XPost: alt.os.linux.mandrake, alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On 10/31/2016 03:51 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >     Hi again typers and readers,   
   >     This the response I put on Distrowatch Weekly today   
   > because they failed in the their review of Rolling Releases   
   > to included any mention of PCLinux OS.   
   >   
   > Since the Weekly did not hre is my little report.   
   > I will say that you can encounter some problems   
   > at various installation points but always found   
   > a work-around.   
   >   
   > I am running a fully updated PCLinux OS 2016.03   
   > on my Pavilion notebook with 12 Gigabytes of RAM   
   > and an AMD A10 4 core machine.   
   >   
   > The kernel updates have been coming thru very quickly,   
   > One had a <90 minute interval from the previous release.   
   > Currently on the Pavilion have 4.8.4-pclos1 with KDE's   
   > Plasma 4,14.18   
   > Updates to Plasma (about 40) came down last week.   
   >   
   > On my salvaged Dell E6420 I have a useless Windows 7,   
   > the main control for the rest of the system is again PCLOS 2016.03   
   > again fully updated and using kernel 4.8.5,   
   >   
   > There is a preview version of PCLinuxOS 2019.07 with KDE's   
   Yes that should have been 2016.07!   
   > Plasma 5 running kernel 4.8.5, Updates are coming thru   
   > pretty fast but Plasma 5 remains far from the smoothness and   
   > convenience of Plasma 4, with only slight improvements to   
   > a few points and lots of missing plugins.   
   >   
   > On the same machine I have a Ubuntu Studio install that I haven't   
   > looked at much because the interface in 16.04.1 turns me off.   
   >   
   > Finally a blast from the past, pclos-babymate-2015.10 is   
   > updated to kernel 4.1.26 and has a older version of Mate   
   > the was appealing running live as it looked a lot like my   
   > old Amiga. The unique thing in these days of simplified   
   > releases is that the pclos-babymate-2015.10.iso is about   
   > 490 Megabytes. Of course they get to that size by   
   > leaving out tools like Firefox and Thunderbird that   
   > require more space.   
   >   
   > I started Linux with Mandriva 2006 and updated every   
   > year until 2011 when the late release was broken,   
   > I love the drakxtools which is why I went to Mageia 4.1   
   > and Mageia 5 when PCLOS had no way to deal with   
   > the UEFI systems on the Pavilion except by removing   
   > Windows installation. As soon as I heard via Distrowatch   
   > in a tiny note that PCLOS 2016.03 was out and could deal   
   > with UEFI I started trying it again and by the second month   
   > had moved across from Mageia 5 to PCLinux OS.   
   >   
   > I have checked out each release of Open Mandriva and   
   > been unimpressed even when it worked on my hardware.   
   >   
   > Truly Rolling releases need an system duplication so that   
   > if and when an update fails a quick reboot will take you back   
   > to the latest operating version. Failing that do those backups.   
   >   
   >     bliss   
   >   
      
   	So may as well note that the current kernel on these   
   boxes is 4.8.7-pclos1.   
      
   	Remember Trinity. a fork from KDE's 3.5.9 release?   
   	I have it on Q4OS on the Dell.  It seems to be a bit   
   behind the times as it is running kernel 3.1.6 that is probably   
   wrong but I was surprised by the lacks of Q4OS,   
   	 No Midnight Commander and when I forced an installation   
   it could not be verified,  It has a cheap copy of Dolphin called   
   Krusader which can not be directed to the root I was intent on   
   the file system.   
   	The file tree on home is eccentric with home containing   
   only 2 notable directories i,e, /home/bliss/desktop and /Documents which   
   contains another Documents and a Pictures directory.   
   	It uses synaptic as a package manager and Debian repositories   
   so I was really surprised that the kernel updates could not   
   be found,  It does have an up-to-date version of VLC and the   
   welcome screen permits the installation of codecs,   
      
   	Maybe good for kiddies and other people with low levels   
   of knowledge and responsibility.   
   	   
   	bliss - just forking about.   
      
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