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PCLinuxOS


Last Update: 2024-09-29 13:21 UTC


PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages and Mylivecd to create a customised live CD.

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Average visitor rating: 8.18/10 from 113 review(s).


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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-07-30: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2023.07
 • 2021-02-07: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2021.02
 • 2019-11-16: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.11
 • 2019-09-17: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.09
 • 2019-06-17: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.06
 • 2017-03-03: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2017.03
 • 2014-12-24: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.12
 • 2014-08-18: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.08
 • 2013-12-07: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.12
 • 2013-10-12: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.10
 • 2013-07-16: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.07 "KDE MiniMe", "LXDE", "MATE"
 • 2013-06-22: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.06 "LXDE", "Full Monty"
 • More PCLinuxOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2017-03-24 Uplos32 is a 32-bit fork of PCLinuxOS
 • 2017-01-16 PCLinuxOS cleaning house
 • 2016-05-12 PCLinuxOS dropped 32-bit support
 • 2016-04-13 PCLinuxOS website off-line
 • 2016-03-30 PCLinuxOS experiments with Plasma 5
 • More PCLinuxOS headlines...

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Feature apt 2024.04 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2010.07 2010.1 2009.2 2009.1 2007 0.92 0.91 Feature
Release Date 2024-09-29 2024-04-10 2023-07-30 2022-12-12 2021-11-05 2020-10-14 2019-12-16 2018-06-06 2017-11-12 2016-03-07 2014-12-24 2013-10-11 2012-08-22 2011-09-24 2010-12-17 2010-07-08 2010-05-05 2009-06-30 2009-03-11 2007-05-21 2006-08-21 2005-11-21 Release Date
End Of Life                                             End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   2300-2900 2300-2900 2700-2800 1200-3600 1000-2100 1000-2100 1200-1300 1300-1700                           Image Size (MB)
Free Download RPMs ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop   KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma, MATE KDE Plasma, MATE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Xfce KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- GOffice GOffice GOffice OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o KOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture i586, x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3 ext3 ext3 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List apt 2024.04 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2010.07 2010.1 2009.2 2009.1 2007 0.92 0.91 Full Package List
Package apt 2024.04 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2010.07 2010.1 2009.2 2009.1 2007 0.92 0.91 Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.12) 1.2.12 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.5.1 1.2.3 1.2.1.2 1.1.6 1.1.4.1 1.0.28 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.23 1.0.22 1.0.18 1.0.14rc4 1.0.11 1.0.9 1.0.8 alsa-lib (1.2.12)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- 12.104 8.961 8.861 8.801 8.732 8.723 8.12 -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.2.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.05b bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.2) 9.10.8-P1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.2)
chromium (129.0.6668.70) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (129.0.6668.70)
cups (2.4.10) 2.4.8 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.5 1.4.4 1.4.3 1.3.7 1.2.4 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 cups (2.4.10)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3-P1 4.3.3-P1 4.3.1 4.2.5-P1 4.2.1-P1 4.2.1-P1 4.2.0 4.1.1 4.1.0p1 3.0.7 3.0.4 3.0.3 3.0.3 3.0.1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.4 1.44.2 1.43.1 1.42.13 1.42.11 1.42.8 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.12 1.41.12 1.41.9 1.40.2 1.39 1.39 1.38 1.37 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (130.0.1) 130.0.1 115.0.3 107.0.1 94.0.1 81.0.2 71.0 60.0.1 56.0.2 44.0.2 34.0.5 24.0 14.0.1 5.0 3.6.13 3.6.6 3.6.3 3.0.7 2.0.0.3 1.5.0.6 1.0.7 1.0.4 firefox (130.0.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.3 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.5.4 2.5.4 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.3.11 2.3.11 2.3.7 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.1.10 2.1.9 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 14.2.0 12.3.0 12.2.1 11.2.0 10.2.0 9.2.0 7.3.0 7.2.1 4.9.2 4.7.2 4.7.2 4.5.2 4.5.2 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 3.3.1 3.3.1 3.3.1 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.10.38 2.10.34 -- 2.10.24 2.10.20 2.10.14 2.10.2 2.8.22 2.8.16 2.8.14 2.8.6 2.6.12 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.6.9 2.6.8 2.6.4 2.3.16 2.2.11 2.2.9 2.2.8 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.39 2.36 2.36 2.33 2.31 2.30 2.26 2.26 2.20 2.16 2.16 2.13 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.4 2.4 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.0)
gnucash (5.9) 5.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) 1.12.57 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.10.12 1.10.7 1.10.0 -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02beta 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.2) 4.10.5 4.10.4 3.24.34 3.24.30 3.23.32 3.24.13 3.22.30 3.22.26 3.14.14 3.12.2 3.6.4 2.24.5 2.24.4 2.22.0 2.20.1 2.20.0 2.14.7 2.10.6 2.8.9 2.6.8 2.6.4 gtk (4.16.2)
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.3.2) 1.3.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3.2)
k3b (24.08.1) 23.08.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.3a 2.0.3 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.1 2.0.0 1.91.0rc2 1.0.5 1.0.1 0.12.16 0.12.7 0.12.2 k3b (24.08.1)
kmod (33) 33 30 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.5) 5.1.5 -- 5.1.3 4.4.8 4.4.0 4.2.8.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.5)
LibreOffice (24.8.2) -- 7.5.5 -- 7.1.4 7.0.0 6.3.4 6.0.4 5.4.3 5.1.1 4.3.5 4.1.2 3.6.0 -- -- -- -- 3.0.0 2.2.0 2.0.3 -- 1.1.4 LibreOffice (24.8.2)
linux (6.11) 6.6.52 6.4.7 6.0.12 5.14.16 5.8.14 5.4.3 4.16.13 4.12.14 4.4.4 3.18.1 3.4.64 3.2.18 2.6.38.8 2.6.33.7 2.6.33.5 2.6.32.12 2.6.26.8 2.6.18.8 2.6.16.27 2.6.12 2.6.11.12 linux (6.11)
Package apt 2024.04 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2010.07 2010.1 2009.2 2009.1 2007 0.92 0.91 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.5.8 0.5.6 0.5.5 -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.4.3) 10.2.39 -- -- -- 10.1.42 10.1.42 -- 10.1.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.4.3)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- 1.26.1 -- 1.24.1 1.24.0 1.22.2 1.20.3 1.18.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.2.3) 24.1.7 23.1.4 22.3.0 21.2.5 20.2.0 19.3.0 18.1.1 17.2.4 11.1.2 10.4.0 9.2.0 7.11.2 7.11 7.5.2 7.5.2 7.5.2 7.0.2 7.0.2 6.5 5.0.2 5.0.2 mesa (24.2.3)
mysql (9.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.1.73 5.1.73 5.1.55 5.1.55 5.1.55 5.1.42 5.1.42 5.1.42 -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.0.1)
nautilus (47.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.32.1 2.30.1 2.30.0 -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (47.0)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- 460.84 450.57 430.64 390.59 384.98 352.63 340.65 319.49 302.17 275.09.07 260.19.29 195.36.31 195.36.24 180.22 -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.1 -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (23)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.8p1 8.8p1 8.8p1 8.7p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.6p1 7.3p1 7.1p2 6.6p1 5.9p1 5.9p1 5.8p2 5.5p1 5.3p1 5.3p1 4.5p1 4.5p1 4.3p1 3.9p1 3.9p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.3.2) 3.1.7 1.1.1t 1.1.1s 1.1.1l 1.1.1g 1.1.1d 1.0.2m 1.0.2m 1.0.2g 1.0.0i 1.0.0j 1.0.0e 1.0.0d 1.0.0c 0.9.8n 0.9.8n 0.9.8e 0.9.8b 0.9.7g 0.9.7g 0.9.7g openssl (3.3.2)
perl (5.40.0) 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.12.3 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.5 5.8.5 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.3.12) 7.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.3.12)
plasma-desktop (6.1.5) 5.27.11 5.27.6 5.26.4 5.23.2 5.20.0 5.17.4 5.12.5 5.11.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.1.5)
postfix (3.9.0) 3.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (17.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.0)
Python (3.12.6) 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.6.5 3.6.5 3.6.5 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.6 2.7.5 2.6.6 2.6.6 2.6.6 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.3 2.4.2 2.3.4 2.3.4 Python (3.12.6)
qt (6.7.3) 5.15.6 5.15.6 5.15.6 5.15.2 5.15.0 5.12.6 5.10.0 5.9.2 4.8.7 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.2 4.7.3 4.7.1 4.6.3 4.6.2 3.3.8 3.3.8 3.3.5 3.3.4 3.3.4 qt (6.7.3)
samba (4.21.0) 4.16.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.4.3 3.4.3 3.0.33 3.0.23b 3.0.21 3.0.14a 3.0.11 samba (4.21.0)
systemd (256.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (256.6)
thunderbird (130.0) 115.14.0 115.0.1 102.5.1 91.3.0 78.3.2 68.3.0 52.8.0 52.4.0 38.6.0 31.3.0 24.0 14.0 3.1.11 3.1.7 3.0.5 3.0.4 2.0.0.17 2.0.0.0 1.5.0.4 1.0.7 1.0.2 thunderbird (130.0)
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.3 6.3 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.20 3.0.18 -- 3.0.16 3.0.11.1 3.0.8 3.0.3 2.2.6 2.2.2 2.1.5 2.0.8 1.1.13 1.1.10 1.1.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.8.2 -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 -- 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.14.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.6.2 4.6.2 4.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.13) 21.1.13 21.1.8 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.8 1.20.6 1.19.6 1.19.5 1.17.4 1.14.6 1.10.4 1.10.4 1.10.2 1.6.5 1.6.5 1.6.5 1.4.0.90 1.1.1 -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.13)

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Version: 2024.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-05
Votes: 2


Considering the majority of distros are bloated with stuff many users don't need finding something basic is not so easy and since Netrunner Core is now abandoned that's another one less to choose from. Yes you can do a net install of Debian or there's Q4 or Neon but the Darkstar version of PCLinuxOS for me is just perfect plus being independent it doesn't rely on mixing it's own stuff with someone else's code. I have it installed on four very different systems and stuff you mostly expect to fail on at least one such as Bluetooth and my collection of Wi-Fi dongles all work out of the box. I only found it necessary to install kdeconnect via Synaptic.


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Version: 2024.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-25
Votes: 13


I have installed and used many Linux Distros for about 20 years. There are several that I rate as good, but I rate PCLinuxOS as one of the best of the best. I prefer the Mate edition. Installs very easily. It is very reliable. It is very fast. It has a great format. It has the best of all background; simple and very attractive. It operates very fast; faster than any others to me. Has a very nice format.
Not so many normally useless bells and whistles.
A very good all around Linux Operating System!
I highly recommend PCLinuxOS!


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Version: 2024.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-25
Votes: 4


I started using PcLinuxOS in 2010 and used it for four years with good results. Currently, I mostly use Devuan, but recently revisited PcLinuxOS to refresh my familiarity.
I encountered some difficulties with UEFI setup, which was not uncommon for Linux users, however less common nowadays. The default kernel didn’t work as expected during the next boot. To address this, I used chroot from Devuan to set up a new kernel in PcLinuxOS and updated GRUB (update-grub). In Devuan, I linked the root partition (/) to PCLinuxOS’s /boot and /boot/efi, then ran update-grub. This made PCLinuxOS appear in the GRUB menu within Devuan, and everything worked smoothly afterward. PcLinuxOS is very responsive and enjoyable to work with. The only thing missing is Wayland support for KDE5, similar to what Devuan offers. Both systems use SysVinit, which works well.
Pros:
• Excellent graphics
• A user-friendly control center (configure your computer)
• A good selection of programs in the default repository, including Vivaldi, MS Edge, Chrome, and SMPlayer
• Fast boot times and pleasant performance
• I set up both Squid and Apache as forward proxies, and they work well
• Regular updates
• Overall, it performs admirably
Cons:
• Some minor installation difficulties, but nothing insurmountable
• May require familiarity with chroot, whether on a live distro or another existing Linux system
• Having a chroot environment in your toolkit is always beneficial
Despite the kernel-related challenges, I’d rate PcLinuxOS 10/10.
Best regards!



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