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December 14th, 2011, 19:11 GMT · By Marius Nestor

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The Pear OS 3.0 operating system has been released earlier today, being based on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and the GNOME 3 desktop environment. Pear OS 3.0 provides all the applications you need, such as Opera web browser, Empathy instant messaging client, Sylpheed email client, Brasero CD burning utility, Synaptic Package Manager, Shotwell picture viewer and organizer, BleachBit system cleaner, and Back In Time system backup utility. Pear OS 3.0 also features an Appstore to easily download and install extra apps, a screenshot utility, a calculator, a text editor, a PPA manager, documents and contacts organizer, PDF viewer, and a terminal. To see all the features provided in Pear OS 3.0 take a look at the entire release announcement for Pear OS 3.0. Download Pear OS 3.0 right now from Softpedia.
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Comment #1 by: nf3 on 14 Dec 2011, 21:47 UTC	reply to this comment
not good at all and i can't compare it to osx theme.

Comment #2 by: ElGato on 15 Dec 2011, 11:45 UTC	reply to this comment
Surface and docks look phantastic - very apple-clone, but that is the idea I guess. Opera is my favourite Browser anyway AND my email client. It's actually great! ONLY: The windows look somewhat dull to me. Grey in Grey. After the rest of the design is so fancy, grey flat windows look boring. Will try it anyway!

Comment #3 by: Hohraum on 15 Dec 2011, 19:27 UTC	reply to this comment
Ugh. Buy a Mac and get it over with. Yeeesh.

Comment #4 by: robbietherobot on 18 Dec 2011, 15:10 UTC

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Overall, I am very impressed by Pear OS 3.0. Yes it is an apple clone, but I believe that is one of the beauties of Linux ... cream rises to the top; so if Microsoft or Apple (or IBM or Hewlett-Packard ...) have something that is an obvious quality design why shouldn't this be ported to Linux (rhetorical question). I have played around with the OS for a few days, but I haven't tried syncing my smartphone's music yet. Rhythmbox is the app that I find easiest and most comfortable with as Banshee doesn't handle playlists (rhythmbox isn't brilliant either, but personally I have found it easier to work with); have not tried Clementine fully yet. My main concern with Pear OS 3.0 is that after installation and having specified my language preference as English, when I open the Appstore, all the options and folder titles are in French. I may try re-installing and try using my selected language as German to see if the problem is limited to English installations or if the Appstore remains Francais regardless.

Comment #4.1 by: robbietherobot on 24 Dec 2011, 12:32 GMT

Did re-install and tried to specify language as German - however install defaulted to English regardless but 'Regional Format' still defaulted to French. After changing both to Deutsch/German most system folders remain in English (AppStore still defaulting to French, whch it seems can't be changed).
Browsed around a little and it may be that there is a known bug (perhaps in PHP?) that is the root of the problem - so, until that is resolved I don't think there is much that can be done with these installation issues.

Comment #4.2 by: Lyle on 25 Dec 2011, 03:48 GMT

I uninstalled the French language packs and rebooted.

Comment #5 by: Lyle on 25 Dec 2011, 03:47 UTC	reply to this comment
I am triple booting now with Pear OS as my third OS. Working great for me.

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