XPost: alt.os.linux.pclinuxos, alt.os.linux.mandrake, alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   Hi Team,   
        Just getting used to the PCLinuxOS64 2017.02 when   
   the next release popped up on Distrowatch.   
      
        This is a good basic release with KDE 5.8 LTS.  But   
   KWrite and Kate my regular text editors still have   
   missing plugins.   
        The digital clock for the task panel has been improved   
   but while you can now select from calendrical systems you   
   still cannot copy.   
      
        I advise that if you are interested you take some time   
   to customize the partitioning portion of the install.  I decided   
   to use the install to wipe out some errors so I selected   
   the full disk install and ended up with efi of 5 megabytes   
   Swap of <4 Gigabytes, and a 300 GB+ /home partitions.   
      
      
        Well that was simply unacceptable to me so I installed into   
   a large  "/" partition and a smaller "/home partition" .  I already   
   had a EFI partition and a magical "Boot Bios" partition which   
   works as I am using a salvaged Dell E6420 with a old BIOS   
   to setup a GPT scheme.   
        It is running fine and I did updates earlier today and then   
   having found it was short of K3b when I wanted to make   
   a DVD for a member at a LUG meeting.  I went ahead at the   
   meeting and rebooted to PC-LOS 2016.03 fully updated   
   and using the latest kernel to make my DVDs and CDS for   
   the LUG meeting on Sunday.   
      
        So if you have a PC-LOS 2017.04 install you might want   
   to make sure you have every program you might need already   
   installed.   
      
        KDE's Plasma 5.8.x is still incomplete in my estimation.   
      
        You can expect me to report that when KDE finally   
   provides all the user facilities that we see in KDE's   
   Plasma 4.14.18 as we saw in KDE's previous release   
   of 3.5.9.  I will be ebullient and possibly ecstatic when   
   that happens.   
      
        Meantime I downloaded and check-summed a copy of   
   Open Mandriva 3.01, so may have something to say about   
   that distribution in the near futue   
      
            bliss "running fast and light" on PCLinuxOS64-2016.03   
   GNU/Linux  4.10.14-pclos1 #1 SMP Wed May 3   
      
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