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   Bobbie Sellers to All   
   Forks - PC Linux OS 2016.03   
   16 Mar 16 21:04:56   
   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   Hi readers and writers.   
      
   	In case you had not heard the PCLOS 2016.03 is   
   out with (U)EFI compatibility.   I read about it   
   in a small Notes section about updates and development   
   releases.  We might still be in developmetn   
   	I had some problems but got the simple KDE   
   version installed,  It runs a 4.4 kernel version.   
   PCLOS copy to Flash Drive utility seems to be gone   
   but a procedure is given on site to make the iso   
   files compatible with USB FD the use of dd to copy   
   the hybrid iso to the Flash Drives  I used a DVD to   
   do the install.   
   	The Deluxe Mate version looks very nice.   
   	The Full Monty version would not give me   
   a login.  Will be trying this out on a higher   
   specced machine(Dell Latitude E6530) on which   
   previous versions of Full Monty just work fine.   
   	If you are interested in this then   
   the root password is "root" and the guest's password   
   is "guest".  If you want to install then use   
   the guest.   I tried to use the root and it naturally   
   "could not copy root files".   
   	On my Pavilion this was from a text login   
   after it started then startx to get to the desktop   
   to use the Install icon  I tried choosing Install   
   from the Grub text but it lead me to the described   
   procedure.   
   	I had problems and had to reboot to Mageia 5   
   to get to a root console or two where i ran   
   update-grub and since then I have realized it might   
   not have taken so long if I had disconnected my   
   external drives.  Anyway I just choose my Mageia   
   root and get the PCLOS started from there.   
      
   	Opinion: very nice but need bit more time in   
   the oven.  I will try to keep my install updated   
   until I am sure it is stable.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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