PCLinuxOS And Ubuntu Examined
I will admit right away that I have not been all that hip to the Mandriva side of the fence these days, especially regarding PCLinuxOS. For myself, I have been happy with Ubuntu and for others looking at expanding into an addition OS, I have been pushing Linux Mint. Well, after looking at PCLinuxOS from head to toe, I have some new insights that I would like to share. Prepare yourselves for a little bit of a shock, as I know that I certainly was.
When I first booted the LiveCD, I felt very good about the level of detail that was put into it. I have a suspicion that much of this is Mandriva leftovers, but the fact remains that it boots very cleanly. Like Xandros and Mandriva, users will find a very well put together control panel that makes sense regardless of which OS you are used to using. Again, I cannot express just how clean this control panel was - I was in awe. Those of you enjoying the Beryl/Compiz eye candy will be delighted to discover that it has been included by default, much like with Feisty. Same idea of activating it has been employed here.
But enough of the raves, let’s examine the aspects that make or break a Linux distro for a Windows user migrating over.
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