Comments on IT Lure: Distro Hoppin`: PCLinuxOS 2009.2

Anonymous, it sounds as if you installed it withou...

2010-02-16T01:30:01.829+02:00

Anonymous, it sounds as if you installed it without using the LiveCD to test first. That would be your own fault. PCLinuxOS isn't perfect, but it gives you the tools to test it without having to install first, as most distros do these days.

As for me, I have been using PCLinuxOS since early 2005, and I love it. I pay them $80 every year because that's what seems reasonable to me for what I get in return.

I would not be anywhere near so productive at work if it wasn't for PCLinuxOS.

PCLOS is failure when it come to supporting mobile...

2010-02-01T13:24:35.706+02:00

PCLOS is failure when it come to supporting mobile broadband. I had a huawei ec325 modem which cannot be configured in PCLOS. I posted it in PCLOS official forums. I was not able to solve the problem. I regret my decison to switch to PCLOS. That decision was not a wise one. as my USBmodem worked flawlessly in ubuntu, linux mint and fedora.
if there is a hardware failure with the distro it can be kicked out. now i use ubuntu. i am not blaming any distro by this. i just want my devices to work in a distro.no matter which name it is. for the time being it works well in ubuntu. So naturally Ubuntu is my choice.
As against what PCLOS claims i hopped back to ubuntu

I have been quite disappointed with the current st...

2009-10-18T04:37:53.430+03:00

I have been quite disappointed with the current state of power management for my ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 so I was pleasantly surprised that a distribution version this new still comes with an old enough catalyst driver that supports my "legacy" card. I don't mind going with an older kernel version as long as my HP NC8430 keeps cool and quiet. I'm not updating/upgrading for a while until they resolve the KMS stuff and I can reconsider the open drivers, right now the Ubuntu 9.10 beta gets my laptop very hot so PCLinuxOS gets to be my preferred distro for now and why not for later, too.

I can't find the latest firefox in the repositorie...

2009-10-08T06:37:14.872+03:00

I can't find the latest firefox in the repositories and all i can ind online is that one can pay and get it earlier, the exact opposite of free firefox and the reason most choose linux. I use Gnome and like it much better then Ubuntu which despite its rep as a "just works" I couldn't for the life of me find out how to get audio to work so after 4 days trying I gave up n went back to pclos gnome

Since the last comment I made, The PCLinuxOS tool ...

2009-10-07T23:31:43.979+03:00

Since the last comment I made, The PCLinuxOS tool chain has been upgraded, in the usual rolling upgrade mode, through Synaptic to the latest gcc, glibc and binutils available, the heavily patched 2.6.27.31.tex5 kernel has been moved from testing into the main repository, with 2.6.31.1 slated as the next kernel to go to testing, and KDE 4.3.2 is now available. Packages that wouldn't compile with the old tool chain are now being updated to their most recent versions, so will be available after a testing period, in some cases, but most will be made available as they're built.

That should address all of the complaints made so far, except the one that refers to a 64 bit version, which still remains low priority at the moment. It's time will come.

PCLOS is a rollin' distro, meaning you should not ...

2009-10-07T23:19:37.084+03:00

PCLOS is a rollin' distro, meaning you should not have to re-install to stay up to date. Until recently, that prevented bringing gcc and glibc? up to date. They've figured out how update the toolchain and keep the ability to just update with out a reinstall. This will allow the addition of the latest kernel 2.6.31.x. The next couple of releases will be awesome!

Galen

I can say that PCLOS is a wonderful OS. I recomend...

2009-10-07T06:51:52.592+03:00

I can say that PCLOS is a wonderful OS. I recomend that those that have not tried it should give it a run. I am now runnung kernel 2.6.27.31 and KDE 4.3.2 and it works great. everything works nice with my toshiba satillite.

I think linux is just a great OS and having all those flavors to choose from is awesome.

"I love living on the bleeding-edge of software" ...

2009-10-04T12:32:10.731+03:00

"I love living on the bleeding-edge of software"

I would not really call KDE 3 the bleeding-edge of software today...

Nice but until they come out with a 64 bit version...

2009-10-01T19:59:16.788+03:00

Nice but until they come out with a 64 bit version they will still be in the dark ages.

For sure, it's not bleeding-edge but PCLinuxOS 200...

2009-09-30T19:39:48.889+03:00

For sure, it's not bleeding-edge but PCLinuxOS 2009.2 satisfies my need for a stable and relatively fast distro to handle my day-to-day computing requirements. I prefer the Gnome edition as it feels more solid and faster than the KDE version.

The only downside to pclinuxos is that it's kernel...

2009-09-29T21:10:45.697+03:00

The only downside to pclinuxos is that it's kernel version is ancient as far as kernels go. I know the devs think they're being stable right now but I find that hard to believe because many other distros are shipping stable 30 series kernels with no problems...so I'm not sure what's up with PCLinuxOS kernels right now. I suspect they've having problems with toolchain and recent kernels. Who knows though? I've only seen mention of it in the pclinuxos forum once.

As was mentioned, but not elaborated on, KDE 3.5 i...

2009-09-29T05:28:54.350+03:00

As was mentioned, but not elaborated on, KDE 3.5 is the default, but KDE 4.3 is in the repos, you just need to add a 4 to the kde section, as in kde4. This will replace KDE 3.5 completely. As KDE 4.3 is still lacking some of the functionality of KDE 3.5 it was decided to leave KDE 4.3 as an option, rather than the default, but it is definitely there, and a very fine example, with the texstar touch. You might want to give it a try.

"The very fact that it runs KDE 3.5.10 makes it no...

2009-09-28T08:31:58.384+03:00

"The very fact that it runs KDE 3.5.10 makes it not the bleeding edge with KDE 4.3 out there. Plus the current version of Amarok is 2.1.1 not 1.4.10."

True, but other than that, applications like Firefox, OpenOffice.org, Rhythmbox, GIMP, Pidgin are as up-to-date as they can be, so it's certainly a more bleeding-edge approach than other distros.

PCLos is great, but I prefer the Gnome version.

2009-09-28T04:49:23.660+03:00

PCLos is great, but I prefer the Gnome version.

good review but I have to take a little exception ...

2009-09-28T00:51:18.121+03:00

good review but I have to take a little exception to the statement that you love running the "bleeding edge" with PCLinuxOS. PCLinuxOS is in no way the bleeding edge of Linux, not even close. The very fact that it runs KDE 3.5.10 makes it not the bleeding edge with KDE 4.3 out there. Plus the current version of Amarok is 2.1.1 not 1.4.10. Now none of this matters with regards if PCLinuxOS is a good distro or not, I am sure it is, but come on its not the bleeding edge, lets leave that for Fedora or Arch.

Best Distro out there, have updated to KDE4.3 and ...

2009-09-27T12:07:37.053+03:00

Best Distro out there, have updated to KDE4.3 and love it. I also have Mint installed but I hardly use it now. It's not perfect but you have to dig really deep to find the imperfections.

Yummy

There was no need to have a dig at the reviewer, t...

2009-09-27T04:58:43.779+03:00

There was no need to have a dig at the reviewer, the review was fair, open minded and objective. My recollection is that PCLOS has had the Vista style window decorations, well before Vista came out, and if not, then very close to that release, so really, its not so much copying as opposed to keeping the interface fresh and modern. Thanks for a great review

Raj

Thanks for the nice remarks, but I was talking abo...

2009-09-27T00:32:13.204+03:00

Thanks for the nice remarks, but I was talking about the minimize, restore and exit buttons on the window decorations. So easy to insult...

Good too hear from you ruel. I have to say that th...

2009-09-27T00:32:00.502+03:00

Good too hear from you ruel. I have to say that this is a good review. As no linux distro is perfect PClinuxOS comes as close as I have seen.

What you don't like the menu button,because it's c...

2009-09-26T22:11:01.700+03:00

What you don't like the menu button,because it's copied!?C'mon now that button it's ancient Pclos!Some linuxists are so dum!

I miss running PCLinuxOS, since I need a newer ker...

2009-09-26T20:09:14.967+03:00

I miss running PCLinuxOS, since I need a newer kernel than it currently has for my X58 chipset. You don't have to wipe and reinstall it very often (once every couple of years) due to the rolling release setup, and the community is well behaved and top notch. Also, when you ask for a package that isn't in the repos, they respond quickly and oblige any requests that are possible.

BTW, KDE 4 is now available via the repos. Can't wait for the next release with a newer kernel that I can install on this machine without VirtualBox...