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 Shell which iriSoft claims it's a mix of Google's Material Design and iriSoft's design languages. Onyx got mostly positive reviews, with some saying about the new and exciting Aurora Shell including widgets. An watered down version of Iris OS Onyx is actually a new version of Iris OS Eco Edition, with a slimmed down Aurora Shell called PIXO.

Features
Main article: Iris OS Onyx/Features

Iris OS includes a 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 Big Sur/Monterey.
 * 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 blocking.
 * Mail - email client.
 * Aurora UI - new interface.
 * New Notes app.
 * New File Manager which is more stable and has tabs.
 * irisChat - video chatting program.

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 released in July of that year. In the developer preview, the UI was called "NDE", an alpha version of Aurora UI. The version number calls itself "ecSoft Codename Vertigo Dev 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 an lot of the bugs users complained about, now making the OS having generally positive reviews.

Virus in BlueStacks application
In January 29, 2022, attempting to play "DogLife" in the BlueStacks emulator will give users an virus that overwrites every single system file with an 1KB file named "WELCOMEBACKMYLORD", and bricked many computers running Iris OS. People complained about this virus and wanted to switch to Windows or Linux, but iriSoft apologized for this exploit on the same day, and iriSoft released Iris OS 2.0.1.1, which was available via USB flash drives only.

Minimum

 * Processor: Intel/AMD processor with at least 2 cores
 * RAM: At least 2GB RAM
 * Storage: At least 10GB of storage

Trivia

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