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Everyone's favorite Linux newbie-friendly distribution received a big update

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ZDNET key takeaways

elementaryOS 8.1 brings more polish to brilliant OS.

This release is all about security, multitasking, and app management.

Currently in beta, there's no indication on when the release will be made public.

When I received word from Danielle Foré, Founder & CEO of elementaryOS, that the beta version of 8.1 was available, you can bet I downloaded the ISO immediately and installed it.

According to the official release notes, the team focused on three primary goals:

Following through on OS 8 release goals

Improving Support for Your Devices

Addressing Your Feedback with over 1,100 issue reports fixed

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