XPost: alt.os.linux.mandrake, alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   Aragorn  Wrote in message:   
   > 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. ;)   
   >   
   > --   
   > = Aragorn =   
   >   
      
    I have just downloaded the "community" Xfce edition of   
   PCLinuxOS-2016.07.  It has a well-chosen selection of tools   
   and applications.   
      
   Doug.   
      
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