PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Released

#1 12th March 2009, 12:35 AM

release announcement http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?o...ask=view&id=62

seohonolulu · #2 13th March 2009, 11:22 PM

Yea downloaded it. Test drove the livecd for about an hour. It's pretty much their 2007 version with a few enhancements and new artwork. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great distro to cut your teeth on if you're new to *nix world. But FC10 has won me over hehe

***Dan*** · #3 13th March 2009, 11:27 PM

Hmmmm.

It'd be nice if I could get better than 17kbs download speeds. And I didn't get that good until I started using a Japanese mirror. <..

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#4 13th March 2009, 11:27 PM

i dont think they had as much Developers since texstar didnt do anything on it, i dont think

***bob*** · #5 14th March 2009, 12:46 AM

The Gnome version's pretty decent and I've installed it on a partition. Even though I'd selected to install grub on /dev/hda3, it decided to overwrite the mbr. Not a major problem and my other distros were recognized (except for Vector) and set to boot with 'configfile' entries, rather than specific kernels. Sweet! No updates if there's a kernel change! It also configured my graphics card for 3D automatically. Otherwise, nothing too major involved. Dark scheme, but identical to previous versions - no new graphics. All in all, a decent distro; no real problems so far, but nothing major either.

***Dan*** · #6 14th March 2009, 05:45 AM

Hmmm.

That dark theme in the last two was a little grating. Kinda put me off a little.

I finally ended up stopping this download. I think dialup would go faster, and it tends to stop completely after six or seven minutes. Not exactly a user friendly experience this time through.

#7 14th March 2009, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan

Hmmm.

That dark theme in the last two was a little grating. Kinda put me off a little.

I finally ended up stopping this download. I think dialup would go faster, and it tends to stop completely after six or seven minutes. Not exactly a user friendly experience this time through.

didnt you have similiar problem downloading another distro Dan

***Dan*** · #8 14th March 2009, 06:06 AM

Once in a while I'll get a rotten server. But this one has been a PITA for a while now. Probably weather related issues. Youtube has been unusable all day too.

#9 14th March 2009, 06:13 AM

probably is weather related. maybe get bob to burn you a dvd Dan?

btw, love the new avatar there Dan

***Dan*** · #10 14th March 2009, 06:19 AM

Which avatar, Greg? I've changed it twice in the last five minutes. <..

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Meh. If I really want to get the new PCLOS, I'll probably just order it. It's only six bucks!

#11 14th March 2009, 06:22 AM

the one you had on just before you changed to the F10 one

from what the others have said there isnt much of a major difference with the 2009.1 release so is it worth spending the $6

***bob*** · #12 14th March 2009, 11:28 AM

Not sure if it was a mis-configuration, but the last gnome version had 'no updates' in synaptic for at least 6 months and I'd believed it was simply an abandoned effort. Personally, I think PCLOS is worth the $6.00 since it's history is a top-notch distro and it's worth seeing how the Ripper Gang's version holds up to the standard.

In my case, I had one failed download, but started again fresh the next day with the default site for the Gnome release and had a speedy download.