Pinguy OS

Pinguy OS

Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS x86_64
Developer	Antoni Norman[1]
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Source model	Open source
Initial release	8 April 2010 (2010-04-08)
Latest release	18.04.2 / 30 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-30)
Latest preview	18.04 Beta / May 9, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-09)
Platforms	IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface	GNOME
Official website	pinguy-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Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04	2011-04-08	LTS Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.10	2010-11-12
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04.2[7]	2011-02-12	LTS Point Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.04.3[8]	2011-05-08
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.04.1	2011-05-26
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.04.1 Mini	2011-06-04
Old version, no longer maintained: Ping-Eee OS 11.04.1	2011-07-08	Designed for Netbooks
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.10	2011-11-15
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.10 Mini	2011-11-25
Old version, no longer maintained: 12.04	2012-06-17	LTS Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 12.10	2012-11-21
Old version, no longer maintained: 13.04	2013-05-21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Old version, no longer maintained: 14.04.3	2015-09-11
Old version, no longer maintained: 14.04.4	2016-03-03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) Antoni Norman 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.

External links

• Official website
• Pinguy OS at DistroWatch