Welcome to PC/OS

So what's unique regarding PC/OS. It's the first Linux based distribution that provides ease of use out of the box. It provides all multimedia codecs out of the box, an easy to use and simplified interface. Great compatibility with older hardware to help you extend your hardware and software investments. Being based on Ubuntu Linux all software and hardware that is compatible with Ubuntu is compatible with PC/OS. Our mission statement is summed up in two words "Simplified Computing"


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Thursday, March 11, 2010

PC/OS Series 10.1 Released

We are very pleased to announce the delivery of PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 as well as PC/OS WebStation 10.1. With this release we bring many bug fixes and enhancements to the platform. This release is the last release before the LTS release of PC/OS 11. Some of the highlights of this release include.

Linux Kernel 2.6.31
OpenOffice.org 3.2
Firefox 3.5.8
Amazon MP3 downloader
Empathy for IM
GNOME utils 2.28
GnomeBaker for burning CD's and DVD's
VLC is now the default video player
WINE 1.2 is now included
Google Gears is now included so that Webstation users can access Google Docs and other web apps offline
New Simplified menu structure
USB Creator can now be used to create a bootable USB drive
UI design is now unified with the GNOME release

With every new release we also have some issues.

With Jockey you have to manually initiate your NVIDIA driver install
Upon booting the Live CD/DVD you have to enter a user name and password. The user name is "custom" leave the password blank and press enter.
The Broadcom drivers install automatically, you will not have an option to "deactivate" them upon initial use. You may have to manually enter your network name.

With the last release we introduced the Developer Kit and Office Kit which proved popular and they are available for this release as well.

To order PC/OS on DVD/CD simply order it from us. Click on the Donate button and donate 25.00 for the Openworkstation DVD Release and 15.00 for the Webstation CD release. If you want us to make a USB Flash drive or removable media donate 40.00. We also offer preloaded hard drives, these are 1TB Western Digital drives and they are available for a 105.00 donation. Make sure you specify which release you want. Also please note that the USB drives and Hard drives take up to 7 days to ship. Shipping is included in these prices.

To download just click on the links

PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 (MD5)
PC/OS WebStation 10.1 (MD5)

PC/OS Developer Kit 10.1 (MD5)
PC/OS Office Kit (MD5)
Posted by Roberto J. Dohnert at 9:12 AM 0 comments

Thursday, March 4, 2010

PC/OS News

We are looking at simplifying the releases. Spreading them further apart so we dont seem like we are constantly at odds. So during our Skype pow-wow, we have decided what the release schedule will look like. We plan to keep the names, PC/OS OpenWorkstation and Webstation. PC/OS OpenCore will go away as it stands now. PC/OS OpenServer System will take its place. How will this work you ask? PC/OS OpenServer System will ship as PC/OS OpenCore did. No applications installed, no server functions installed. It will be the core system. It will ship with Server Kit as a bundle on pc-os.org, when you buy it server kit will ship as a separate ISO. This allows people to customize the server as they see fit. PC/OS OpenServer System will not get an experimental release, but will be updated through Maintenance packs.

Speaking of the experimental releases. PC/OS 10 and PC/OS 10.1 have been great but confusing to people. So from now on, the experimental releases will be known as PC/OS TestSuite. It will ship DVD ISO only as we will be including the developer kit by default. the reason? During the test phases we want people to be able to develop great applications, we want those that have the know how to be able to extend and enhance PC/OS.

With this PC/OS 2010 will not be released. Instead we are putting numerical versioning behind it. So PC/OS 2010 becomes PC/OS 11. The next LTS will be, PC/OS 12, etc. OpenServer System will still be called PC/OS OpenServer System 9.

We are changing the way we do sales of PC/OS disks. We are launching the PC/OS Storefront. We will no longer be using On-Disk.com. With the Storefront, we will be selling PC/OS disks and hard drives, USB Flash etc. Pricing to be determined.

The default theme for PC/OS will change. How and to what extent will be determined. We are considering the new default themes that Ubuntu is using in 10.04. We think they are great. This is two fold, first we want people that use Ubuntu to have a familiar face when coming to PC/OS, second we want the GNOME and XFCE releases to have a similar look to each other. Also, due to customer and user feedback, Firefox will be making the return as the default browser in PC/OS 11.

We hope you guys like the changes and as always feedback is welcome.
Posted by Roberto J. Dohnert at 9:08 PM 1 comments

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 GNOME Released


The developers of PC/OS are excited to bring you this new installment in the PC/OS family. Users and customers have demanded it so we have now delivered it. This release is based on the GNOME desktop. We are targetting this release for a more high performance crowd. So as we keep working on this we need the great feedback our users generally provide including what you, as professional users, need and use. So lets get in here and go through whats included.

GNOME 2.28
Linux kernel 2.6.31
Empathy replaces Pidgin
OpenOffice.org 3.1
Exaile
Gambas2
WideStudio
Full multimedia codecs
Sun Java 6
Evolution Groupware Suite
GnomeBaker
Exaile
VLC
GIMP (With all plugins)
Google Chrome
Nimbus GTK theme and Metacity

As we continue to improve this release we will continue to add software and tools for everyone.

System requirements:

1 ghz Processor
512 mb of RAM
10 gb of Hard Drive Space
VGA display

Known Issues:

When you boot the Live CD when it gets to the gdm enter the user name 'custom' leave the password blank.

You can download the software from here

The md5 is available here

Or alternatively you can order a DVD from us directly for $20.00. To do this make a donation of $20.00 and in the details section of PayPal list your address.
Posted by Roberto J. Dohnert at 7:51 AM 1 comments

Thursday, February 25, 2010

PC/OS KDE and GNOME status

PC/OS KDE has been pushed back. The developer of PC/OS KDE feels that the current state of the project is not at a point where he feels comfortable to release it so its being pushed back until the 2010 release. So we will have a KDE release just not as soon as we had hoped. But we made an alternative promise and we will honor that. If you install KDE 4 from the repositories after March 10, 2010 we will support that if you have a support contract.

Also, we received a lot of feedback from users about the GNOME issue. People also want a GNOME release. So, for the 10.1 release we will go ahead and release a GNOME version of PC/OS. Ones already built and in Beta so thats a little more feasible and GNOME has quite a few fans as well. The core team will concentrate on this release. This will also be just a DVD release with a few twists. It will have the developer kit installed by default and will use the Nimbus graphics engine for the theme.

If you are a gnome developer and wish to help out, do let us know.
Posted by Roberto J. Dohnert at 11:16 PM 0 comments
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PC/OS Roots

PC/OS roots are derived from the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu is created and maintained by Canonical Inc. and has a vast community support system. By basing PC/OS on this outstanding base we cover two grounds, a lot of the problems and fixes are in line with Ubuntu. Many fixes for Ubuntu and Xubuntu work on PC/OS. All software compiled for Ubuntu runs on PC/OS and should anything happen to PC/OS users can still get their fixes from Canonical and maintain their distribution and makes the migration smoother. The desktop is based off of XFCE and is laid out similar to the BeOS. PC/OS does not aim to be a ground up reimplementation of the BeOS but to be as simple to use as the BeOS was. The XFCE desktop is light,modern and powerful. It can be used to power the newest workstations as well as older hardware allowing you to get the maximum potential out of your investment.

What can I do with PC/OS

It is your computer, do with it what you want. if you want to watch that Windows Media file, go right ahead. Your music files not in .ogg, thats fine by us. Do you want to watch that flash video on YouTube? go ahead.

Of course, we do encourage the open route. Open Source doesn't survive without contribution but you as users should have the freedom to do whatever it is you want to do.

We also encourage consistency. XFCE is our desktop, not GNOME, not KDE, not TWM, not PWM. of course in accordance with our first part of the mission statement the others are available for download and installation.