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5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2021-08-10 · latest 2025-07-08

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  1. …about normal system updates. Upgrading between versions appears to still require a full reinstall: https://github.com/elementary/os/wiki/Release-Upgrades Also, strange to move those into settings IMO.
    comment by biggestfan · 2025-07-08 · in Zorin OS
  2. …any other sources regarding the project's status, and I hope they keep sailing; love their work. 1: https://github.com/elementary/os/commits/master
    comment by LanternLight83 · 2023-09-28 · in Essence: A desktop OS built from scratch, for control and simplicity
  3. From what I understand, OSTree-based images[0] are in progress and will remediate this. [0] https://github.com/elementary/os/pull/582
    comment by chrisdotcode · 2023-02-01 · in Elementary OS 7
  4. …enough (expectations set by decades of Debian/Ubuntu) that I had to look it up, but it's true https://github.com/elementary/os/wiki/Release-Upgrades#perfo...
    comment by mlinksva · 2021-12-20 · in Elementary OS 6.1
  5. …installed OS. Better for vendors & OEMs. Maybe the awkward stretched out time zone map is gone too? https://github.com/elementary/os/issues/164
    comment by wlesieutre · 2021-08-10 · in Elementary OS 6 Odin