Iris OS Onyx

Iris OS Onyx is an operating system made by iriSoft in 2019. It includes a tremendous amount of new features, such as a new interface - Aurora UI which iriSoft claims its a mix of Google's "Material You" and iriSoft's design languages. Onyx got positive reviews, with some saying about the new and exciting Aurora UI including widgets. A watered down version of Iris OS Onyx is a new version of Iris OS Eco Edition, with a slimmed down Aurora UI called PIXO.

Features
Main article: Iris OS Onyx/Features

Iris OS includes an huge amount of new features:


 * UltraSearch - searching engine for searching files and the web.
 * Performance improvements, making the OS more intuitive. iriSoft says the OS is up to 38% faster than its predecessor.
 * New Start screen - full-screen start screen with compatibility for web shortcuts.
 * Widgets - similar to widgets in Windows Vista and 7 and macOS starting with Big Sur.
 * iriSoft System Care - PC optimizer program made by iriSoft themselves (removed in 1.3.1.1 due to security issues)
 * SafeBrowser - web browser with built-in ad, tracker, fingerprinting, and crypto-mining blocking that started development when the OS was named "Vertigo".
 * Mail - email client.
 * Aurora UI - new interface.
 * New Notes app.
 * New File Manager which is more stable and has tabs.
 * Iris OS Shield - built-in antivirus. Introduced in 1.3.1.1 to replace iriSoft System Care.
 * New unique version of Firefox added which supports the new browser tabs on Alt-Tab menu feature.
 * Messages - messaging app added in 2.0.4.

Updates
See List of Iris OS Onyx updates

The start
Onyx began development in November 2017, with the codename "Vertigo", and based on Iris OS '16. In 2018, a milestone 1 developer preview was compiled in July of that year and was later leaked in 2019. In the developer preview, the UI was called "NDE", an alpha version of Aurora UI. The version number calls itself "ecSoft Codename Vertigo Developer Preview". This build includes the new Start screen and lots of placeholders in the aforementioned feature, including the Search menu, which was removed in the final build.

Announcement and milestone 2 beta
In August 2018, a milestone 2 beta version was compiled, with the UI now calling itself just "Aurora" instead of Aurora UI. It was announced in August 2018 as "Onyx". Milestone 2 includes a beta version of the new Notes app, widgets, and a redesigned display properties panel. Another beta in the Milestone 2 was compiled on September 2018, and includes some changes to the Start screen to look similar to the RTM and a change to the system font. On October 2018, the last Milestone 2 build of Onyx was released, and this time, it's a public beta. The UI was slightly changed and some bugs were fixed.

Lack of bug fixes
On launch, the OS received negative reviews regarding the amount of bugs the OS had on day one. iriSoft addressed a lot of the bugs that criticized the OS, now making the OS having generally positive reviews.

Minimum

 * Processor: Intel/AMD processor with at least 2 cores and 1 GHz speed
 * RAM: At least 2GB RAM
 * Storage: At least 11GB of free space

Trivia

 * The latest irisTV streaming box runs on a modified version of Iris OS Onyx.