[nflug] PCLinuxOS

[Robert Wolfe]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:51:16 -0400
"David Mangani" <buckettruckdave at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone on the list is/has used PCLinuxOS. I read
> about it somewhere ( don't know where ) and figured I'd give it a
> whirl. I love trying out different distros. I have not installed it
> yet, but have run it a fair amount as a live cd. It is very nicely
> polished. It detected EVERYTHING perfectly. Uses apt-get/synaptic, is
> based on Mandrivia ( rpms ), also has 3d squigglies waiting to be
> turned on with a quick nvidia or ati d'load from the default
> repositories. KDE based. Seems pretty nice. System comes loaded with
> plugins for almost everything including windows media, Flash, Java,
> realmedia. Right off the cd it played the videos I tried no problems.
> Even ubuntu has to be configured a little. I was impressed. Also
> noticed its climbing up the ladder at distrowatch, its now #4. Nice
> little os for someone who doesn't want to tinker a whole lot.

Hmmm, looks like I am going to have to add another OS to my current
VMWare offerings on this laptop <G>.

-- 
Robert Wolfe <rwolfe at shatterit.com>
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