PCLinuxOS 2014.12 isos have been released for Full Monty, KDE, MATE and LXDE. Highlights include kernel 3.18.1, ffmpeg 2.5.1, mesa 10.4.0, SysVinit (no systemd) and all popular applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice and VLC have been updated to their latest versions. Please note if you have been keeping up with your PCLinuxOS software updates then there is NO NEED to install fresh from a 2014.12 iso. These ISOS are final releases based on legacy technology. Future releases will default to grub2 and support uefi and gpt partition formats.

I spend more time looking at the family trees of Linux distributions than I do looking at my own family tree. I find it interesting to see how distributions grow from their parent distribution, either acting as an extra layer of features which regularly re-bases itself or as a separate fork. New distributions usually tend to remain similar in most ways to their parent distro, using the same package manager and maintaining similar philosophies. When I look at the family trees of Linux distributions one project stands out more than others: PCLinuxOS.

PCLinuxOS comes with many flavors, but the default is actually KDE. The developers also make a few other versions, like KDE MiniMe, LXDE, or FullMonty, but this is the main one downloaded by most users.

The distribution actually follows a rolling release model, which means that new major features and other changes are introduced regularly through the update channel. Every month, the download ISOs are regenerated with the new update, but if you already have the operating system installed you only have to update it regularly.

1. PCLinuxOS Recipe Corner
2. KDenLive, Part Six
3. ms_meme's Nook: Boogie Woogie Tex
4. Improve Battery Life On Your Android Device
5. Inkscape Tutorial: Reinvent The Wheel
6. PCLinuxOS Family Member Spotlight: pinoc
7. Game Zone: Monochroma
8. Just Digging It With DIG
9. PCLinuxOS Puzzled Partitions
10. Don't Install Pipelight, It Helps Infect the Web With DRM and Microsoft
11. Inkscape Tutorial: Create a Candle
12. Programming With Gtkdialog: Part Four
13. Handy Utilities To Organize Your Life, Part Four
14. Screenshot Showcase