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.

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 Synaptic Package Manager 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!

Remaster PCLinuxOS

The mklivecd script allows users 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.

PCLinuxOS 2008 MiniMe is a minimalized release for creating your own customized PCLinuxOS 2008 distribution. PCLinuxOS 2008 MiniMe features:

• Linux kernel 2.6.22.15
• Kernel Module Configuration: module-init-tools 3.2.2
• Automatic hardware detection (udev 106)
• Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 1.0.15
• Window System: Xorg 7.2
• Desktop: KDE 3.5.8
• Office: Vim 7.0, FreeType 2.3.5
• Multimedia: Xine 1.1.8, kaffeine 0.8.5
• Server/Client: DB 4.2.52, DHCP 3.0.4, OpenSSH 4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8e
• Development: GCC 4.1.1, glibc 2.4, PERL 5.8.8, Python 2.4.3, Qt-X11 3.3.8, Gtk+ 2.12.2