XPost: alt.os.linux.mandrake, alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: thorongil@telenet.be   
      
   I've set the follow-up to the PCLOS and Mandriva groups, because the   
   Mandrake group has been dead in the water for many, many years already.   
   )   
      
   On Monday 23 January 2017 19:38, Bobbie Sellers conveyed the following   
   to alt.os.linux.mandrake...   
      
   > Hi fellow users of the Mandrake/Mandriva forks,   
   >   
   > Found the following this AM in current Distrowatch weekly.   
   >   
   >> A post from the PCLinuxOS Twitter account suggests the project is   
   >> going to be doing some cleaning of its software repositories this   
   >> year. PCLinuxOS is a rolling release distribution, but tends to be   
   >> conservative when it comes to swapping out packages and changing the   
   >> user interface. The project's post reads, "Things going away in 2017:   
   >> Legacy GRUB, Legacy GDM and KDE4." At the time of writing, PCLinuxOS   
   >> already has KDE's Plasma 5.8 desktop available as a session option   
   >> and GRUB2 (the replacement for GRUB Legacy) has been available to   
   >> PCLinuxOS users for over a year.   
   >   
   > I thought you guys might like to know about this.  Everyone knows I   
   > prefer to use KDE's Plasma 4.14.18 if you have been reading   
   > these posts.   
   >   
   > bliss "running fast and light" on PCLinuxOS-2016.03 GNU-Linux   
   > 4.9.4-pclos1 x86_64   
      
   I'm still running (64-bit) PCLinuxOS 2014.04 here, with KDE Plasma   
   4.14.18. ;)   
      
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