Pinguy OS

Pinguy OS
Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS x86_64
DeveloperVito Reiter[1]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Source modelOpen source
Initial release8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Latest release18.04.2 / 30 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-30)
Latest preview18.04 Beta / May 9, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-09)
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface		GNOME
Official websitepinguy-os.sourceforge.net

Pinguy OS was a Linux distribution for x86-based personal computers. Pinguy OS is based on Ubuntu,[2][3] a GNOME-based desktop environment, which was discontinued in 2019 due to it no longer being financially viable.[4] Despite no longer receiving any major version updates, a few of the previous LTS releases are still maintained.

General info

Pinguy OS focused on enhancing Ubuntu's user-friendliness and was tailored towards users unfamiliar with UNIX operating systems. The OS was available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. For users that had less available hardware, there was another version made specifically for these older machines to work with less resources.

While it uses a GNOME desktop environment, users had the option of also using a navigation bar on the bottom of the screen, similar to Elementary OS and macOS.

Release history

The following is the release history for Pinguy OS: [5]

Legend:
Old version, not maintained
Old version, still maintained
Current stable version
Latest preview version
Future release
Version Date[6] 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Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04 2011-04-08 LTS Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.10 2010-11-12
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04.2[7] 2011-02-12 LTS Point Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04.3[8] 2011-05-08
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.04.1 2011-05-26
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.04.1 Mini 2011-06-04
Old version, no longer maintained: Ping-Eee OS 11.04.1 2011-07-08 Designed for Netbooks
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.10 2011-11-15
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.10 Mini 2011-11-25
Old version, no longer maintained: 12.04 2012-06-17 LTS Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 12.10 2012-11-21
Old version, no longer maintained: 13.04 2013-05-21
Old version, yet still maintained: 14.04 Mini 2014-04-28 LTS Release
Old 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Old version, no longer maintained: 14.04.3 2015-09-11
Old version, no longer maintained: 14.04.4 2016-03-03
Old version, yet still maintained: 18.04[9][10] 2018-07-02 LTS Release.
Old version, yet still maintained: 18.04.1 2018-08-05
Current stable version: 18.04.2 2019-03-30

References

  1. ^ "Pinguy OS 10.04.1.2". Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2011. (Page 1, paragraph 2) Vito Reiter explains why he created Pinguy OS.
  2. ^ "DistroWatch.com: Pinguy OS". Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Pinguy OS - Because using a computer is meant to be easy!". 2016-10-06. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  4. ^ "Thinking about killing off Pinguy OS | Pinguy OS". 2016-11-05. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  5. ^ "Pinguy OS is 1 Years old today". Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Pinguy OS". Pinguy OS Files. Sourceforge. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  7. ^ "A Week with Pinguy - The Slick Ubuntu Remix - Make Tech Easier". Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  8. ^ Pinguy OS - Jack of all trades, master of none Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, Dedoimedo
  9. ^ Seems to be little to no News about Pinguy 18.04. | Pinguy OS[usurped]
  10. ^ "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 771, 9 July 2018". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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