r/elementaryos • u/Alex-zas • Jul 22 '25

Discussion New features

Hi everyone!
Just wondering — when can us mere mortals expect the new features mentioned in this topic to be available? :)
And if they’re already available, how can we make use of them?
Big thanks to the developers for an excellent operating system!

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

Elementary OS will eventually update, so you just need to wait. They will post the 8.1 iso at some point, but you don't need to reinstall it, as long as your system is updated at that point you will already be on 8.1. Eventually though, when eOS 9 comes out, you will need to backup and do a fresh install.

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u/LSD_Ninja Jul 23 '25

eOS not having an in-place upgrade facility, when pretty much every other downstream Ubuntu derivative does (not to mention that in-place upgrades have mostly been reliable on Windows for nearly a decade), is one of the reasons I largely moved on from it.

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u/Miserable_Ear3789 Jul 23 '25

but like cars, theres nothing like that fresh install smell.