elementary OS 5.1 Hera Released, This is What’s New
This major update to elementary OS carries a wealth of changes and improvements, including native support for Flatpak, a faster App Centre store front, and many thoughtful refinements to the system’s bespoke UI.
A free update for existing elementary OS users, the Hera uplift also introduces Linux Kernel 5.0 courtesy of Ubuntu’s recent LTS hardware enablement stack update.
To learn more about what’s new in the elementary OS 5.1 release, and how to download it to try for yourself, keep reading!
elementary OS 5.1 Hera
The bulk of the changes being offered in the elementary OS 5.1 update aren’t strictly new as they’ve been iteratively pushed out via software updates to the elementary 5.0 Juno release.
But the sum total of those updates is enough to create a distinct, separate version number with new .iso images for folks to download. Think of it like an Ubuntu point release, in that sense.
Also: elementary OS 5.1 "Hera" Officially Released with Flatpak Support, New Greeter
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