The download page does a really nice job of making it simple to download it via torrent, which is a small, but very welcome touch every distro should copy. This has always been true of elementary, but it's especially evident in Odin, from the minute you download it. While elementary OS is often called beautiful and polished – and those things are true – what really sets elementary OS apart in my mind is its attention to detail, and the way that attention gives the user a better experience. You know you're dealing with something a little different from the minute you fire up the elementary OS installer. So long as that vision aligns with what you want from your OS, elementary OS provides one of the best all-around Linux desktops available today. Its developers have a particular vision of what the operating system should be. That said, elementary OS is what I like to call an opinionated distro. In terms of choice and flexbility, elementary provides enough to be useful but not so much that someone accustomed to a tightly controlled operating system will be overwhelmed. That tradition continues with elementary OS 6, and I still think it makes a great distro for anyone moving from macOS to Linux. Ubuntu Mate offers a user experience similar to Windows, while elementary OS has long had a very macOS 'feel' to it.

This reviewer generally recommends that newcomers test the Linux waters with either Ubuntu Mate or elementary OS, depending on whether the person is coming from Windows or macOS.

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