Comments - Review: PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) 2007 Final

#1 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

look in some aspects are you right but I was a Ubuntu user i run away from them big forum with really bad suuport it seem no body knows anything , diferent with this small comunity all are trying to help you, my hardware was out the box recognize with out any problem ubuntu kubuntu etc don't gave this just a good pain in the a...., I'm so happy with this distro so much at the end I can delete windows XP from my system it's the best distro i tried. and vista no way in my system. good job texstar and gang

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jorge Anonymous User

#2 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

I think the review is fine. I've tried Ubuntu, MEPIS, fedora etc. and I do agree the installer is rather average. OK, its not as bad as the reviewer makes it out to be, but it still isn't as good as those offered from other distros. Little things like the grub menu, the warning of "we're going to destroy everything" etc. makes it pretty intimidating for novices.

As for the distro itself, I can't say I'm a fan. Mainly because i'm sitting on 640x480 resolution - with no wireless connection to download the ati proprietary drivers; no shortcut keys, crashing sleep etc. but of course there seems to be alot of users where it works flawlessly. Still, I do think Ubuntu is better stability-wise than pclinuxOS, even if it is harder to configure post-install, and is alot slower in many ways. I think, for example, my 640x480 would be fixed with xorg 7.2 - which ubuntu feisty and other "big" distros have - and pclinuxOS doesn't -> and the major factor in this regard is that Ubuntu simply has a bigger development team so they can bring more bleeding-edge packages at an acceptable level of stability.

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tamdam Anonymous User

#3 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

Looks like you rushed this "review" to be the first for the new release. Did you even try any of the apps? By the way, the PCLinuxOS forum told me right away where to get the Nvidia drivers - from the repository! And unlike Ubuntu, the drivers were the latest. PCLinuxOS might be smaller than Ubuntu in audience, but Texstar and the ripper gang also seem to be more responsive in getting the newest softs out there for the community. What they lack in size, they have in speed.

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Simon Anonymous User

#4 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

Ubuntu and Kubuntu do not come with Java JRE installed. Ever try installing JRE? I did it many times in old releases of Mandrake, and I prefer not needing to do so. Or installing HP printer drivers. Those were two big reasons I switched to PCLos. Lastly, last time I checked, Opera is lacking in the 'buntu repositories. So it comes down to usability: out of the box, which OS is more readily usable. In my case, it's PCLos without a doubt. I think I've tried all of the top ten and then some, and for the work that I do, if PCLos weren't available, I'd be using Mepis. Sabayon is too bloated.

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Old Knothead Anonymous User

#5 — Author comment /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

Well after all the fuss in the comments, I had another look around the installer and the documentation and I've added a couple of paragraphs in the installation section and I've completely rewritten the conclusion. I got the wrong impression of the installer when I used it so it wasn't really fair to keep that all in.

I'm also cleaning out the comments that deal in "omg you're shit" or focus exclusively on Drakelive-Installer. If your comment is one that dies, I hope you understand and I welcome you to repost anything you have to say on this version of the review.

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Oli Numero Uno

#6 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

Oh come on! Does this really have to degrade to a "which distro is best scenerio."

I do think the review is unfair. How long has the author worked with the distro? A quick lookie - see does not warrant a negative review.

PCLOS is an extremely stable, workable, and reliable operating system. Past releases of Pclos have proven themselves and so will this one in the long haul.

Awesome distro!

It deserves to be number ONE in the distrowatch rankings.

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hotdiggitydog Anonymous User

#7 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

I've been a big fan of this distro since the version 0.92 ( ver 2007 is counted as 0.94 if i'm not mistaken ), and I've never met any significant difficulties with this distro. About the partitioner, I've only tried Vector 5.8 beside the PCLOS,and the one that came with PCLOS is much easier........
There are lots of great things that come with this distro that I didn't find in other distros including the Ubuntu family. Why always compare any distro with Ubuntu ? Every distro is unique, has its own character, let one stands on its own.........
BTW Oli, what are the positives of this distro that you mentioned in your review ?
I'm more pleased to see a review that cover both sides of any product, which are the pros and the cons.

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Adri Anonymous User

#8 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

Always had to go to a command line for getting java to work in ubuntu/kubuntu.
Yes it can be installed by deb packages after you enabled the right repositories but i always had to get to the commandline 'cause jre1.4 instead of the latest was set as standard. No problem for me to do say but for a linux first-timer who is still afraid of that black screen with white letters it's a little more difficult.

In PCLinuxOS everything just works and the community and communication with the developers is awesome. PCLinuxOS is the only distro i'll ever need!

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Smurfslover Anonymous User

#9 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

Hi All,
For me this is the easiest Distro for a newbie there is.
It just works.... even on my very old PC, a pentium at 400 mhz.

have fun with it

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Kees Anonymous User

#10 /* 2 years, 8 months ago */

As a former Gentoo user, PCLinuxOS is for me like a nice walk in the forest. No problems during installation, including partion of disk (on a Pentium4, 2.4 MHz, 1.5GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 4 graphics card). Some problems postinstall (shutdown does not work properly). Regarding software, for my purposes (chemistry), I have to install also other programs from sources (not yet in repositories), but what is already on the CD, works. For desktop improvements I used ck-kernel patches (kernel from repositories) and nvidia proprietary drivers and also it works. However, when I tried to go back to xorg-nvidia drivers and again back to propritary drivers it was a hard time to work! (better to install again). Conclusion: for a new user which had no contact with Linux, and who does not try to tune himself the system, this distribution is very good one. Some more improvements in the documentation are useful (for instance, the Gentoo documentation handbook is an example). Another major advantage is the time of installation (about 20-25 minutes), so if you make a mistake (like I did) is no problem if you have an backup of your programs to setup again the whole system in few hours (4-5).

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