| Pinguy OS | |
| Developer: | Vito Reiter[1] |
| Family: | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Source Model: | Open source |
| Latest Release Version: | 18.04.2 |
| Latest Preview Version: | 18.04 Beta |
| Kernel Type: | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Ui: | GNOME |
| Supported Platforms: | IA-32, x86-64 |
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 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.
The following is the release history for Pinguy OS: [5]
| Version | Date[6] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-08 | LTS Release | ||
| 2010-11-12 | |||
| [7] | 2011-02-12 | LTS Point Release | |
| [8] | 2011-05-08 | ||
| 2011-05-26 | |||
| 2011-06-04 | |||
| 2011-07-08 | Designed for Netbooks | ||
| 2011-11-15 | |||
| 2011-11-25 | |||
| 2012-06-17 | LTS Release | ||
| 2012-11-21 | |||
| 2013-05-21 | |||
| 2014-04-28 | LTS Release | ||
| 2014-05-12 | |||
| 2015-09-11 | |||
| 2016-03-03 | |||
| [9] | 2018-07-02 | LTS Release. | |
| 2018-08-05 | |||
| 2019-03-30 |