Few days ago The new update version of Elementary OS 5.1.7 was released, version in which some changes were made to some system components such as a new element to the keyboard configuration interface, improvements to the music player and more.
For those who are unfamiliar with Elementary, they should know that this distribution is positioned as a fast, open and friendly alternative with the privacy of Windows and macOS.
The main focus of the project is quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources and provides high startup speed.
What's new in Elementary OS 5.1.7?
In this new update version a new section is introduced to the keyboard configuration interface to manage input methods. This helps users of bus to configure and manage your input methods, which is especially useful for those who write Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other characters and scripts.
We also worked on this new version for improve indicator to control music playback from the main panel. In the prompt, when no music is playing on the system, the home button display for the default music player (System Settings → Applications → Default) is implemented.
In AppCenter a modification was made so that the position of the window is saved and be restored plus the ability to click the counter in the header to go to the update installation page was also added.
Another major change was the solution to the Boothole vulnerability in GRUB2as it is allows, by changing the content of grub.cfg, achieve the execution of your code in the stage after the successful verification of shim, but before the operating system loads, fitting into the chain of trust when Secure Boot is active and gaining control Total about the additional boot process, including booting another operating system, modifying operating system components, and bypassing crash protection.
About Elementary OS 6
As for Elementary OS 6, the repository has been released where the system images are stored for testing of this new version, it is observed that dev team is moving Elementary OS 5.1.x branch to maintenance mode in order to start developing the new significant version of Elementary OS 6 based on Ubuntu 20.04.
Of the changes in Elementary OS 6, enhanced typography and style rework are highlighted, for example, the implementation of rounded bottom window borders in the terminal and the configurator, the preparation of dark styles for panels, indicators and system dialogs, and the provision of a selection of color tones for the style.
As well using a new faster installer is mentioned, the expansion of multi-touch support, a significant redesign of the email client, the replacement of the Geary mail engine by the Evolution server and the addition of a new app to keep a to-do list.
It is important to mention that access to these builds is limited to OEMs, developers only of projects and GitHub users who are included in the list of sponsors who donate from $ 10 per month for the development of the project.
For those interested in being able to access experimental builds of Elementary OS 6, the builds.elementary.io website has been launched.
Finally if you want to know more about this new version system, you can check the details in the original post. The link is this.
Download Elementary OS 5.1.7
Finally, if you want to download and install this Linu distributionx on your computer or you want to test it under a virtual machine. You just have to go to the official website of the distribution and in its download section you can get the system image.
You can make use of Etcher to save the image to a USB.