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PCLinuxOS 2009 Goes Gold

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Stupid name! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's all, folks!

    1. Re:Stupid name! by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 0, Troll

      EVERY comment I make, Pudge's minions throw me a troll mod. It's nice to piss off Hitlerites.

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      Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
  2. Re:The Problem with Linux/Opensource by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dear AC,

    Fuck you.

    --Linux

  3. Its pretty sad... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Its pretty sad how many ubuntu fanboys are still sore about PCLinuxOS getting ahead of them a little while ago in the distrowatch rankings.

  4. Re:The Problem with Linux/Opensource by Jamie's+Nightmare · · Score: -1, Troll

    For a large majority of people, doing 50 things poorly is not better than doing a few things well. Though you'll never see it that way with a Unix mentality.

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    "When you see a unixer brainwashed beyond saving, kick him out of the door." - Xah Lee