The display of this potential Pear OS 8 machin must be VGA capable of 1020 x 768 pixels or higher, while either a CD/DVD drive or USB port is needed to install the OS in the first place.

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The latest version of Pear OS 8 takes many design features from Apple’s iOS software and the desktop version of Pear OS 8 is available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions.

Pear OS is a Linux-based operating system designed to combine the beauty of Apple software with the utility (and open nature) of GNU/Linux. A year ago that meant making Ubuntu look like OS X.

Pear OS is a Linux-based operating system designed to combine the beauty of Apple software with the utility (and open nature) of GNU/Linux. A year ago that meant making Ubuntu look like OS X.

Of course Pear OS cannot brand itself as a Mac OS X imitation but the similarity is pretty darn obvious. Pear OS will be distributed in 32 and 64 bit versions and contains a whole bunch of unique ...

David Tavares, the father of the Pear OS distribution, has just shared a screenshot on Google+, teasing Linux users with the iOS 7-inspired look of his upcoming Pear OS 8 operating system.

If you favor the OS X environment, Pearl OS might be a Linux distro to feed your fancy. Pearl OS is a revival of the discontinued Pear OS distro. It picks up where Pear left off in early 2014. Pearl ...

There’s also no need to manually sort notes into folders or categories. Pear Note finds notes transparently so they don’t have to go looking. Pear Notes requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. It’s ...