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Anarchy Installer (formerly Anarchy Linux) provides a text-based installer to help set up and customize an Arch Linux based operating system. The installer provides quick access to multiple desktop environments and custom configurations.
Status: Discontinued
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2013-04-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pear Linux 7 |
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David Tavares has announced the release of Pear Linux 7, a highly customised Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution with GNOME 3.6: "Pear Linux 7 is available. You will find in this version: Linux kernel 3.5, LibreOffice 4.0.1, Pear OS software center, MyPear 4, Pear Cleaner 2.1; based on Ubuntu 12.10 without Unity and the GNOME panel; new Pear Linux Shell (7.0) based on Wingpanel and plank; new Pear Linux and icon theme, splash and login screen; new desktop notifications with notification center; new Pear OS software center; new mission control; new virtual desktop switcher; based on Linux kernel 3.5, but you kernels 3.7.10 and 3.8.5 are available in the repository; CleanMyPear - a cleaning system...." See the full release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download: pearos7-amd64.iso (1,016MB, MD5). A separate server edition is also available. |
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Pear Linux is a French Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution. Some of its features include ease-of-use, custom user interface with a Mac OS X-style dockbar, and out-of-the-box support for many popular multimedia codecs.
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2013-01-13 |
Distribution Release: Pear Linux 6.1 |
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David Tavares has announced the release of Pear Linux 6.1, an Ubuntu remix with a simple but beautiful user interface (a customised GNOME 3) and out-of-the-box support for many popular multimedia codecs: "I am pleased to announce the release of Pear Linux 6.1. Pear Linux 6.1 builds on top of our popular previous release of Pear Linux 6 with newly updated software. As Pear Linux 6.1 is based on Ubuntu 12.04.1 it is an LTS (Long-Term Support) release, provided with 5 years of security updates. New software: Pear PPA Manager, Pear Cleaner; software updated, kernel updated. Users who already have Pear Linux 6 installed do not need to get Pear Linux 6.1. All the aforementioned updates and improvements in 6.1 will be applied by installing the latest updates from the Update Manager available this week." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the Pear Linux 6.1 live DVD image from SourceForge: pearlinux-6.1-x64.iso (899MB, MD5). |
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2012-10-19 |
Distribution Release: Pear Linux 6 |
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David Tavares has announced the release of Pear Linux 6, an easy-to-use Ubuntu-based distribution for the desktop. What's new? "Based on ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS without Unity and the GNOME panel; new Pear Linux Shell (6.0); new Pear Linux Panel (1.0.4); new Pear Aurora 1.0.5 - a new window manager for Pear Linux; new Pear Linux theme and new icon theme; new Dock - the dock is no longer based on Docky (Mono code has been removed), it is now faster and uses fewer resources; new boot splash and login screen; new desktop notifications; new Pear Appstore 6.1.0; new Pear WiFi 1.0 (installer for Windows WiFi drivers); new Mission Control; new Virtual Desktop Switcher; new social applications for Facebook, Twitter and Google+; new version of the Alt-F2 command...." See the release announcement for additional details. Download: pearlinux-6-x86.iso (822MB, MD5, torrent). |
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2012-03-23 |
Distribution Release: Pear OS 4 |
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Pear OS 4, a new version of the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution of many names, including Pear Linux or Comice OS, has been released: "Comice OS 4 - available now. New features at a glance: Comice OS Shell, Pear Appstore, Skype, LibreOffice. Pear Appstore is one of the most highlighted applications of Comice OS. Installing new application is just a one-click thing. It supports parallel downloading, resuming downloads, update notification and cache cleaning. Comice Shell is a modification of GNOME Shell according to visions of Pear Linux. Mission Control allows you to view running applications and the various workspaces used. Click the Launchpad icon in your dock and your open windows fade away, replaced by a view of all the applications on your PC. Each application is represented by an icon, and Launchpad creates as many pages of application icons as you need." See the release announcement and the features page for more information. Download: comice_os_4_x32-build-01a07.iso (1,070MB, MD5, torrent), comice_os_4_x64-build-01a07.iso (1,250kB, MD5, torrent).
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2012-02-11 |
Development Release: Pear OS 4.0 Beta 1 |
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David Tavares has announced the release of Pear OS 4.0, a desktop distribution with a Mac OS X-like look and feel and based on a recent alpha build of Ubuntu 12.04. As a result, it contains a large number of software packages currently in beta testing, such GNOME 3.3, GTK+ 3.3.14, glibc 2.15-pre6, Firefox and Thunderbird 11.0b1, LibreOffice 3.5-beta2 and Mesa 8.0rc2, so proceed with caution. From the release announcement (which calls this release "Comice OS"): "Comice OS 4.0-b is available to download. This version fixes several bugs discovered in the first version: fixed a bug on boot (GRUB); fixed a bug with the driver manager; fixed a bug during the end of installation; fixed some configurations files; fixed sources.list and lsb-release; update of various software packages; fixed a little bug of Pear Appstore. See also the features page for a brief summary of the release and minimum hardware requirements. Download the installation-only DVD image for the x86_64 architectures: Comice_OS_4_Beta1.iso (1,180MB, MD5).
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2011-12-14 |
Distribution Release: Pear OS 3.0 |
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David Tavares has announced the release of Pear OS 3.0, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution with a Mac OS X-like look and feel (as well as slogan): "Pear OS 3.0 'Panther' available. From the desktop you see when you start up your PC to the applications you use every day, everything is designed to be simple and intuitive. Of course, making amazing things simple requires some seriously advanced technologies, and Pear OS is loaded with them. Working and playing on a PC is all about applications, so Pear OS makes it simple to find and open those applications fast. The Dock is a handy place on your desktop for storing and launching your favorite applications, and it makes switching between them a breeze." The release announcement doesn't offer any details, but the product page has some screenshots alongside much marketing talk. Download links: pear-os-linux-panther-v3.0-x32.iso (895MB, MD5), pear-os-linux-panther-v3.0-x64.iso (964MB, MD5).
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