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Pearl Linux OS


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Pearl Linux OS is a distribution based on Ubuntu. Pearl uses components of the LXDE and Xfce desktop environments to create a desktop experience which looks similar to Apple's OS X desktop environment. The project calls this hybrid desktop PearlDE. Pearl Linux OS is available in several editions, including GNOME, MATE and PearlDE.



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Average visitor rating: 7/10 from 5 review(s).


Pearl Linux OS Summary
Distribution Pearl Linux OS
Home Page https://www.pearllinux.net/
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 13
rolling
11
cade
10
buster
Release Date 2023-04-02 2022-05-23 2021-06-04
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 2800-3200 3000-3100 1800-1900
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop MATE, Xfce PearlDE PearlDE
Package Management DEB (apt) DEB (apt) DEB (apt)
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed
Office Suite SoftMaker SoftMaker GOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4
Multilingual      
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List 13 11 10
abiword (3.0.5) -- 3.0.2 3.0.2
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.8 1.2.6.1 1.1.8
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 18.1.99
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 5.0
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- 101.0.4951.64 --
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.2.10
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.6 1.46.5 1.44.5
firefox (122.0) 102.9.0 101.0 78.11.0
freetype (2.13.2) 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.9.1
gcc (13.2.0) 12.2.0 11.2.0 8.3.0
gimp (2.10.36) 2.10.34 2.10.30 2.10.8
glibc (2.39) 2.36 2.35 2.28
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- 3.30.2
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- 1.12.51 1.12.44
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.02
gtk (4.12.5) 4.8.3 4.6.2 3.24.5
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) 1.2.2 1.1.2 0.92.4
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 30 29 26
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) 7.4.5 -- --
linux (6.7.3) 6.1.20 5.15 4.19.181
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- 0.10.1 0.10.0
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.0 -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 22.3.6 22.0.1 18.3.6
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (21.0.2) -- -- --
openssh (9.6p1) 9.2p1 8.9p1 7.9p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.8 3.0.2 1.1.1d
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.28.1
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.11.2 3.10.4 3.7.3
qt (6.6.1) 5.15.8 5.15.3 5.11.3
samba (4.19.4) 4.17.6 4.15.5 4.9.5
systemd (255.3) 252.6 249.11 241
thunderbird (115.7.0) 102.9.0 -- --
vim (9.1) -- 8.2 8.1
vlc (3.0.20) 3.0.18 3.0.16 3.0.12
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.12.4
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.7 21.1.3 1.20.4


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Version: 13
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-11-16
Votes: 1


I set this up as a bootable USB stick using UZL-10.
First boot attempt went well until it asked me for a user name & password, which I did not see on boot up.
Rebooted UZL-10 and went to the web site. No password etc. visible but I did see a post saying a small manual was available.
I clicked that link which took me to a site that, in turn, linked to Amazon.
No manual.
Rebooted the USB which froze on partial boot load.
Switched off PC and waited 20 seconds.
Restarted PC at which it went into a boot loop until I stopped the PC again and removed the USB stick.
Restarted the PC and booted UZL-10, logged in, re inserted the USB stick and wiped it using Gparted.
This is sadly typical of the half-baked leet haxxor products that blight the Linix distro world.
2 out of 10 for having a good boot selection.
Otherwise, junk.



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Version: 11
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-02-02
Votes: 1


I personally find this distro stable reliable and fairly polished. Based on Xubuntu 22.04 it provides the reliability that ubuntu is known for and the ease that xfce and lxde are based upon. the plank makes a nice alternative to the xfce or the lxde panel but we still have the options included with the xfce toolbar above. it has a nice Macish appearance and even though it uses thunar for the file browser it has the MacOS skin over it. I think it would be nice to offer a way to pear our phones to the os OOTB but over all as a Mac lookalike linux distro I think it is doing a very good job with the flexability of a linux based OS.


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Version: 11
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-06-10
Votes: 1


During bootup I encountered several "failed to ....." messages and , naturally, being a large distro, it took its time.
When finished booting I had no mouse cursor and no internet. I was not able to check out and download programmes from the repositories and actually i was quite disappointed. Even then everything I pressed took e n d l e s s .....
A cup of coffee was brewed faster than Pearls grasp for the non-existant internet .....

Everything else was alright but :)
This distro might still need a fair bit of work to do on it .......


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