Pioneer Linux Fails to Excite | Linux Today

Pioneer Linux Fails to Excite

Written By
MS
Mayank Sharma
Apr 12, 2007

“In November, Techalign released its Pioneer Linux distribution,
based on Kubuntu, and available in several paid versions and one
free version. I tested the recent Pioneer Linux Basic Release 2
(R2), which is based on Kubuntu Edgy 6.10. Apart from a few minor
cosmetic changes and some additional applications, Pioneer isn’t
very different from a stock Kubuntu.

“Pioneer Linux Basic R2 is a live CD, and as with Kubuntu, you
can install the operating system to a hard drive once you’ve booted
the live environment. The first boot screen is branded Pioneer, and
so is the wallpaper, but everything else, from the graphical
bootsplash to the installation script, displays Kubuntu
artwork…”

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Mayank Sharma

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