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Re: [LUG] PCLinuxOS Was: Some small linux's briefly reviewed

 

Quoting Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>
> On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 17:20 +0000, David Bell wrote:
>> On Wednesday 16 January 2008 08:20, Rob Beard wrote:
>>
>> > Funny that, I tried PCLinuxOS and found it to be awful to use, maybe
>> > it's because I'm so used to Ubuntu/Debian (I can never get on with
>> > Mandrake/Mandriva).
>> >
>> > Must be just me.  .........
>>
>> You aren't the only one.  The latest version didn't detect Etch either, only
>> XP.
>
> <rhetorical question(s)>
> Is this a trend of newer "User Friendly" distros designed to entice the
> XP users across to the light side?  Or is this just one distro in
> question?
> </rhetorical question(s)>
>
> Grant.
>

Quite possibly, at least there is a choice though.

While we're talking about PCLinuxOS, has anyone had a look at KDE4 yet?

I've downloaded a special KDE4 version of the Kubuntu 7.10 Live CD and  
I must say (being a Gnome fanboy) I really am impressed!

I'm installing it now on my spare hard drive to give it a good looking over.

Rob






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