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Endless OS Review - Desktop Linux Done Right for the Masses

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 24, 2022

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We review the popular Endless OS as Linux Desktop with the new features and updates of the latest version 4.0.

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Endless OS is a OSTree based free and open-source Linux Distribution. This Linux distribution is packaged from Debian/Ubuntu, but not directly based on it. OSTree is an atomic upgrade system for Linux-based OSes. This is a unique way to provide package updates to Linux-distribution, where OSTree packages everything in a server and then replicates to the client.

The main advantage is that your underlying Linux operating system always remain intact, and it is read-only. OSTree only operates in user space.

In that sense, Endless OS never breaks, and it remains fresh as you install for the first time. Today, only very few Linux Distribution are based on OSTree technology – such as Fedora SIlverblue and Fedora Kinoite.

That said, let take a deep dive on the Endless OS as a whole and check out the updates to the new version.

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