Pearl Linux was released a couple of months ago as a natural successor of the much more famous Pear OS, which disappeared mysteriously. Now, the 64-bit edition has been released as well.

When Pearl Linux 1.0 was made available, only the 32-bit edition was ready for testing. Most of the computers today are using 64-bit processors, so it's a shame when an operating system can't take advantage of that particular feature. It's true that Pearl Linux is far from being a powerhouse, but it's still nice to have the option.

It might not seem like a big upgrade, but it's more than just the 64-bit support for the OS. There are also many applications out there that only provide 64-bit support, and it's difficult to use them on 32-bit systems, if not impossible. It wasn't something announced, but it's here nonetheless.
Pearl Linux 1.5 64-bit has been improved

This is an operating system that tries, for the most part, to look like Mac OS X, but the system from Apple has advanced quite a lot in the past couple of years. This could have looked like Mac OS X in 2009, maybe, but even then, it would have had problems. As a Linux distro, it's not too bad but it would need some more work.

"Pearl Linux 1.5 64-bit has been fine tuned since our first release of Pearl 1.0 on this our first 64 bit version. The changes were made to hopefully add a quicker experience. Opera is now the default browser but we also added Seamonkey and Firefox as many requested. The new WPS is our default office suite. A very close alternative to Microsoft Office Suite," reads the official website.

In any case, give it a try and tell us what you think about it. You can download Pearl Linux 1.5 right now from Softpedia. If you are having problems with it when using VirtualBox, try another application or a USB stick.