The Perfect Desktop – PCLinuxOS 2010 (KDE)

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]

“This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS
2010 desktop (with KDE) that is a full-fledged replacement for a
Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to
do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are
clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works
even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes
free of charge.

“I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up
such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this
is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work
for you!

“1 Preliminary Note

“To fully replace a Windows desktop, I want the PCLinuxOS 2010
desktop to have the following software installed: Graphics:

* The GIMP – free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop
* F-Spot – full-featured personal photo management application for
the GNOME desktop
* Google Picasa – application for organizing and editing digital
photos

“Internet:
* Firefox
* Opera
* Flash Player 10
* FileZilla – multithreaded FTP client
* Thunderbird – email and news client
* Evolution – combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task
list management functions
* aMule – P2P file sharing application”

Complete
Story