PCLinuxOS 2010 KDE is done and uploaded to go to the mirrors.
It has been a real struggle to finish out the 2010 release. Some days it was tough going. I was glad to have the community willing to help test. Their suggestions were also very helpful in determining what should go on the final iso. Now I am waiting for the others to finish out their builds so I can get the LXDE, Gnome Mini and XFCE isos posted.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010
Why I do what I do.
Sometimes I get down when I see someone misrepresenting facts about PCLinuxOS then astroturfing their own blog post or when someone wonders why the hell am I still alive then I get a letter in my inbox that makes the struggle worthwhile.
Thank you Richard. I will keep on keeping on until I can't go no more.
Tex
Sometimes I get down when I see someone misrepresenting facts about PCLinuxOS then astroturfing their own blog post or when someone wonders why the hell am I still alive then I get a letter in my inbox that makes the struggle worthwhile.
Hi! my name is Richard.
I was born with a brain disorder and declared mentally handy capped at the age of six. Since then, all of my life was dictated for me, from the cloths I wore to the food I ate. I have never lived alone and did not know what independence was, that is, till my government came up with a program that would free the “not so severely” handy cap and give us some part of our independence back.
Through this program I was able to obtain an apartment, decide what I am going to eat, ware, and what time I am going to sleep. I still have staff come to my home and see if I am doing things correctly. The government gives me an allowance every month to which I never see, because I am not able to handle money. I don't think it is a lot because when the staff take me to the store I am often turned down for the things I ask for. I would love one of those new computers they have at the store because mine is slow, “turtle slow” but I would never complain because someone gave me this computer and I am forever grateful, which takes my story to you.
How does pclinuxos help me? (Well), let me count the ways! What most people take for granted, I take as a gift. I program my Linux to remind me of every thing, from cleaning my house, to taking out the garbage, washing my dishes, time to take a shower, brush my teeth, getting dressed, time to eat, time for bed, make the bed, make a grocery list, make appointments with doctors, keep appointments, Witch staff member is coming over each day,,,,,, and the list is endless.
On the entertainment side: I use my Linux for watching movies, playing music, surfing the net, checking email, writing letters, looking up information, playing games, chatting with friends.
I love my Linux because it lets me do all of these things and make it look the way I want. I am trying to convince the staff to let Linux handle my finances, so far they did not say (no). So again,,,,, Thank you pclinux and the community for this great and I mean GREAT operating system
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Thank you Richard. I will keep on keeping on until I can't go no more.
Tex
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Get your game on in PCLinuxOS with djl.
Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux Operating Systems. It is inspired by Valve's Steam software for Windows. djl currently hosts over 118 games you can download and play on your Linux system with such hits as Alien Area, Planeshift, Scorched 3d, UFO and many many more.
How to install:
1. Open the Synaptic Software Manager
2. Click reload to get updated file listing
3. Click on the search button
4. Type in djl
5. Right click and mark to install.
6. Click apply.
The menu entry will be located in More Applications -> Games -> Arcade. After launching the application you will presented with a menu where you can download, install and play the game from the djl application.
Have fun!
Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux Operating Systems. It is inspired by Valve's Steam software for Windows. djl currently hosts over 118 games you can download and play on your Linux system with such hits as Alien Area, Planeshift, Scorched 3d, UFO and many many more.
How to install:
1. Open the Synaptic Software Manager
2. Click reload to get updated file listing
3. Click on the search button
4. Type in djl
5. Right click and mark to install.
6. Click apply.
The menu entry will be located in More Applications -> Games -> Arcade. After launching the application you will presented with a menu where you can download, install and play the game from the djl application.
Have fun!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
How to install KDE 4.3.1 on PCLinuxOS
Warning - updating to KDE 4 will remove all of your KDE 3 desktop and applications.
01. Turn off Compiz 3D desktop
02. Open Synaptic , click on Settings -> Repositories
03. If belnet.be is checked uncheck and select another repository (belnet.be hasn't been updated in almost a month)
04. Click on new repository you selected. (heanet.ie is a good choice)
05. Change kde to kde4 in the sections area (main extra nonfree gnome kde -> main extra nonfree gnome kde4)
06. Press reload to get updated file listing
07. Click on Search
08. Type in task-kde4
08. Select one of the task-kde4 packages (task-kde4) will install most common components (task-kde4-minimal) will only install kdebase and kdelibs for a minimal desktop. Right click on one of the task-kde packages and mark for install then click apply.
Warning this will remove all of your KDE 3 desktop and supporting applications!
10. Reboot system. (If you get dropped to console hold alt and control keys down then press delete key to reboot system.
After rebooting log in to the new kde desktop. The KDE 4 desktop is still under development and while stable many 3rd party supporting applications have not been ported to KDE 4.
Warning - updating to KDE 4 will remove all of your KDE 3 desktop and applications.
01. Turn off Compiz 3D desktop
02. Open Synaptic , click on Settings -> Repositories
03. If belnet.be is checked uncheck and select another repository (belnet.be hasn't been updated in almost a month)
04. Click on new repository you selected. (heanet.ie is a good choice)
05. Change kde to kde4 in the sections area (main extra nonfree gnome kde -> main extra nonfree gnome kde4)
06. Press reload to get updated file listing
07. Click on Search
08. Type in task-kde4
08. Select one of the task-kde4 packages (task-kde4) will install most common components (task-kde4-minimal) will only install kdebase and kdelibs for a minimal desktop. Right click on one of the task-kde packages and mark for install then click apply.
Warning this will remove all of your KDE 3 desktop and supporting applications!
10. Reboot system. (If you get dropped to console hold alt and control keys down then press delete key to reboot system.
After rebooting log in to the new kde desktop. The KDE 4 desktop is still under development and while stable many 3rd party supporting applications have not been ported to KDE 4.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Do you suffer from SDS?
Almost all men experience anxiety about the size or appearance of their distro at some time. For most men, these feelings will pass but, for others, they can be persistent and disabling. A man's concern about his small distro can lead to avoidance of lan parties, coffee shops and other activities where other men might see his small desktop distro. Such men are not only embarrassed by the apparent smallness of their distro, but frequently also feel ashamed and silly about their anxiety, too. If you're tired of suffering from Small Distro Syndrone (SDS), we have help available now! Get a super large distro! Be the envy of other men! 100% guaranteed!
www.pclinuxos.com
The most common side effects with PCLinuxOS were headache and upset stomach. Eye Strain and wrist ache were also reported, sometimes with delayed onset. Most men weren't bothered by the side effects enough to stop using PCLinuxOS. As with any distro, in the rare event of a configuration session lasting more than 4 hours, seek immediate geek help to avoid long-term downtime.
Almost all men experience anxiety about the size or appearance of their distro at some time. For most men, these feelings will pass but, for others, they can be persistent and disabling. A man's concern about his small distro can lead to avoidance of lan parties, coffee shops and other activities where other men might see his small desktop distro. Such men are not only embarrassed by the apparent smallness of their distro, but frequently also feel ashamed and silly about their anxiety, too. If you're tired of suffering from Small Distro Syndrone (SDS), we have help available now! Get a super large distro! Be the envy of other men! 100% guaranteed!
www.pclinuxos.com
The most common side effects with PCLinuxOS were headache and upset stomach. Eye Strain and wrist ache were also reported, sometimes with delayed onset. Most men weren't bothered by the side effects enough to stop using PCLinuxOS. As with any distro, in the rare event of a configuration session lasting more than 4 hours, seek immediate geek help to avoid long-term downtime.
Friday, August 24, 2007
PCLinuxOS now on myspace.
I took some time last week and set up a pclinuxos myspace account to help promote PCLinuxOS. If you get a minute give it a quick look or even better add yourself as a friend. I have posted some pictures of the desktop as well as pictures of most of our development team.
www.myspace.com/pclinuxos
I took some time last week and set up a pclinuxos myspace account to help promote PCLinuxOS. If you get a minute give it a quick look or even better add yourself as a friend. I have posted some pictures of the desktop as well as pictures of most of our development team.
www.myspace.com/pclinuxos
Saturday, August 04, 2007
PCLinuxOS - A little walk down history lane
In the summer of 2003 I became interested in livecd technology after looking at knoppix and a fresh distribution from a fellow named Warren called Mepis. I was interested in helping Warren with Mepis at the time but I had no clue how to build Deb files. Coming from 5 years of packaging rpms and not really wanting to learn a new packaging system I happened to come across a South African fellow by the name of Jaco Greef. He was developing a script called mklivecd and porting it to Mandrake Linux. I along with Buchanan Milne (Mandrake contributor) and a few others began working with Jaco to help debug the scripts. I got an idea to make a livecd based on Mandrake Linux 9.2 along with all my customizations just for fun. I had previously provided an unofficial 3rd party repository for the users of Mandrake for many years but had since parted ways. Since Mandrake was a trademarked name myself and others decided to name the livecd after our news site and forum pclinuxonline thus PCLinuxOS.
Preview .3 was my first attempt to make a livecd. I distributed it initially to about 20 people to get their reaction and feedback. Everyone who tested it loved the livecd but there was one thing missing. There wasn't a way to install the thing to the hard drive! srlinuxx from tuxmachines.org came up with a novel way to copy the livecd to the hard drive and posted it on our forums. Jaco utilized this information and inspiration from the Mepis installer and wrote a pyqt script to make the livecd installable thus the birth of a new distribution.
On October 24, 2003, PCLinuxOS Preview .4 was released as a fork of Linux Mandrake (Mandriva) 9.2 utilizing mklivecd scripts from Jaco Greef, a multimedia kernel from Thomas Buckland (2.4.22-tmb) and a customized KDE (3.1.4-tex). Preview .5 through .93 were built upon on previous PCLinuxOS releases. After 3 years of updating one release from the other using the same gcc and glibc core library we found too many programs would no longer compile or work properly against this aging code base.
In November 2006 we utilized a one time source code snapshot from our friends at Mandriva to pull in an updated glibc/gcc core and associated libraries. We spent the following 6 months rebuilding, debugging, customizing, patching and updating our new code base. We pulled in stuff from our old code base, utilized patches/code from Fedora, Gentoo and Debian just to name a few. This is why you will never see me distro bashing as it would be hypocritical to do such a thing since we are still dependent in many areas on other distros development processes due to our limited but hard working volunteer development team.
On May 20th 2007 we felt we had reached a pretty stable base and released PCLinuxOS 2007 utilizing our own kernel from Oclient1, KDE built by MDE developer Ze, updated mklivecd scripts from IKerekes & Ejtr, a heavily patched Control Center, graphics from the PCLinuxOS beautification team and many application updates from Thac and Neverstopdreaming. Development continues as work is being done for a Minime release and an international DVD. A future release of PCLinuxOS will feature an updated kernel, KDE 4, fresh Xorg server and all the latest applications. All in all it has been a great ride and we have made many friends along the way. Some have gone on to other distributions and many are still here from our first release. As I've always said, we're just enjoying Linux technology and sharing it with friends who might like it too. We hope you have enjoyed the ride as well.
In the summer of 2003 I became interested in livecd technology after looking at knoppix and a fresh distribution from a fellow named Warren called Mepis. I was interested in helping Warren with Mepis at the time but I had no clue how to build Deb files. Coming from 5 years of packaging rpms and not really wanting to learn a new packaging system I happened to come across a South African fellow by the name of Jaco Greef. He was developing a script called mklivecd and porting it to Mandrake Linux. I along with Buchanan Milne (Mandrake contributor) and a few others began working with Jaco to help debug the scripts. I got an idea to make a livecd based on Mandrake Linux 9.2 along with all my customizations just for fun. I had previously provided an unofficial 3rd party repository for the users of Mandrake for many years but had since parted ways. Since Mandrake was a trademarked name myself and others decided to name the livecd after our news site and forum pclinuxonline thus PCLinuxOS.
Preview .3 was my first attempt to make a livecd. I distributed it initially to about 20 people to get their reaction and feedback. Everyone who tested it loved the livecd but there was one thing missing. There wasn't a way to install the thing to the hard drive! srlinuxx from tuxmachines.org came up with a novel way to copy the livecd to the hard drive and posted it on our forums. Jaco utilized this information and inspiration from the Mepis installer and wrote a pyqt script to make the livecd installable thus the birth of a new distribution.
On October 24, 2003, PCLinuxOS Preview .4 was released as a fork of Linux Mandrake (Mandriva) 9.2 utilizing mklivecd scripts from Jaco Greef, a multimedia kernel from Thomas Buckland (2.4.22-tmb) and a customized KDE (3.1.4-tex). Preview .5 through .93 were built upon on previous PCLinuxOS releases. After 3 years of updating one release from the other using the same gcc and glibc core library we found too many programs would no longer compile or work properly against this aging code base.
In November 2006 we utilized a one time source code snapshot from our friends at Mandriva to pull in an updated glibc/gcc core and associated libraries. We spent the following 6 months rebuilding, debugging, customizing, patching and updating our new code base. We pulled in stuff from our old code base, utilized patches/code from Fedora, Gentoo and Debian just to name a few. This is why you will never see me distro bashing as it would be hypocritical to do such a thing since we are still dependent in many areas on other distros development processes due to our limited but hard working volunteer development team.
On May 20th 2007 we felt we had reached a pretty stable base and released PCLinuxOS 2007 utilizing our own kernel from Oclient1, KDE built by MDE developer Ze, updated mklivecd scripts from IKerekes & Ejtr, a heavily patched Control Center, graphics from the PCLinuxOS beautification team and many application updates from Thac and Neverstopdreaming. Development continues as work is being done for a Minime release and an international DVD. A future release of PCLinuxOS will feature an updated kernel, KDE 4, fresh Xorg server and all the latest applications. All in all it has been a great ride and we have made many friends along the way. Some have gone on to other distributions and many are still here from our first release. As I've always said, we're just enjoying Linux technology and sharing it with friends who might like it too. We hope you have enjoyed the ride as well.
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