users. You can check those monthly stories for the nitty-gritty-and if you’ve diligently followed along, much of this will be a review-but here’s a higher-level overview of what Hera brings: Greeter & Onboarding
Since Hera builds on Juno, it includes all of the monthly OS updates we’ve detailed since Juno’s release. The Greek equivalent of Juno, Hera is considered the queen of the Greek gods and represents women, marriage, family, and childbirth. We always name our releases after mythological beings and deities, and Hera is no different. It’s still significant enough, however, to deserve its own name and identity. As such, the 5.1 number represents that it’s a major update, but not an entirely new version (which usually come around every two years). It is the culmination of our work over the past year packaged up into one cohesive update. Hera is the culmination of our work over the past year packaged up into one cohesive update.Įlementary OS 5.1 Hera takes the same foundation as Juno-utilizing the same underlying repositories and libraries-but builds on it with a refined experience. In the same vein, Hera builds on the new numbering scheme. We detailed our shift in the numbering scheme from the 0.x of old to Juno being elementary OS 5 when we announced it back in October. If you want to read about the changes, carry on. If you’re just interested in downloading it, head on over to elementary.io to get yourself a copy or open AppCenter on Juno and hit “Update All”. The latest hardware support with a new Linux kernel and hardware enablement stack.Iterative improvements across nearly all apps.Major updates around accessibility and System Settings.Flatpak support with Sideload and AppCenter.A brand new first-run experience with Greeter and Onboarding.Hera builds on the solid foundation of Juno while bringing: Today we’re pleased to announce elementary OS 5.1 Hera, the latest major update. Last October, we announced elementary OS 5 Juno with wide-ranging updates to provide a more refined user experience, improve productivity for new and seasoned users alike, and take our developer platform to the next level. #accessibility #flatpak #hera #juno #release #sideload #updates Cassidy James Blaede Co-founder & CXO Tue, Dec 3, 2019
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