Resources
Elephant laptops are generally pre-installed with Linux Mint. Alternate operating systems can be installed, depending on your interest (e.g., Debian, FreeBSD or Haiku). Most laptops ship with LibreOffice, KeePassXC, Vivaldi, and Firefox. You may wish to install additional software, depending on your intended use.
Recommended Software
These are applications that our team has found well in a Linux environment. They are certainly not the only options, but they are generally stable and trustworthy.
| Use | Software |
| Browser | Vivaldi, LibreWolf |
| Thunderbird, Evolution | |
| Coding | Geany, Apache NetBeans |
| Meetings | Zoom, Jitsi |
| Password Management | KeePassXC |
| Static Website Builder | Publii |
| Diagramming | DrawIO |
| GIS | QGIS |
| Illustration | Inkscape |
| Photo Editing | Gimp, RawTherapee, Darktable |
| Video Editing | Kdenlive |
Elephant Images
The images used on the Elephant computer desktop and stickers are from The Noun Project. The image creators are listed on the Credits page.