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Last Update: 2026-07-13 09:15 UTC


PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. Addlocale to add support to many languages and Mylivecd to create a customised live ISO.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 35 (346), 6 months: 37 (327), 3 months: 29 (339), 4 weeks: 23 (384), 1 week: 62 (274)

Average visitor rating: 8.2/10 from 131 review(s).


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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-07-30: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2023.07
 • 2021-02-07: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2021.02
 • 2019-11-16: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.11
 • 2019-09-17: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.09
 • 2019-06-17: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.06
 • 2017-03-03: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2017.03
 • 2014-12-24: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.12
 • 2014-08-18: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.08
 • 2013-12-07: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.12
 • 2013-10-12: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.10
 • 2013-07-16: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.07 "KDE MiniMe", "LXDE", "MATE"
 • 2013-06-22: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.06 "LXDE", "Full Monty"
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 • 2025-06-30 PCLinuxOS website off-line
 • 2017-03-24 Uplos32 is a 32-bit fork of PCLinuxOS
 • 2017-01-16 PCLinuxOS cleaning house
 • 2016-05-12 PCLinuxOS dropped 32-bit support
 • 2016-04-13 PCLinuxOS website off-line
 • 2016-03-30 PCLinuxOS experiments with Plasma 5
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Feature apt 2026.06.30 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Feature
Release Date 2026-07-13 2026-06-30 2025-09-14 2024-04-17 2023-07-30 2022-12-12 2021-11-05 2020-10-14 2019-12-16 2018-06-06 2017-11-12 2016-03-07 2014-12-24 2013-10-11 2012-08-22 2011-09-24 2010-12-17 2009-06-30 2007-05-21 2005-11-21 2005-07-07 Release Date
End Of Life                                           End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   3500-4100 3700-3800 2000-3200 2300-2900 2700-2800 1200-3600 1000-2100 1000-2100 1200-1300 1300-1700                     Image Size (MB)
Free Download rpms ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX Installation
Default Desktop   KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma, MATE KDE Plasma, MATE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Default Browser Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Default Browser
Package Format flatpak, rpm flatpak, rpm flatpak, rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm Package Format
Package Management dnf dnf apt, dnf apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Semi-Rolling Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- GOffice OO.o OO.o KOffice OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3 ext3 ext3 Journaled File Systems
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Full Package List apt 2026.06.30 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Full Package List
Package apt 2026.06.30 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.16 1.2.16.1 1.2.14 1.2.12 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.5.1 1.2.3 1.2.1.2 1.1.6 1.1.4.1 1.0.28 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 -- 1.0.14rc4 1.0.9 1.0.8 alsa-lib (1.2.16.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 25.0.0 25.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- 12.104 8.961 8.861 8.801 -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.2)
apt (3.3.1) -- -- 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.5 0.5.5 apt (3.3.1)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.2.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.05b bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.24) 9.10.8-P1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.24)
chromium (150.0.7871.114) 150.0.7871.114 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (150.0.7871.114)
cinnamon (6.6.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.8)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.8 2.4.8 2.4.8 2.4.8 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.5 1.3.10 1.2.4 1.1.23 1.1.23 cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.4 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.4 1.44.2 1.43.1 1.42.13 1.42.11 1.42.8 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.12 1.41.6 1.39 1.38 1.37 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1.2) 6.1.5 6.1.5 6.1.2 6.1.1 5.1.3 4.4.1 4.3.1 4.2.1 4.0 3.4 2.8.6 2.5.1 0.7.15 0.7.12 0.6.3 0.6.1 0.5 0.5 0.4.9pre1 -- -- ffmpeg (8.1.2)
firefox (152.0.6) 152.0.5 152.0.3 143.0.1 131.0.3 115.0.3 107.0.1 94.0.1 81.0.2 71.0 60.0.1 56.0.2 44.0.2 34.0.5 24.0 14.0.1 5.0 3.6.13 3.0.11 2.0.0.3 1.0.7 1.0.4 firefox (152.0.6)
flatpak (1.18.0) 1.16.1 1.16.1 1.16.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.18.0)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.3 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.3 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.5.4 2.5.4 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.3.9 2.2.1 2.1.10 2.1.9 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.1.0) 15.2.0 15.2.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 12.3.0 12.2.1 11.2.0 10.2.0 9.2.0 7.3.0 7.2.1 4.9.2 4.7.2 4.7.2 4.5.2 4.5.2 4.4.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 3.3.1 3.3.1 gcc (16.1.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.2.4 3.0.4 2.10.38 2.10.34 -- 2.10.24 2.10.20 2.10.14 2.10.2 2.8.22 2.8.16 2.8.14 2.8.6 2.6.12 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.6.6 2.3.16 2.2.9 2.2.8 gimp (3.2.4)
git (2.55.0) 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 -- 2.32.0 -- 2.24.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.55.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.42 2.42 2.42 2.36 2.36 2.36 2.33 2.31 2.30 2.26 2.26 2.20 2.16 2.16 2.13 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.4 2.4 2.3.2 2.3.2 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.3)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.14 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02beta 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 -- -- grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.4) 4.23.2 4.23.2 4.20.1 4.10.5 4.10.4 3.24.34 3.24.30 3.23.32 3.24.13 3.22.30 3.22.26 3.14.14 3.12.2 3.6.4 2.24.5 2.24.4 2.22.0 2.16.1 2.10.6 2.6.8 2.6.4 gtk (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.68) 2.4.66 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.55.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.55.4)
inkscape (1.4.4) 1.4.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 34.2 33 30 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- 5.1.3 4.4.8 4.4.0 4.2.8.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.2.1)
Package apt 2026.06.30 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Package
LibreOffice (26.2.4) -- 26.2.3 25.8.1 24.8.2 -- -- 7.1.4 7.0.0 6.3.4 6.0.4 5.4.3 5.1.1 4.3.5 4.1.2 3.6.0 -- -- 2.2.8 2.2.0 -- 1.1.4 LibreOffice (26.2.4)
libselinux (3.11) 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.21.11 1.21.11 libselinux (3.11)
linux (7.1.3) 6.18.38 6.18.37 6.12.48 6.6.53 6.4.7 6.0.12 5.14.16 5.8.14 5.4.3 4.16.13 4.12.14 4.4.4 3.18.1 3.4.64 3.2.18 2.6.38.8 2.6.33.7 2.6.26.8 2.6.18.8 2.6.12 2.6.11 linux (7.1.3)
mariadb (12.3.2) 10.2.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.1.42 10.1.42 -- 10.1.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.3.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.1 -- 1.24.1 1.24.0 1.22.2 1.20.3 1.18.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.1.4) 25.2.3 25.2.3 25.2.3 24.2.5 23.1.4 22.3.0 21.2.5 20.2.0 19.3.0 18.1.1 17.2.4 11.1.2 10.4.0 9.2.0 7.11.2 7.11 7.5.2 7.0.2 7.0.2 5.0.2 5.0.2 mesa (26.1.4)
nautilus (50.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.32.1 -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.2.2)
NVIDIA (610.43.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- 460.84 450.57 430.64 390.59 384.98 352.63 340.65 319.49 302.17 275.09.07 260.19.29 180.22 -- -- -- NVIDIA (610.43.03)
openjdk (26.0.1) 21.0.11+10 21.0.11 21.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26.0.1)
openssh (10.4p1) 9.8p1 9.8p1 9.8p1 9.8p1 8.8p1 8.8p1 8.7p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.6p1 7.3p1 7.1p2 6.6p1 5.9p1 5.9p1 5.8p2 5.5p1 5.2p1 4.5p1 3.9p1 3.9p1 openssh (10.4p1)
openssl (4.0.1) 3.1.8 3.1.8 3.1.8 3.1.7 1.1.1t 1.1.1s 1.1.1l 1.1.1g 1.1.1d 1.0.2m 1.0.2m 1.0.2g 1.0.0i 1.0.0j 1.0.0e 1.0.0d 1.0.0c 0.9.8i 0.9.8b 0.9.7g 0.9.7g openssl (4.0.1)
perl (5.42.2) 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.12.3 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.5 perl (5.42.2)
php (8.5.8) 7.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.8)
plasma-desktop (6.7.2) 6.7.2 6.7.1 6.4.5 5.27.11 5.27.6 5.26.4 5.23.2 5.20.0 5.17.4 5.12.5 5.11.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.7.2)
postfix (3.11.5) 3.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.5)
postgresql (18.4) 13.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.4)
Python (3.14.6) 3.13.13 3.13.12 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.6.5 3.6.5 3.6.5 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.6 2.7.5 2.6.6 2.6.6 2.6.6 2.5.2 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.3.4 Python (3.14.6)
qt (6.11.1) 0.0.1 6.10.1 6.8.2 5.15.6 5.15.6 5.15.6 5.15.2 5.15.0 5.12.6 5.10.0 5.9.2 4.8.7 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.2 4.7.3 4.7.1 4.5.1 3.3.8 3.3.4 3.3.4 qt (6.11.1)
samba (4.24.4) 4.18.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.0.33 3.0.23b 3.0.14a 3.0.11 samba (4.24.4)
systemd (261.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (261.1)
thunderbird (152.0.1) 152.0.1 152.0 143.0 128.3.1 115.0.1 102.5.1 91.3.0 78.3.2 68.3.0 52.8.0 52.4.0 38.6.0 31.3.0 24.0 14.0 3.1.11 3.1.7 2.0.0.22 2.0.0.0 1.0.7 1.0.2 thunderbird (152.0.1)
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.1 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.3 6.3 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.21 3.0.21 -- 3.0.20 3.0.18 -- 3.0.16 3.0.11.1 3.0.8 3.0.3 2.2.6 2.2.2 2.1.5 2.0.8 1.1.13 1.1.10 1.1.5 -- -- 0.8.2 -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.25.0 1.25.0 1.24.0 1.23.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.17.0 1.17.0 1.14.0 1.14.0 1.9.0 1.6.0 1.2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.2 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 -- 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.14.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.6.2 -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.24) 21.1.24 21.1.23 21.1.18 21.1.13 21.1.8 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.8 1.20.6 1.19.6 1.19.5 1.17.4 1.14.6 1.10.4 1.10.4 1.10.2 1.6.5 1.4.0.90 1.1.1 -- -- xorg-server (21.1.24)

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Version: apt
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-06-30
Country: Honduras
Votes: 0


Lo primero que noté es lo estético: el tema por defecto y la curva de los iconos se sienten bastante con ese aire "pulido" que uno asocia más con macOS que con la mayoría de distros Linux, nada del look genérico de Ubuntu/Mint. Eso me ganó de entrada.

Lo otro que me gustó:

Es rolling release pero estable, no tienes que reinstalar cada 6 meses como en distros con versiones fijas, y según la comunidad eso lo hacen muy bien probando paquetes antes de soltarlos al repo oficial.
No usa systemd, sigue con SysV init, lo cual divide opiniones pero a mí me parece más "ligero" y predecible.

Lo que no tanto:

No trae sudo instalado por defecto (decisión consciente del equipo por seguridad, usan su -c en su lugar), así que si vienes de Ubuntu te puede chocar al inicio.
El repo de paquetes es más chico comparado con distros grandes, aunque suple bastante con soporte de Flatpak.
Es básicamente mantenido por una sola persona (Texstar) con ayuda de voluntarios, así que el ritmo de desarrollo no es el de un proyecto con gran financiamiento atrás, "estará listo cuando esté listo" como dicen ellos mismos.
Documentación y comunidad en inglés, mayormente, si buscas soporte en otro idioma puede costar un poco más.

En general, para alguien que quiere algo visualmente agradable y estable sin la corporatización de las distros grandes, vale mucho la pena probarlo, aunque el cambio de hábitos (sudo, apt-rpm) toma un poco de acostumbrarse.


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Version: 2026.05.27
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-06-29
Country: United States
Votes: 1


I had to pick the proper boot mode before I got things to work.
That was from the 2026.05.27 iso file which has been superseded
now by the 2026.06.20 iso files.

I do all my updates and on my hardware I have had no problems
once i figured out that the top choice on my live media was not
really functional for my system.

Now you were flummoxed by the inclusion of Install Me in the
installed system. This is to enable the use of the onboard
capability of making an up-to-date iso image of your system.
In case of catastrophic failure you can re-install your updated
system from that iso image

I use the system mainly for writing contributions to my limited
online contacts on Usenet, the PCLinuxOS Forum which is
the greatest feature of the system, and my friends from RL
and the Web. I started with the C=64 then the AmigaOS
on a couple of machines, About 2006 I started using x86
laptops to run Mandriva Linux and then when it failed
to run on my hardware I tried to find another system and
in 2014 first ran PCLinuxOS then tried Mageia for a year
or so but by 2016.04 I came back to PCLinuxOS and
have been happy to use it with KDE from 3.59 to
Plasma 6.7.1. I am fearing the Plasma 6.8 update
which will abandon X11 for Wayland.

I may go to XFCE following your review.
But you know if you have problems you join the
forum and ask pertinent questions. PCLinuxOS
is assembled in Texas but we have international
portions of the Forum

bliss- Dell 7730- PCLinuxOS 2026.06 Linux 6.18.37- Plasma 6.7.1



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Version: 2024.10
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-06-28
Country: India
Votes: 2


I was a happy PclinuxOS user since its 2009 version and it was just rock solid. Installed couple of fresh installs inbetween just to test.

Over the years I tried several distros but nothing came close to PCLinuxOS for its simplicity, easy of use, everything available in synaptic and yet powerful.

Their approach of waiting till the chaos getting settled before delivering new versions was cool! result was just rock solid system.

But I could sense some weakness when Plasma 6 was rolled out. I had an incomplete system update and issues started. I never allowed to install without complete download of all packages, which was good enough to keep my system safe. But this time, it seemed some issue with server side and my system got instable for that (Which never happened prior to this). I had to check the forum to decide if it is safe to do the update before performing. then came the fire incident in their server room and Main website is gone. Still it is not restored close to its original site.

I feel, it was more of a one man show (Texstar) and may be due to shortage of resources or Non-avaiability of Tex, things are are as smooth as earlier. I have switched to Debian now and disabled sudo. this gives me the close PCLinuxOS experience I enjoyed for years. Sorry to other team members who are still the reason for this rock solid system for years.

Even though I moved, I still love the experience I had with PCLinuxOS. You will always be in my memory.

Thanks


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