PCLinuxOS 2007--Simple and Elegant | Linux Today

PCLinuxOS 2007–Simple and Elegant

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 22, 2007

“PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) is one of many GNU/Linux systems belonging to
the family of Desktop distributions. Its aim is to be a friendly
and simple to use operating system. It was forked from Mandrake
Linux (Mandriva at present) in 2003. It’s now a fully independent
distro, although it does take advantage of a few of Mandriva’s
technologies.

“PCLinuxOS is distributed in LiveCD form but can also be
installed to your hard disk drive (HDD). Thanks to these options
one can get familiarized with the system without any interference
to one’s existing systems…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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