PCLinuxOS 2010 Released in Six Flavors

Bill Reynolds from the PCLinuxOS development team announced yesterday evening (April 20th) the immediate availability of the highly anticipated PCLinuxOS 2010 operating system. With a Linux kernel 2.6.32.11 (with BFS scheduler) on board, the new version provides ISO images for all tastes: GNOME, GNOME ZenMini, KDE, Xfce, LXDE and even Enlightenment E17 fans. PCLinuxOS 2010 has improved support for Nvidia and ATI graphics cards, support for popular printer models, lots of bleeding-edge applications and over 60 translations.

"But wait there is more! In addition to our regular KDE 4 release we also have other desktops available such as PCLinuxOS Gnome featuring the Gnome 2.30.0 desktop., LXDE, XFCE and Enlightenment E-17 releases for older computers are also available. There is something available for everyone!" - Bill Reynolds said in the official release announcement.

Highlights of PCLinuxOS 2010:

· Linux kernel 2.6.32.11 (with the BFS scheduler);
· KDE Software Compiltion 4.4.2;
· GNOME 2.30.0;
· Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3;
· Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4;
· Pidgin 2.6.6;
· KMyMoney;
· KTorrent;
· The GIMP;
· Digikam;
· Amarok;
· SMPlayer;
· ...and many more!

PCLinuxOS 2010 KDE Edition

PCLinuxOS 2010 LXDE Edition

PCLinuxOS 2010 Enlightenment E17 Edition

PCLinuxOS 2010 Xfce Edition

PCLinuxOS 2010 GNOME ZenMini Edition

Over 12,000 packages are ready to be discovered and installed from the default software repositories in PCLinuxOS 2010. Audio and video playback support is provided out-of-the-box, as well as support for wireless networks, parental control, the OpenOffice.org installer (supported in over 100 languages), Update Control Center and MyLiveCD, which allows experienced users to take a snapshot of their installation and burn it on a blank CD/DVD disk.

About PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS was founded six years ago, in October of 2003, by a company called Texstar, located in Houston, Texas. The PCLinuxOS distribution comes in the form of a Live CD, but it can also be permanently installed on a hard disk drive. PCLinuxOS uses the APT package manager and its Synaptic GUI (Graphical User Interface) frontend. At the moment, PCLinuxOS 2010 is available only for 32-bit machines!

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