[NTLUG:Discuss] PCLinuxOS 2009.1

Gilbert Morrow gkfmorrow at gmail.com
Thu Mar 19 21:52:21 CDT 2009


I keep my wife on PCLinuxOS , she uses it with no problem .
Did have a snafu with 2007 (Shuttle XPC) and the "Big Update" , lost USB
Flash Drive usability , so when 2009.1 came out I did a install leaving
/home , USB problem still existed , then I did a reformat and clean install
of 2009.1 , better but still a few kinks .
I have a Lenovo laptop it had 2008 MiniMe , Big Update worked flawlessly on
it .
My system (Alienware) is SuSE 11.1 , KDE 4.2.1 , PCLInuxOS is great for
beginers .
All systems are dual boot with XP .

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM, david <david at rawcreations.net> wrote:

> Robert Pearson wrote:
> > On 3/18/09, Nat Both <nboth at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I even liked pclinuxos when it came out in May of '07. I don't know what
> you old hands in the linux community think about it, but this old man thinks
> it's pretty hot. The just released 2009.1 will do some neat stuff right off
> the wire. It's the only distro I know of that will run some of my java based
> financial trading platforms without a lot of twinking around. And that
> includes Ubuntu 8.10. It will run Oanda.com currency trading platform right
> off the install. Now for a 74 year old dummy (and most of the rest of the
> world) this is a giant step in the right direction. I for one want to see
> microshaft go broke, but LINUX has to be GUI JUI user friendly for that to
> happen.
> >>
> >>  These guys at PCLINUXOS are high stepping in that direction!
> >>
> >>  I still have a shuttle on which I tried to set up a dual boot and for
> now have lost all my prior windows stuff. I feel it could be made whole in
> five minutes with the right hash bash magic. I am willing to bring it 50
> miles if someone would do it.
> >>
> >>  Best Regards to All,
> >>  Nat
> >>
> >>
> >>  Nat Both
> >>  Rowlett (Dallas), Texas
> >>  972.412.1354
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> >>
> >>
> >
> > Thanks for the "heads-up!" on PCLinux)S 2009.1.
> > I used both PCLinuxOS 2007 (KDE) and PCLinuxOS Gnome and loved them.
> > However, after the updates became few and far between and PCLinuxOS
> > Gnome had a real problem with mangling my del.icio.us bookmarks I
> > stopped using both.
> > Now I'll give the new version a try.
> >
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> >
> >
>
> I installed PCLOS back at version .93 and have been using it every day.
> I skipped the 2007
> release because I have not had any problems. Now that all my apps are
> out of date (ffmpeg, gcc...etc)
> I bit the bullet and installed 2009 on a slave drive. It is everything I
> expected from Tex and the
> Ripper Gang. In the coming weeks I will be working on a remaster for
> cleaning infected Windows
> machines, similar to Trinity Rescue Kit. My first attempt, with Linux
> from Scratch, went horribly
> wrong. (wish me luck!) I haven't tried the Gnome version.
> If some are looking for a new distro or just curious, by all means check
> out this new release.
> Burn a LiveCD or fire it up in a virtual machine.
> http://www.pclinuxos.com
>
> P.S. +1 for AdBlock Plus, and I also recommend NoScript. "Like peas and
> carrots!"
>
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