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Welcome to PCLinuxOS Knowledge Base "The place where you learn PCLinuxOS" At present there are 306 pages and 22 articles here. PCLinuxOS is about freedom, not just the free you get when you don't have to pay for something, but the kind of freedom to do what you will with it, and to use it in any manner or fashion that best fits your needs and intentions. It is truly by the people, of the people, for the people. The Philosophy of PCLinuxOS is : It is done when it is done Use the best software available for the task, does not matter if it is Qt, GTK etc Be focused on the desktop.

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News and announcements 2019 Sep 17 : Tex and crew has announced the release of updated installation media for PCLinuxOS. The new media carries the version number 2019.09 and contains a fully updated system as of September 15 2019. Download link: http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/live-cd/64bit/ Torrents to follow soon. The KDE versions both full and the minimalistic Darkstar contain kernel 5.2.15 plus a fully updated KDE Plasma desktop. Plasma desktop 5.16.5, Plasma Applications 19.08.1 and Plasma Frameworks 5.62. The Mate Desktop was refreshed with kernel 5.2.15 and the applications and libraries were updated to their most recent stable versions from the previous release. The Xfce Desktop was tweaked and now uses the Whisker menu by default. A login sound was added and the applications were updated along with some minor bug fixes. In addition all ISOs now include the Nvidia 430.50 driver and will be used instead of the nouveau driver if your video card supports it. Hardware detection scripts were updated to provide better support for video cards that can use the Nvidia 430.50 driver. Pulseaudio has been updated to the stable 13.0 release. The Simple Update Notifier was reworked and now works for keeping you notified of system updates and the ability to update from the applet using apt-get. Small improvements were made to the Live media boot scripts. Vbox test media is also included on the installation media. This program allows you to quickly test an ISO on the fly or usbstick with various options without having to create a permanent VM in Virtualbox. Requires a valid Virtualbox installation. Thanks to the people involved for their contributions to this program. Table of contents PCLinuxOS (abbreviated pclos) is a Linux distribution written from bottom to top with you, the new Linux user, in mind. Introduction Welcome statement • What is PCLinuxOS? • The 10 commandments for Linux users • Flavors of PCLinuxOS • Community derived flavors • Minimum hardware requirements • Get, Test and Install PCLinuxOS Ways to get PCLinuxOS • About bittorrent • Md5sum checking • Burning PCLinuxOS disc • Live CD faq • Installing PCLinuxOS • Things to do after installation • PCLinuxOS and Hardware PCLinuxOS Hardware Database is the central repository of hardware compatibility information. This contains many sections such as : • Computers • Components • Storage media • Output devices • Input devices • Networking • Imaging devices • Multimedia • Other hardware • Hwinfo can be used to get details about your hardware • Learning about your hardware • Resolution size • CPU Microcode Updates • Update and Maintain PCLinuxOS Update PCLinuxOS • Respository and Section and Mirrors • Synaptic and the Repositories • Choosing the Right Repository • Installing Software without Synaptic • Kernel Updates • Root Password • Passwords • LiveCD, Create your own • Backup your 'just right' PCLinuxOS • Cron jobs • Disk Space Checking • Disk Usage Checking • R.E.I.S.U.B. reboot your system • Customize PCLinuxOS Customize PCLinuxOS • Changing the default home directory • Kernel • Cheat Codes, Boot Codes • DNS, Changing your • DenyHosts Setup • File Sharing • Fonts, Windows • Grub background theming • Hostname, Change Your • Mailfilter Installation and Operation • Startup/Shutdown Music • Software Applications equivalences • PCLinuxOS Specific Software • Tar & tar.gz • Requesting New or Updated Packages • HowTo pages The HowTo section contains many pointed and in-detail articles addressing a single issue. For example : HowTo do Bluetooth Dial Up Networking with PCLinuxOS • HowTo Properly Update Your PCLinuxOS • Errors and solutions The Errors and solutions section lists many common and uncommon errors you might come across in your day to day usage. It explains the cause where known and lists the possible solution(s). E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. • Touchpad troubles - solutions by Texstar • Miscellaneous Not sure what a particular term means? Then check out the Glossary • Known issues Advanced This Advanced section lists pages that require slightly advanced knowledge of Linux beyond point and click ability. You may often be found deep in the command line while following pages listed here. Also not following instructions correctly might result in severe damage to your PCLinuxOS installation. Compiling drivers for Realtek card reader • CLI-commands • Configuration Files •

Get PCLinuxOS Official releases   Download via HTTP or FTP : KDE MATE   Download via BitTorrent : KDE Torrent MATE Torrent   Preloaded Discs : None at present Community releases   Collection : DarkStar • md5sum Trinity Links / Help / Community Official website PCLinuxOS Twitter account Forums • Where to start Magazine PCLinuxOS GraphicStor Image Hosting IRC Live chat at Freenode : • PCLinuxOS Support PCLOS-Chat Instant Messaging Sevice International websites Contribute / Develop Contributions for the development of PCLinuxOS are accepted in various ways including but not limited to : Donations in cash or kind Testing and bug reporting Artwork contributions Packaging for PCLinuxOS Patches and code contributions Providing community support in forum / IRC Writing and maintaining documentation

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