14 DAY TRIAL // Antoni Norman proudly announced a few of days ago, May 13th, that the final release of the Pinguy OS 11.04 operating system, available for download on mirrors worldwide.
Pinguy OS 11.04 is an operating system based on the recently released Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Linux distribution. However, Pinguy OS 11.04 does not include the Unity interface, which has been completely removed from the system.
Pinguy OS 11.04 uses classic GNOME 2.32 desktop environment with the Docky dock-like application. Compiz has been fixed and it's now enabled by default. Pinguy OS 11.04 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
Highlights of Pinguy OS 11.04:
· Based on Ubuntu 11.04; · Linux kernel 2.6.38; · GNOME 2.32.1; · Build-in OEM support; · Implemented root filesystem with Overlay scrollbars; · Implemented message menu items; · Added custom NotifyOSD; · Added workspace switcher applet; · Added Live USB installer tool; · New Conky configuration utility; · Fixed the default theme for LibreOffice; · Added Pinguy OS entries to the display manager; · Modified icon theme to show the Pinguy OS logo; · Better Wi-Fi support; · Added missing firmwares; · Cleaned up the menu; · Modified Pinguy OS profile; · Updated all installed applications; · Fixed lots of bugs.
While some applications were removed from Pinguy OS 11.04, such as LuckyBackup and Mumble, the Mozilla Firefox web browser comes with lots of useful add-ons pre-installed.
"I also want to thank everyone that gave feedback. This really helped me out. Please keep testing and reporting bugs. There is only so much testing I can do and keep building the distro, so do need help from the community to point out faults with it." - said Antoni Norman, Pinguy OS developer, on the official release announcement.
Download the Pinguy OS 11.04 operating system right now from Softpedia.