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Due to a few things I don’t feel comfortable enough releasing this as a final. A few of the used apps are still in the alpha/beta stage and there is a few quirks like some of the proprietary drivers breaking the text and flash in Shell.

Gnome Shell is still pretty new and does need a little bit more work. The fallback mode is just about usable but isn’t ideal. As Shell needs 3D drivers to work and the proprietary drivers are breaking flash I can’t in good conscience release this as a stable release due to the current state of the fallback mode and Shell needing 3D.

Shell does work well if the open source drivers are working so for most people this shouldn’t be an issue, but people that need to install the proprietary drivers to get shell working have reported a few problems. I have tested this on ATI and Intel graphics cards and haven’t had any issues with the open source drivers.

I am very doubtful that there will be another release of the 11.10. Until Shell can work without 3D acceleration I am not happy calling this a stable product. Some work on this is being done over at Fedora so this will be possible soon but not just yet. I don’t feel Gnome 3.2 is mature enough to be called a stable product and thats why Pinguy OS 11.10 will stay as a beta release.

Release Notes.

• Some changes have been made to the base system to improve speed and power usage. This is done by using zram, preload and granola.
• There is better HD Video Decoding by using libcrystalhd3.
• All the gnome packages are running on 3.2.1 like Totem Movie Player.
• New Gnome 3 apps gnome-contacts and gnome-documents are included.
• XBMC-PVR is installed so you can use your PC as a DVR.
• Firefox is running the latest version 8 with all the needed plugins for content on the web including Moonlight for silverlight content.
  

For more info check out the release notes for the pre-alpha and alpha releases and this Webupd8 article.



I would also like to thank jan-hoffmann for his Gnome Shell scripts and also Joel Leclerc for relinux.

Download: Pinguy OS 11.10 Beta
Torrents:
32-Bit: Pinguy_OS_11.10-shell-beta_i686.iso.torrent
64-Bit: Pinguy_OS_11.10-shell-beta_x86-64.iso.torrent

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Hi Pinguy!! It looks great, as for stuff that your not happy with, it will improve. As this 11.10 is remaining a "Beta", it will be in a position to take advantage of those improvements, 'cides, there are TONS of guys here who you know can't help but fiddle about with it, and will help you find newer,perhaps better alternatives to the things you found making you unhappy. I want to know if there is a way of downloading the beta via torrent? and if you could kindly post a torrent link, or page? I am really looking forward to giving 11.10 Pinguy a go. All the best to you Sir!!

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Pinguy: Thanx for the information regarding the stability of Gnome3. Most distros would have called what you have done as a beta a final version.

One question, will there be a separate beta with Mate?

Thanx again,
Erik

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Testing it ATM, until now everything is fine!

Hope to see the final release!!

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If people missed it. Webupd8 goes into more details about this release.
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/pinguy-os...eased.html

(14-11-2011 05:08 PM)Erikwas Wrote:  One question, will there be a separate beta with Mate?

Thanx again,
Erik

I am working on MATE at the moment but its still really rough around the edges. Also not a huge amount has changed to the core system from 11.04 so putting MATE onto 11.10 once MATE is more finished will more or less just be the same as Pinguy OS 11.04

I will keep people updated on what is going on. At the moment a MATE version is being worked on but is no where near ready.

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Congrats on releasing 11.10 and wise decision to tag it beta.

I am just an average end user.

How would it be to offer an option to upgrade the core components of 11.04 or 10.04 LTS to the recent build. Thinking of something similar to Bodhi Linux's Semi rolling release (dist-upgrade).

IMO there should be 3 options
1. Upgrade only core components
2. Upgrade kernel
3. Meta package to upgrade software to latest stable version - i.e. default software for latest ubuntu release.

This would let Pinguy take his own time to find an innovative solution and create one-of-a-kind distro. Pinguy is one of a kind, but just to make it better . If a dist-upgrade is possible between LTS versions, there will be a peace of mind for 2 years.

Another suggestion:
When a new version is released, it can be tagged DEV version, so that end users may think twice before downloading. End user edition comes a bit late after 3-4 months, after most bugs are fixed.

Just my personal opinion, my 2 cents

I have also made a fresh thread Bodhi Like Semi Rolling release upgrade between LTS versions

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Thanks a lot PinguyOS