Since its launch last year, elementary OS 8.0 has picked up a steady stream of updates, fixes and refinements, all of which are bundled up and baked in to the an updated installer image. Elementary OS 8.0.2 is based on the Ubuntu 24.04.3 release, powered by a newer Linux kernel and GPU driver set. This is the final minor release for the 8.0 series as efforts turn to getting the next major update, elementary 8.1 ready for release before year’s endDownload elementary OS 8.0.2Those who already use elementary OS 8.0 should have all of the changes in the 8.0.2 release already installed (including the new kernel) as they’ve been released bit-by-bit over the past few months. Unlike most Linux distros, users download elementary OS on a pay-what-you-want basis. Elementary OS 8.0.2 is available for Intel/AMD devices, with minimum system specs requiring a 64-bit dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, and 32GB of disk space.