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PCLinuxOS is an English only install and live CD initially based on Mandrake Linux. It runs entirely from a single CD. Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly, making all of the 2GB of software ready to use. A complete X server, KDE desktop, OpenOffice.org, and many more applications are readily available. After you've installed PCLinuxOS, additional packages can be added or removed from your hard drive using apt-get with the Synaptic frontend.
Install/Live CD
PCLinuxOS allows you to boot directly from the CD and test for hardware compatibility before committing the distribution to your hard drive. You will know right away if PCLinuxOS works with your hardware. This also gives you the ability to run PCLinuxOS from the CD to get comfortable with Linux before considering replacing your existing operating system or setting your computer up in a dual boot mode.
Everything Desktop Users Want
PCLinuxOS comes fully equipped with just about everything a desktop user would want in an operating system. Browse the web, send and receive e-mails, chat with friends on Yahoo, MSN, AOL, and IRC. Play games, listen to music, share files, rip CDs, and watch videos. You can also burn CDs, DVDs, import, view, and edit pictures. The office suite allows you to write letters, create spreadsheets, drawings, and slide presentations.
Safe, Secure and Stable
PCLinuxOS provides the best of breed open source applications where source code is always under peer review.
Software Updates
After installing PCLinuxOS to your computer, you can access more than 5000 additional programs and libraries from the PCLinuxOS free software repository. The package manager Synaptic provides a single frontend for installing, updating, and removing software from your PCLinuxOS system. Updating your system is easy as: 1) Reload file list; 2) Mark all updates; 3) Click apply. It doesn't get any easier than this!
PCLinuxOS 2007 features:
- Linux kernel 2.6.18.8
- Kernel Module Editing: module-init-tools 3.2.2
- Automatic Hardware Detection (udev 106)
- Window System: Xorg 7.1
- Desktops: GNOME 2.16.0, KDE 3.5.6, Beryl-3D
- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 1.0.14rc4
- Office Applications: OpenOffice.org 2.2.0, Vim 7.0
- Multimedia: The GIMP 2.3.16, Xine 1.1.6, Amarok 1.4.5, MPlayer 1.0rc1
- Web Browser: Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Mail/IM: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0
- File Sharing: Frostwire, Ktorrent
- CD/DVD Burning: cdrtools 2.01.01a11, K3b 1.0.1
- Server/Client: DB 4.2.52, DHCP 3.0.4, iptables 1.3.5, OpenSSH 4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8b
- Development: GCC 4.1.1, glibc 2.4, PERL 5.8.8, Python 2.4.3, Qt-X11 3.3.8, Gtk+ 2.10.6
- Printing Services: CUPS 1.2.4, Samba 3.0.23b
- Far more updates!
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