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

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…