Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
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Pros:
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less hype than ubuntu, small .iso, customizable, apt-get, up to date, multimedia ready
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Cons:
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two application freeze ups, otherwise nothing. Won't gain any "l33t" points with this one children!
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This distribution is comparable to the likes of Ubuntu or openSuse. Very desktop oriented and easy to work with. While it does not have as many packages as some, it has everything that would be needed for the casual linux user who wants either a desktop or server setup.
Since it was based from what Mandriva has to offer, the package manager of choice for the .rpm packages is apt-get. I couldn't be happier about that.
I come from 7+ years of working with Slackware Debian and *BSD for everything. PCLinuxOS is a great choice for someone like me who still loves to hack and tinker, but wants something else for his own home system to be able to just sit down to relax and do some graphic design work, web dev, or gaming.
The installation took less than 20 minutes, post install setup for drivers, devices, and multimedia took less than five.
Also be shure to check out the folder on the desktop which allows you to install the 3d ATI or nVidia driver, setup your network, maybe make you a pot of coffee too, you never know. Be shure to check out the KDE menu on how to make a bootable Live CD and USB stick as well. It's right in the K menu.
Overall it's a fun and simple no nonsense approach to a big eyecatching desktop full of fluff that you can choose to add on yourself or keep off and get to work.
Savage2 and Quake Wars are a suggeston. You know, just to kind of round out the system overall.
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