Mad Penguin: Introducing PCLinuxOS 2K4

"Right up front I will tell you that I am not a Mandrake fan. This is pretty common knowledge in the Linux community, but I thought I should point it out again for those who may not already know. There! I said it. Now on to the more important news: I like PCLinuxOS 2K4. So much in fact that I was compelled to jot down my thoughts on it. Texstar, its creator, is known for his high quality work with Mandrake packages and now he is extending his art to the the canvas known as the live Linux CD.

"What is a live Linux CD? It's a Linux distribution that runs completely from CD, but can also be installed to the hard drive if you so desire. PCLinuxOS (as of this writing is currently at version 2K4 Preview 4) is based upon the Mandrake Linux 9.2 distro (currently kernel 2.4.22) and, despite my thoughts on Mandrake, is one of the best live CDs I have ever used. This was not something I was expecting when I first heard about the distro and downloaded the 700MB ISO image. This was not something I was expecting when I burned the CD and booted to it..."

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