[Ubuntu-BD] Introducing: Pinguy OS 10.04 :)

Abir Sadik abir.sadik at gmail.com
Sun Aug 1 08:58:05 BST 2010 

Detailed Info @ http://tiny.cc/pinguy

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This OS is for people that have never used Linux before or for people that
just want a out-of-the-box working OS without doing all the tweaks and
enhancements that everyone seems to do when installing a fresh copy of
Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is a great OS but it’s default setup with it’s chosen programs are
lacking functionality and ease of use, so all I did was listen to what
people wanted and found the most user friendly programs for the task. Like
using Shotwell for easily uploading images to Facebook, gtkpod for putting
music, photos and video on a ipod/iphone and mvPod for converting the video
to a iPod friendly format. All the programs have been chosen for there ease
of use and functionality.

The system was built to have eye candy (CoverGloobus, Gloobus Preview, GNOME
Do, Docky) and for every part of it to be user-friendly, I even changed
every file type to open with the right program, like for some reason by
default .iso are opened with Archive Manager so I changed that to Brasero
Disc Burner.

Pinguy OS is just a custom built Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with added repository’s,
tweaks and enhancements that can run as a Live DVD or be installed. It has
all the added packages needed for video, music and web content .eg flash and
java <http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4931/plugins10001.png>, plus I have
done a few fixes as well. Like fixing wireless problems, gwibber’s facebook
problem and flash videos in fullscreen.

Everything is setup for samba, all you need to do is right click a folder
you want to share and add a password in samba using system-config-samba.
I have also added a Upnp server (pms-linux) so you can share your music,
video’s .ect with a PS3, XBOX 360 or any other Upnp media reader.

Nautilus has been changed for
Elementary-Nautilus<http://elementary-project.com/news/nautilus-in-elementary/>with
added
plugins<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/cover-thumbnailer-07-is-out-now-works.html>so
it can get
music <http://gtk-apps.org/content/show.php/CoverChooser?content=117330> and
video <http://www.webupd8.org/2009/09/how-to-set-imdb-images-as-video.html>art
from the web.
The default theme is
Elementary<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/new-version-of-elementary-gnome-theme.html>using
ttf-droid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_%28font%29> font with
Docky<http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Docky_wiki>and
a custom
Conky <http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9501964&postcount=12986>.

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Screenshots:

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9441/desk1001.th.jpg
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/3750/desk1004.th.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1332/desk1p.th.jpg
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1076/videosfilebrowser001.th.jpg
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2023/musicfilebrowser002.th.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6889/collectionfilebrowser00.th.jpg
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I have added DVB support to Totem for anyone with a TV card that wants to
watch tv on there PC but don’t want to install a whole program like myth-tv.

If you have a 64-Bit processor you should go with the 64-Bit version of the
OS, unless you have a technical or business reasons for not migrating to
64-bit Linux with compatible hardware, there is no reason to stick around
with a 32-bit. The main reason for going with 64-bit is because it’s faster
then 32-bit on the same
hardware<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_32_pae&num=1>and
there aren’t many programs now that don’t run on 64-bit.

*The following processors support 64-Bit:*

   - AMD 64-Bit processors ( Athlon 64, Opteron, later Sempron, Turion 64,
   Phenom, Athlon II and Phenom II processors)
   - Intel 64-Bit processors (Celeron D, later Pentium 4, Pentium D, later
   Xeon, Core 2 (not Core Duo), Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Atom processors)

There maybe more so please check to see if your processor is compatible. If
you have any doubts or are not sure if you have a 64-Bit processor go with
the 32-Bit version.


*Pinguy OS 10.04 x86-64 (64-Bit)*

   - *Download Link:*
Pinguy_OS_10.04_x64.iso<http://nemu.doublezen.net/Pinguy_OS_10.04_x64.iso>
   - *Download Mirror:*
Pinguy_OS_10.04_x64.iso<http://steve.blogme.us/files/Pinguy_OS_10.04_x64.iso>
   - *Download Mirror 2:*
Pinguy_OS_10.04_x64.iso<http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8793578/Pinguy_OS_10.04_x64.iso>
   - *Torrent Link:* Pinguy OS
10.04_x64.torrent<http://www.kickasstorrents.com/torrents/pinguy-os-10-04-x64-t4239493/>
   - *Size:* 1.4GB
   - *md5sum:* f1de847785af4f629e66c34103230372

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Pinguy OS 10.04 i386 (32-Bit)*

   - *Download Link:* Pinguy OS
10.04_i386.iso<http://steve.blogme.us/files/Pinguy_OS_10.04_i386.iso>
   - *Download Mirror:* Pinguy OS
10.04_i386.iso<http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8850699/Pinguy_OS_10.04_i386.iso>
   - *Torrent Link:* Pinguy OS
10.04_i386.torrent<http://www.kickasstorrents.com/torrents/pinguy-os-10-04-i386-t4247719/>
   - *Size:* 1.3GB
   - *md5sum:* dcaccd99132d4f1fbedd0fc451c2d6f4


There are a couple of small bug’s that are know and easy to fix. To use a
different language other then English you will need to apply this
fix<http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9621371&postcount=99>.
Also if you have installed Pinguy OS on a PC/Laptop that is running another
operating system you will need to run “sudo update-grub”. (Press
*alt+F2*tick the box that says
*Run in terminal* then type *sudo update-grub* hit enter and add your
password.)
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What Pinguy OS comes with:*

*Accessories:*

   - Activity Journal<http://lifehacker.com/5458144/gnome-activity-journal-shows-your-recent-computer-work>
   - AllTray <http://alltray.trausch.us/>
   - Catfish<http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/01/let-catfish-search-for-your-files/>
   - CoverChooser<http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/nautilus-coverchooser-script.html>
   - CoverGloobus<http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/covergloobus-16-wow-lives-up-to-its.html>
   - Gloobus Preview<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/how-to-install-gloobus-preview-in.html>
   - GNOME Do <http://do.davebsd.com/>
   - Shutter <http://shutter-project.org/>

*Graphics:*

   - gpicview <http://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview/>
   - pinta <http://pinta-project.com/>
   - Rapid Photo Downloader <http://damonlynch.net/rapid/index.html>
   - Shotwell <http://yorba.org/shotwell/>
   - Simple Scan<http://lifehacker.com/5483366/simple-scan-makes-linux-scanning-beginner+friendly>

*Internet:*

   - Deluge <http://deluge-torrent.org/>
   - Dropbox <https://www.dropbox.com/>
   - Empathy <http://live.gnome.org/Empathy>
   - Firefox <http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/>
   - FrostWire <http://www.frostwire.com/>
   - Gwibber <http://gwibber.com/>
   - Thunderbird <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/>
   - pms-linux <http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/>
   - Skype <http://www.skype.com/>
   - TED: Torrent Episode Downloader <http://www.ted.nu/>

*Office:*

   - Adobe Reader 9 <http://get.adobe.com/reader/>
   - OpenOffice <http://www.openoffice.org/>

*Sound &amp; Video:*

   - Brasero <http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/>
   - DeVeDe <http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html>
   - GNOME MPlayer<http://www.ubuntugeek.com/mplayer-frontends-gnome-mplayersmplayer.html>
   - gtkpod <http://www.gtkpod.org/about.html>
   - HandBrake <http://handbrake.fr/>
   - mvPod <http://mvpod.sourceforge.net/>
   - OpenShot <http://www.openshotvideo.com/>
   - Rhythmbox <http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/>
   - VLC 1.1.0<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/vlc-110-final-has-been-released.html>

*System Tools:*

   - Ailurus <http://code.google.com/p/ailurus/>
   - BleachBit <http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/>
   - GConf Cleaner <http://code.google.com/p/gconf-cleaner/>
   - VirtualBox <http://www.virtualbox.org/>
   - hardinfo <http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage>
   - Ubuntu Tweak <http://ubuntu-tweak.com/>
   - Wine <http://www.winehq.org/>
   - Wine Doors <http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/54920>
   - PlayOnLinux <http://www.playonlinux.com/en/>

*Other:*

   - Preload<http://www.howtoforge.com/speed-up-your-system-with-preload-on-ubuntu-9.04>
   - GDM2Setup<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/gdm2setup-is-now-available-for-ubuntu.html>
   - gtkorphan <http://www.marzocca.net/linux/gtkorphan.html>
   - BootUp-Manager (bum) <http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html>
   - MintMenu<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/install-linux-mint-main-menu-mintmenu.html>
   - Webilder <http://www.webilder.org/>
   - Sezen Applet<http://seilo.geekyogre.com/2010/06/first-sezen-screencast-an-introduction-to-sexy-simple-searching/>
   - Remastersys Backup <http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/>
   - gnome2-globalmenu <http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/>

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