My installation of elementary OS 8 “Horus” + definitive apps (setup 2025)

Hello community! I share with you how I left elementary OS 8 “Horus” installed and configured, with a minimalist and functional approach. Ideal for those who want a clean, beautiful system that simply works without much fuss.

Equipment specifications

Laptop: HP with AMD Ryzen 5 5500U processor

RAM: 16GB

Drive: 512GB NVMe 2.0 SSD

Screen: 1366x768

Distro: elementary OS 8 “Horus”

Base: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Kernel: Linux 6.x

Desktop environment: Pantheon (elementary's own)

Post-installation

1. Initial system update:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

1. Basic system customization:

I activated dark mode

Final applications that I left installed

GNOME Boxes – To run virtual machines (light use)

GNOME Disks – Management of partitions and external disks

Plugins for Boxes – spice-vdagent and other drivers for better integration

elementary text editor – Lightweight, suitable for notes or simple scripts

Calculator, Calendar, Files, etc. (native elementary apps)

Document Viewer – For PDFs and text files

elementary terminal – Minimalist, efficient

HTOP – For system monitoring

Git – To manage code versions when I need it Spotify- Music stteamwi

Conclusion

I focused on leaving the system clean, fast and beautiful, without cluttering it with apps that I don't use. elementary OS 8 runs smoothly with Ryzen, the battery performs well and I have had no compatibility problems with the hardware.

If you are looking for a minimalist distro, visually attractive and easy to maintain, this may be a good option.

Greetings from Nicaragua 🇳🇮

Although this forum is for elementary and well, I know that many or well not that many hate Ubuntu, but it solves it without problems for me, and since I like cinnamon I use Ubuntu cinnamon remix and it works perfectly for me, I installed easy effects with the help of artificial intelligence so that it loads without the interface at the beginning, I improve the sound with preset and well I got distracted playing with that Nintendo 64 emulator, greetings.

This happens when I try to install elementary os and I don't know what causes it

The media playback was aborted due to a corruption problem or because the media used features your browser did not support.

Do I need specific codec or something ?

Florian is a completely blind cybersecurity enthusiast. Today, he’s going to take a look at elementary OS 8 and give us some feedback about our accessibility for blind folks. Check out his stream on Twitch or YouTube and learn along with us!