PCLinuxOnline

Date: March 06, 2010
PCLinuxOS-2010-beta1.iso
Size: 693.91 mb
md5sum – c027f63d211304059b522433e2a48a16

Features:
PCLinuxOS-2010.beta1 features 2.6.32.8 kernel utilizing the BFS scheduler for maximum desktop performance on i686 and up computers. This kernel supports up to 4 gigs of memory. A PAE kernel is available from the Synaptic Package Manager providing up to 64 gig of memory suppport. In addition ext4 support is also available.

A nicely customized KDE 4.4.1 SC desktop that is both beautiful and very fast with the latest KDE applications. A unified KDE/GTK2 theme included to provide a consistent look and feel between KDE and GTK2 applications. Firefox also uses KDE dialogs.

Reworked menu system with less subcategories to make it easy and fast to find your applications.

mylivecd iso creation software. A major rewrite featuring intelligent hardware detection of cd device drivers. No more ide/sata probe options required. In addition the LiveCD now boots 50% faster than the previous PCLinuxOS release. CD should boot from most ide, sata and usb cdrom drives.

Plymouth bootsplash available on installed system for cool graphic effects. Additional themes available from the software repository.

Speedboot technology to get you to your desktop faster than ever.

3D desktop support via Compiz and Nvidia/ATI fglrx drivers on the LiveCD.

Full multimedia support provided by Macromedia flash and various open source drivers. DVD playback software available from our non-free repository. CD/DVD burning software included on LiveCD.

Printer support provided by the latest printer and gutenprint drivers included on LiveCD.

Wireless support provided by the latest kernel and ndiswrapper drivers. Additional firmware included on LiveCD.

Bluetooth support included on the LiveCD.

Addlocale makes it easy to convert your installed system to the language of your choice. Over 60 languages available!

GetOpenOffice allows you to install Open Office in the language of your choice. Over 100 languages available!

A new unified KDE/Admin control center giving you access to your desktop configuration and administrative tools.

Repository speed test – to help you find the fastest mirror to get additional software from the Synaptic Package Manager.

Some Download links:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/texstar/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-2010-beta1.iso

http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-2010-beta1.iso

http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-2010-beta1.iso

http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-2010-beta1.iso

Known Issues:

Plymouth boot graphics not yet implemented on LiveCD however it works fine on installed system. Some menu categories do not get translated after running addlocale. (Fixed in an update to desktop-common-data package). Digikam software from the repository is not functional. A bug report has been posted on bugs.kde.org. Java JRE is not provided on the LiveCD but can be installed from the software repository. mylivecd-gui and myliveusb-gui not included at this time due to being re-worked for better function/performance.  Security software and Parental Controls not included at this time due to new setup wizard not finished in time for this release. Diskdrake doesn’t show various colors for different partition types.

The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the March 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is lead by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Andrew Strick, Assistant Editor. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved.

In the March 2010 issue:

Secure Passwords, Made Easy
Game Zone: gbrainy
Behind The Scenes: travisn000
KDE 4: A Brief Look at Configuring Dolphin
KDE 4: Okular Does More Than Just PDFs
KDE 4: KRunner Grows Up
Forum Foibles: Limericks
Ms_meme’s nook: PCLOS You Light Up My Screen
Computer Languages A to Z: Icon
Command Line Interface Intro: Part 6
Music Notation Software
Screenshot Showcase
Web Browser Roundup
and much, much more!

This month’s cover features Tux the Lucky Leprechaun, from magazine staff member ms_meme.

http://pclosmag.com/

The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the February 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is lead by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Andrew Strick, Assistant Editor. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved.

In the February 2010 issue:

10 Beginner Mistakes To Avoid
Game Zone: Machinarium
Behind The Scenes: davecs
KDE 4: Konqueror or Dolphin?
KDE 4: Introducing Plasma
KDE 4: Plasma FAQ
Forum Foibles: Be My Valentine
Ms_meme’s nook: PCLOS a Smoocho
Computer Languages A to Z: Haskell
Command Line Interface Intro: Part 5
Gadgets & Gear: Canyon Notebook Stand
Screenshot Showcase
Testimonials
and much, much more!

This month’s cover features a photo of candy hearts by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day.

Download the PDF (11.7 MB)

Visit the HTML Version

The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the January 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community.

In the January 2010 issue:

2009: A Look Back
Game Zone: Modern Warfare 2
Behind The Scenes: A Chat With Hootiegibbon
Sproggy’s Glass Panel Tutorial
Command Line Interface Intro: Part 4
Double Take & Mark’s Quick Gimp Tip
Forum Foibles
Ms_meme’s nook
Book Worms Unite: An E-Book Explosion
Archiving Movies With dvd::rip – An Update
Computer Languages A to Z: Guile
Gadgets & Gear: Official PCLinuxOS Store Opens
Screenshot Showcase
and much, much more!

This month’s cover features snowy winter pictures captured by magazine staff member ms_meme.

Download the PDF (8.3 MB)

Visit the HTML Version

As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped to shape our distribution in a most significant way. We value the PCLinuxOS community and look forward to the year to come. We wish each of you a very happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with peace and prosperity.

Happy Holidays!

Hot from the coders desk comes Firefox 3.5.6 with numerous bug fixes and performance improvements. 62 bug fixes have been applied to Firefox 3.5.6 of including 11 critical and 6 major ones.

Firefox 3.5.6 is currently available on our premium server and shipping to the public servers shortly.

If you like Firefox’s tabbed browsing, you’re going to love tabbed email. Thunderbird 3’s tabbed email lets you load emails in separate tabs so you can quickly jump between them. Search results open in a new tab too. New tools like timeline and filtering tools will help you pinpoint the email you’re looking for, whether it’s the one from yesterday, last month, or several years ago.

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 is currently available on our premium server and shipping to our public servers shortly.

The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the December 2009 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine.

In the December 2009 issue:

2009 Holiday Gift & Stocking Stuffer Guide
Game Zone: Quake III Arena Linux Client
Behind The Scenes: Linuxera
Constructing Panoramas Using Hugin
Command Line Interface Intro: Part 3
Double Take & Mark’s Quick Gimp Tip
Forum Foibles
Ms_meme’s nook Holiday Songbook
Multimedia Mean Machine: ffmpeg
Winff: ffmpeg’s Happy Face
Wireless USB: The Next Frontier?
Gadgets & Gear: Samsung N510 Netbook
Dropbox: File Synchronization Made Easy
Screenshot Showcase
and much, much more!

This month’s cover celebrates the spirit of the winter holiday season, and was created by Timeth, a member of the PCLinuxOS Beautification Team.

Click here to download the PDF (14.4 MB)

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Just in time for the holidays! Get your favorite PCLinuxOS swag for yourself, your family or your favorite PCLinuxOS friend. Coffee mugs, T-shirts, mouse pads , caps and much more now available through our official PCLinuxOS Cafe Press online store.

Not only will you look good but you will be supporting your favorite Linux Distribution!

Shop now!

KDE has released a new version of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). This month’s edition of KDE SC is a bugfix and translation update to KDE SC 4.3. KDE SC 4.3.4 is a recommended upgrade for everyone running KDE 4.3.3 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. Users around the world will appreciate that KDE SC 4.3.4 is more completely translated. KDE 4 is already translated into more than 50 languages, with more to come.

KDE SC 4.3.4 has a number of improvements:

• A bugfix in Plasma’s pixmap cache makes the workspace more responsive
• Okular, the document viewer improved stability in certain situations
• Marble, the desktop globe has seen some polish
• Passphrases with non-ASCII characters have been fixed in the KGpg encryption too

KDE 4.3.4 is currently shipping to the PCLinuxOS servers.