Cutlets reviews PCLinuxOS and concludes: “PCLinuxOS is an extremely easy to use, user friendly distribution that is perfect for Joe and Jane users from the Windows world. The developers have taken the utmost care to ensure that the distribution functions perfectly and that it meets the needs of a large section of Linux users. The out of the box support for non-free formats is a huge plus for this distribution.”
Of the various KDE live-install CD distros I’ve tried, PCLinxOS is just very polished, bleeding edge and is stable thru many updates.
I dissagree with the authors opinion that Ubuntu installs more apps, since the PCLOS menu has quite a few more, though many are multiple app choices.
Alas the growing size of updated packages has meant that OpenOffice has had to be traded off for KOffice to keep the .92 release compressable to <700MB.
The mklivecd remastering script is allways fun, the KDE desktop defaults are sane and attractive, the forum is friendly and Texstar is very responsive to package requests.
The developer team is very small so they have focussed on English lang and the KDE platform. Current GNOME, XFE, IceWm & Fluxbox & their apps, are in the repos and forum members help & discuss those occasionally.
There are quite a few PCLOS iso remasters around including a GNOME based one if you prefer.
Yep I’m a PCLOS fan
http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=514&slide=5…
It’s very nice, but I wonder how long before Microsoft steps in and demands they stop using what is clearly a slightly altered version of the Windows XP flag logo.
That’s exactly the kind of publicity this distro needs. Big ole’ Microsoft picking on the little guy again. If he plays it half as well as Michael Robertson did, Tex will be rich beyond his wildest dreams.
Certainly it isn’t… especially when coming to the heart of the system (kernels and initscripts)- there the policy is very conservative.
Generally I like PCLOS, but I always roll for it a kernel of my own- the stock ones are way too clobbered ( should I say Mandriva-style?).