tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post2988690300457602518..comments2008-09-17T09:08:36.174+08:00jun auzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14949001210993384627noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-29537062619867779572008-09-17T01:59:00.000+08:002008-09-17T01:59:00.000+08:00It is good to anticipate, but this blog is more hype and wishful thinking than anything. While you are waiting, try Mandriva One 2008 from which PCLOS comes. It will satisfy most users and it is up-to-date and full featured.<BR/><BR/>If you are a happy PCLOS user (and most are) then you will be patient and wait. Since your system works well (and most do) then you won't be looking at someone else's stack wishing that you had what they had.<BR/><BR/>This article, and others like it, paint a bad picture. It makes it seem that PCLOS is falling behind or is lacking (which it is not). It just follows a different model as explained by some and its timetable is realistic and not overly ambitious as some would want. If you have bigger expectations then you are likely to be disappointed and will never be happy.<BR/><BR/>PCLOS continues to be a solid, small distro, that marches to a beat all of its own. It is not in competition with anyone or out to break any records. Its greatest achievement is in satisfied users and it has plenty of those.Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038152104255662259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-65896832272389225972008-09-16T03:07:00.000+08:002008-09-16T03:07:00.000+08:00I&#39;m a Linux End-User.<BR/>Yes, there have been some serious delays. By SERIOUS, I mean illness [TexStar&#39;s] and the hurricane [Ike]. I collect and love Live-CDs, but me and my extended family only install the PCLinuxOS line of products.<BR/><BR/>We&#39;re exclusive because we like the &#39;right out of the box&#39; hardware and media functions, and because ALL the PCLOS flavors are just prettier than a pail full of kittens. When all free-Linux-KDE-Gnome can all look alike, in order to get the donations rolling in, then you&#39;ve got to make your OS more user-friendly and more attractive than the other Live Distros out there.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, that is perhaps why we&#39;ve already sent in our donations; not just to get on the VIP Server list, but because PCLinux products are superior to the other mediocre products by the big companies out there. Sorry M$ and Canonical, but PCLOS is not a large multinational corporation. We sent in our donations to help these people in Texas because we believe in them; in PCLinuxOS. <BR/><BR/>We&#39;re looking forward to the new stuff, but we also want them to get better... while we root for the UnderDog. We&#39;ve been with TexStar/PCLOS since &#39;Big Daddy&#39; and we know he won&#39;t let us down.<BR/><BR/>Me in towers: PCLOS-KDE, + PCLOS-BEL Server [Business Edition Linux] to HTPC/ XBox/ XBMC/ Nokia 770/ Skype/ Gizmo5/ WebCam/ VNC/ Print-Scan serve.<BR/>My 60+ parents, in towers: PCLOS-Gnome, + PCLOS-TinyME.<BR/>Uncles in towers &amp; laps: PCLOS-KDE<BR/>Cousins in towers: PCLOS-KDE, + TinyMe<BR/>Friends in towers and laps: PCLOS-KDE, + PCLOS-BEL Server to HTPC/ XBox/ XBMC.<BR/>I&#39;m a Linux End-User.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-91942251377425648012008-09-15T12:19:00.000+08:002008-09-15T12:19:00.000+08:00I use PCLinuxOS and and happy with it. I currently run the mini-me 2008 on my main pc and also on my webserver.<BR/><BR/>Works like a charm.<BR/><BR/>The new release will be worth the wait, because Tex and the Ripper Gang only release good work.<BR/><BR/>Game Not Over,<BR/>SlippJiggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-45712169066038325632008-09-14T10:47:00.000+08:002008-09-14T10:47:00.000+08:00Now we have Hurricane Ike to contend with.<BR/>Good luck Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-31994579821860374522008-09-14T07:53:00.000+08:002008-09-14T07:53:00.000+08:00Our beloved distro's founder,Texstar,has been taken ill for some time now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-26500626320410937642008-09-14T06:37:00.000+08:002008-09-14T06:37:00.000+08:00I think most users fail to realize what a rolling release model is. Right now i have a pretty up to date PCLOS box running a 2.6.26 kernel, KDE 3.5.10 and so on. KDE 4? Well, Texstar is pretty much like Volkerding, always playing safe. I won't be too surprised if he waits until KDE 4.2 to upgrade the underlying foundation of his desktop take. Those of you who are more keen on some release cycle fuss, Mandriva is the right horse to bet on. All in all, PCLOS has spawned from Mandrake and, quite frankly, not much has been added. Mandriva is still the real thing to keep an eye on, no matter how much i like its stable incarnation as PCLOS.Nuno Zimashttp://efiplus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-22610025095971119942008-09-14T01:38:00.000+08:002008-09-14T01:38:00.000+08:00I wouldn't expect KDE4 in the next PCLOS release. Even the KDE devs call it "not ready". If you know PCLOS at all you know the devs would not put out an unstable app. much less a unstable desktop enviroment. <BR/>Lets correct the first comments, PCLOS MiniMe 2008 was released in January, I think that was 9 months ago. So, if its a rolling release just donwload MiniMe, add the apps you want, update the kernel and you would have PCLinuxOS 2008, its that simple, radically simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-40293256018212388472008-09-13T22:47:00.000+08:002008-09-13T22:47:00.000+08:00I know we have to wait a long time but i can assure you pclinuxos is far from dead, there's a good reason for the delay but i can't tell what it is due to the private caracter of that reason.<BR/><BR/>First of all: the testing repository's has been frozen, so no more packages are added, only updates to get of all bugs.<BR/>So finally development got to the point of preparing the new release. Now it's only a matter of time till Texstar decides 2008 is ready, cause his only release schedule has always been and always will be: It's ready when it's ready.<BR/><BR/>Kde4 is currently in the development repo, after that it moves to testing and when all bugs are fixed pacakges will be released for the public.<BR/><BR/>Just keep your patience, pclinuxos is still alive and kicking.smurfsloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875352807963471593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-55589271612957815932008-09-13T21:52:00.000+08:002008-09-13T21:52:00.000+08:00I like pclos. It's a rolling release, but it hardly gets updated. I was still using the 2.6.22 kernel when the 2.6.24 kernel came out with it. Pclos is just a "slow roller" for rolling release which is fine. But as one other commenter pointed out, the kde4 packages haven't been updated since last january. Last january is 9 months ago. And it's quite obvious to me that if those packages haven't been updated in the pclos since january. That everyone who want's to test drive kde 4 get's version 4.0 instead of the stable and latest 4.1. There's no more of a point with installing kde 4.0. What you want is 4.0. I do give pclos good faith though. While ubuntu and mandriva offered kde 3.5.9 as the default kde instaed of suse and fedora decision to include kde 4.0 as the default kde installation is retarded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-36557544339589884432008-09-13T21:41:00.000+08:002008-09-13T21:41:00.000+08:00PCLOS 2008, it took long enough! - <BR/>delay some 3 months more and it will be<BR/>PCLinuxOS 2009.radenmuazradenmuaz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-18788045567884130162008-09-13T20:45:00.000+08:002008-09-13T20:45:00.000+08:00Meanwhile you can try Pardus 2008 (2008.1 in a few days).<BR/><BR/>http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/<BR/><BR/>http://worldforum.pardus-linux.nl/<BR/><BR/>http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3075127327.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-7544304094215029032008-09-13T19:54:00.000+08:002008-09-13T19:54:00.000+08:00KDE4 does seem to be much of a priority at the moment, considering the KDE4 packages in the repo haven't been updated since January.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com