PCLinuxOS 2010 Review | The Linux Action Show! s12e08
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This week on, The Linux Action Show!
We review PCLinuxOS 2010, and tell you why it might just be the best Linux distro you aren't using! We tackle the silent killer of our gadget freedom.
Plus – We cover the new MeeGo user interface for mobile devices, and why we think it has real staying power.
Then – We cover the latest Mandriva release, and give you our tip for watching YouTube without flash!
All this week on, The Linux Action Show!
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Android Pick:
This Week’s Links:0
Commodore 64bit Phoenix, runs Linux
Mandriva Linux 2010.1 has been released
H.264 vs WebM – Deep Comparison
YouTube Mobile Site to watch videos without flash
History of PCLinuxOS:
The precursor to PCLinuxOS was a set of RPM packages created to improve successive versions of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux). These packages were created by Bill Reynolds, a packager better known as Texstar. From 2000 to 2003, Texstar maintained his repository of RPM packages in parallel with the PCLinuxOnline site. In an interview, Reynolds said he started PCLinuxOS "to provide an outlet for [his] crazy desire to package source code without having to deal with egos, arrogance and politics."
Although it retains a similar "look and feel" to Mandriva Linux, PCLinuxOS has diverged significantly. The code was officially forked from Mandrake 9.2 into an independent project in 2003. After three years of continuous development, the developers took advantage of further development in (the renamed) Mandriva, and forked the code again late in 2006 for PCLinuxOS 2007.
Review Notes:
● Kernel 2.6.33.5
● Full KDE 4.4.5 Desktop
● Automatic Nvidia and ATI fglrx driver support
● Dropbox Preinstalled
● Amarok 2.3.1
● Gimp 2.6.9
● PCLinuxOS has a script called mylivecd, which allows the user to take a ‘snapshot’ of their current hard drive installation (all settings, applications, documents, etc.) and compress it into an ISO CD/DVD image. This allows easy backup of a user’s data and also makes it easy to create your own custom live CD/DVD.
● Good Performance
● Huge package Repo
● Fantastic Mandriva/PCLinuxOS management tools
● Load to RAM option on LiveCD
● 12,000 additional programs in repos
● MiniMe version with just the desktop and void of extra applications
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July 12th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
There are some really odd editing glitches there, watch the segue from the Commodore story to the GoDaddy sponsor plug. That happens multiple times throughout the video. Intentional or error?
July 13th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Hi guys, can you just clear up one thing. You mentioned that PCLOS is no longer rpm based. AFAIK it still is. I think since the 2007 release it has been using apt-rpm and synaptic.
July 14th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
best opening ever
July 14th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Would it be possible to increase the quality of the ogg version a bit? it sounds a bit metallic. thanks
July 14th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
PCLinuxOS got me into Linux, now I use Ubuntu, but there will always be a special place in my heart for PCLOS!
July 14th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
KDE got me into linux, but KDE4 turned me to Gnome!
I dunno. Just not getting it.
July 14th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
PCLinuxOS its the best Linux Operative System, Always Update it and beautifull, Its not ugly, its easy to configure.
July 16th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I use PCLinuxOS 2010.7 myself at the moment. Works very fine. But I also think the new Pardus 2009.2 are among the best KDE distributions to. Especially for new beginners in Linux.
All media codecs are pre-installed to. Installation process is excellent.
So to choose between Pardus or PCLinuxOS are very difficult.
But in my opinion those 2 are the best KDE distributions available.