PCLinuxOS 2009 Goes Gold

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @01:33PM from the a-hearty-handshake dept.

nerdyH writes "After nearly two years, the PCLinuxOS project has achieved a major new release, PCLinuxOS 2009. The project is notable for maintaining a Linux hardware compatibility database, publishing a freely downloadable monthly Linux magazine, and selling hardware pre-installed with Linux. It boasts a pretty vibrant community, too, and is used by 3.2 percent of DesktopLinux readers, according to an ongoing reader survey there."

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How about software compatibility? by metamechanical · 2009-03-11 13:51 · Score: 1, Funny

Does it run Antivirus 2009?

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1. Re:How about software compatibility? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-11 14:03 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Don't you mean PCAntivirusAV 2009?
The Problem with Linux/Opensource by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-11 13:52 · Score: 1, Funny

Dear Linux,
For the Love of God(For emphasis only)stop fragmenting!
1. Re:The Problem with Linux/Opensource by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-11 14:27 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Don't feed the trolls. Fragmentation is so minor a problem for Linux filesystems there is only one distro -- Debian -- that even bothers to offer a defragmentation utility.
  FUD does not need a defensive reply. Just tell the truth and let it fall where it will.
2. Re:The Problem with Linux/Opensource by master5o1 · 2009-03-11 14:33 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Sure, Linux file systems don't need defragmentation, but there are a hell of a lot of distributions to choose from.
  
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is used by 3.2 percent of DesktopLinux readers... by Bearhouse · 2009-03-11 13:54 · Score: 4, Funny

Who presumably like' kde 3.5 *slashes wrists*
In other news today, (and I'm not joking), Bill Gates once again became the world's richest man *shoots self in head just to make sure*
Re:Stupid name! by Profane+MuthaFucka · 2009-03-11 14:14 · Score: 2, Funny

It could be worse, they could have called it iPCLinuxOSMacXWin/2.

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Re:Fast download by Joe+Snipe · 2009-03-11 15:25 · Score: 2, Funny

I actually know that I don't want to use Gentoo
No worries, with all the configuring and compiling, you'll never have to. Welcome to the fold!

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Re:Fast download by sgbett · 2009-03-11 23:32 · Score: 2, Funny

shit. apostrophe police are gonna be on my ass.

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Re:Stupid name! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-12 00:23 · Score: 1, Funny

I think you're modded "troll" only because there's no such thing as "unfunny". If there were a "you-THOUGHT-you-were-funny-but-you-really-really-failed" mod, then I would be begging others to "mod parent up" at this point.
In all fairness, the replies below your post are even worse that your original. Even my own reply here is below my usual standards, and had to therefore be anonymous.
So I guess in all fairness to US... your post was so lame that it make all who came after lame for having followed you.
Re:Fast download by ciderVisor · 2009-03-12 01:09 · Score: 2, Funny

Knowing what I do about those, I'm going to give PCLOS a shot.
Great, cos what the world needs is one more PCLOSer.

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Re:Moore's law and Gentoo by GMFTatsujin · 2009-03-12 03:34 · Score: 2, Funny

With today's PCs, Gentoo compilations also fail much faster, so you can tear your hair out sooner. I suppose that's progress...