Pinguy OS

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.

Pinguy OS

Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS x86_64
Developer	Vito Reiter[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; 6 years ago (2019-03-30)
Latest preview	18.04 Beta / May 9, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-05-09)
Platforms	IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface	GNOME
Official website	pinguy-os.sourceforge.net

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]

Version	Date[6]	Notes
10.04	2011-04-08	LTS Release
10.10	2010-11-12
10.04.2[7]	2011-02-12	LTS Point Release
10.04.3[8]	2011-05-08
11.04.1	2011-05-26
11.04.1 Mini	2011-06-04
Ping-Eee OS 11.04.1	2011-07-08	Designed for Netbooks
11.10	2011-11-15
11.10 Mini	2011-11-25
12.04	2012-06-17	LTS Release
12.10	2012-11-21
13.04	2013-05-21
14.04 Mini	2014-04-28	LTS Release
14.04	2014-05-12
14.04.3	2015-09-11
14.04.4	2016-03-03
18.04[9][10]	2018-07-02	LTS Release.
18.04.1	2018-08-05
18.04.2	2019-03-30