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| 2012-06-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pinguy OS 12.04 |
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Antoni Norman has announced the release of Pinguy OS 12.04, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution with a customised GNOME Shell user interface: "Here is the final release of Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS. We have fully embraced GNOME Shell here and wanted a modern, updated site to go with the new look of the desktop. In this release we have: Linux Kernel 3.2, GNOME 3.4.1, WINE 1.5.6, Skype 4.0, TeamViewer 7, XBMC-PVR 11.0 Eden, GNOME Shell Extension Updater and everything else that was present in the previous beta release. The GDM login is now themed to match the desktop. The distro comes with two menus - Cardapio (eefault) but also includes the Axe menu that is disabled." Read the release announcement which includes notes about known issues, including one about a problematic VLC player. Download the live DVD images from SourceForge: Pinguy_OS_12.04-shell-i686.iso (1,689MB, MD5), Pinguy_OS_12.04-shell-x86-64.iso (1,767MB, MD5).
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| About Pinguy
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| Pinguy OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution targeted at beginning Linux users. It features numerous user-friendly enhancements, out-of-the-box support for multimedia codecs and browser plugins, a heavily tweaked GNOME user interface with enhanced menus, panels and dockbars, and a careful selection of popular desktop applications for many common computing tasks.
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| 2013-05-09 |
Development Release: Pinguy OS 13.04 Alpha |
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Antoni Norman has released an initial alpha build of Pinguy OS 13.04, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME 3.8 desktop: "Pinguy OS is still being activity worked on. There has been a release for 12.10 and a 13.04 release is being worked on at the moment. If you want to keep up to date with the development of Pinguy OS it's best to follow the Information thread on the forum. This blog will be mainly for news on the LTS releases. I have decided to keep the 6-month releases as betas/snapshots of what the LTS will become. The 6-month releases will be using bleeding edge software that hasn't been fully tested. For an example the 13.04 release is using Gnome Shell 3.8.1 (something that isn't included in Ubuntu 13.04 by default). The 6-month Pinguy OS releases will be missing features that will be in the final LTS, but the release will be very usable." See this brief blog post for more information. Download: Pinguy_OS_13.04-Alpha_i686.iso (2,312MB, MD5). |
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| 2011-11-15 |
Development Release: Pinguy OS 11.10 Beta |
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After a pre-alpha and an alpha release, Pinguy OS 11.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME 3 desktop, has entered a beta testing phase: "Pinguy OS 11.10 beta. Due to a few things I don't feel comfortable enough releasing this as a final. A few of the used applications are still in the alpha/beta stage and there are a few quirks like the proprietary drivers messing up text and Flash in Shell. Release notes: some changes have been made to the base system to improve speed and power usage; there is better HD video decoding by using libcrystalhd3; all the GNOME packages are running on 3.2.1, like Totem; new GNOME 3 applications GNOME Contacts and GNOME Documents are included; XBMC PVR is installed so you can use your PC as a DVR; Firefox is running the latest version 8 with all the needed plugins for content." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Pinguy_OS_11.10-shell-beta_i686.iso (1,672MB, MD5), Pinguy_OS_11.10-shell-beta_x86-64.iso (1,740MB, MD5).
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| 2011-11-03 |
Development Release: Pinguy OS 11.10 Pre-Alpha |
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Antoni Norman has announced that an initial testing build of Pinguy OS 11.10, featuring the GNOME Shell rather than Ubuntu's Unity desktop, is ready for testing: "Pinguy OS 11.10 pre-alpha released. This is nowhere near finished, but if you want to have a look at what I have so far you can. Many of the final applications are not included and a few of the installed applications might get removed/replaced in later releases. But what we have got so far is pretty stable, it's just missing a few features that will be in the final. The desktop is using GNOME Shell. If you have problems with graphics you can login to GNOME fallback mode to install the needed drivers. There will be a MATE version but it isn't anywhere near ready yet and is going to take some time before there is a release." Continue reading the release announcement to find out more. Interested testers can download the live DVD image from SourceForge: Pinguy_OS_11.10-shell-pre-alpha1_i686.iso (1,287MB, MD5).
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| 2011-08-05 |
Distribution Release: Pinguy OS 10.04.3 |
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Antoni Norman has announced the release of Pinguy OS 10.04.3, the third update of the Ubuntu-based desktop distribution with long-term support: "I am proud to announce the release of Pinguy OS 10.04.3 LTS, the third maintenance update to Pinguy OS 10.04 LTS release. This release includes installation DVDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. Numerous updates have been integrated and updated installation media have been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. This will be the final point release for 10.04. Linux kernel 2.6.32, LibreOffice 3.3.2, Firefox 5.0, Flash 10.3, Java 6u26, VLC 1.1.7. VirtualBox 4.1, Wine 1.2.3." Here is the release announcement as published on the distribution's user forum. Download: Pinguy_OS_10.04.3_i686.iso (1,772MB, MD5), Pinguy_OS_10.04.3_x86-64.iso (2,065MB, MD5).
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| 2011-07-09 |
Distribution Release: Pinguy OS 11.04 "Ping-Eee" |
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Antoni Norman has announced the release of a special edition of Pinguy OS for netbooks, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a custom user interface, power-saving features, and extra WiFi drivers: "Pinguy has released Ping-Eee OS 11.04, an Ubuntu-based remaster especially designed for netbooks. It comes with Jupiter (which has Super Hybrid Engine support) and Granola to help with the power consumption and most applications from Pinguy OS: Docky, Nautilus Elementary, Firefox, Thunderbird, Skype, LibreOffice, Dropbox, Deluge, Empathy, VLC, Déjà Dup backup tool, Linux Mint Update Manager, WINE and more. There's also Clementine instead of Rhythmbox. Ping-Eee OS also comes with extra WiFi drivers for many devices which are not normally supported out of the box on other Linux distributions. Here is the full release announcement. Download: Ping-Eee_OS_11.04.1_i686.iso (1,405MB, MD5).
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| 2011-05-15 |
Distribution Release: Pinguy OS 11.04 |
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Pinguy OS 11.04, an Ubuntu-based distribution with many user-friendly features, has been released: "Pinguy OS 11.04 released with classic GNOME 2.32.1 desktop. Pinguy OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that comes with a lot of applications installed by default, trying to cover everyone's needs. But it's not the default application selection what makes Pinguy OS so interesting, but Pinguy's attention to detail: every single aspect of the desktop is carefully customized to provide a great out-of-the-box experience. Pinguy OS 11.04 (based on Ubuntu 11.04) was released yesterday. The new Pinguy OS comes with GNOME 2.32.1 and uses the classic GNOME desktop while Unity has been completely removed from the CD." Read the full release announcement which includes screenshots. Download: Pinguy_OS_11.04_i686.iso (1,606MB, MD5, torrent), Pinguy_OS_11.04_x86-64.iso (1,726MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-05-04 |
Development Release: Pinguy OS 11.04 Beta |
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Antoni Norman has announced the availability of a new testing build of Pinguy OS 11.04, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution: "Pinguy OS 11.04 beta. Most of the bugs that where in the alpha are now sorted apart from Compiz auto-starting. The beta is mostly unchanged from the alpha apart from the original Conky which is now set as the default, ConnMan has been removed and GNOME NetworkManager has been put back. This is mainly because ConnMan is still missing a few features that many people will need, like seeing hidden networks. The default wallpaper will still likely be changed, we still need to pick one that the whole community likes. Once it nears its final release most of the PPAs will be removed and we will have are own repository that will mirror the PPAs and repositories. This way we will have more control of the updates and will be able to push are own." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Pinguy_OS_11.04_beta_i686.iso (1,628MB, MD5), Pinguy_OS_11.04_beta_x86-64.iso (1,726MB, MD5).
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| 2011-02-12 |
Distribution Release: Pinguy OS 10.04.2 |
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Antoni Norman has announced the release of Pinguy OS 10.04.2, a minor update of the Ubuntu-based distribution for the desktop with long-term support: "Released Pinguy OS 10.04.2 'Revisted'. As 10.04 is long-team support I didn't want it to fall behind. This is an updated version, it's a bit bigger then what it was before (by 300 MB) because I didn't build this from scratch, I just updated the existing 10.04.1.2 image. As of Thursday, 10th February, this was fully updated. I have added TeamViewer 6 to the install. After talking to a few people it seems many people that use Pinguy OS have installed it on a friend's or family's PC. Having TeamViewer 6 pre-installed will help them to give support and maintain their installs." The new release has many more new features, so see the release announcement if you wish to learn more. Download (MD5): Pinguy_OS_10.04.2-Revisted_i686.iso (1,624MB, torrent), Pinguy_OS_10.04.2-Revisted_x86-64.iso (1,712MB, torrent).
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