Pinguy OS

Pinguy OS is a free computer operating system (a Linux distribution) for x86-based PCs, based on Ubuntu Linux.[4][5]

Pinguy OS
Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS x86_64
DeveloperAntoni Norman[1]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Source modelOpen source
Initial release8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Latest release18.04.2[2] / 30 March 2019 (2019-03-30)
Latest preview18.04 Beta[3] / May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface
GNOME
Official websitewww.pinguyos.com

General info

Pinguy OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution with many applications and tweaks installed by default. Such software includes ZRam and Preload.[6]

According to Distrowatch.com[4] Pinguy OS "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."

Although the distribution comes with many pre-installed applications, browser plugins, multimedia codecs and system utilities, many users could perceive this as unnecessary bloat, given that Ubuntu and many of its descendants come with a lot of useful software as well, without retaining a large memory and storage footprint.

Features

The following features[7] are found in the Pinguy OS distribution:

Release history

The following is the release history for Pinguy OS[9]

Legend:
Old version, not maintained
Older version, still maintained
Current stable version
Latest preview version
Future release
Version Date[10] Notes
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04 2011-04-08 LTS Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.10 2010-11-12
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04.2[11] 2011-02-12 LTS Point Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04.3[12] 2011-05-08
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.04.1 2011-05-26
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.04.1 Mini 2011-06-04
Old version, no longer maintained: Ping-Eee OS 11.04.1 2011-07-08 Designed for Netbooks
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.10 2011-11-15
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.10 Mini 2011-11-25
Old version, no longer maintained: 12.04 2012-06-17 LTS Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 12.10 2012-11-21
Old version, no longer maintained: 13.04 2013-05-21
Older version, yet still maintained: 14.04 Mini 2014-04-28 LTS Release
Older version, yet still maintained: 14.04 2014-05-12
Old version, no longer maintained: 14.04.3 2015-09-11
Old version, no longer maintained: 14.04.4 2016-03-03
Older version, yet still maintained: 18.04[13][14] 2018-07-02 LTS Release.
Older version, yet still maintained: 18.04.1 2018-08-05
Current stable version: 18.04.2 2019-03-30

Beta: The 6 month Pinguy OS releases will be missing features that will be in the final LTS, but the release will be very usable.[15]

Availability

Pinguy OS is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.[16]

See also

References

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