14 DAY TRIAL // Two days ago, on May 10th, the PCLinuxOS developers announced the immediate availability of another lightweight edition of the PCLinuxOS 2010 operating system. With a Linux kernel 2.6.32.11 (with BFS scheduler) on board, the new PCLinuxOS 2010 Openbox edition provides a full featured and fast desktop environment, powered by the Openbox window manager.
"Internet applications include Firefox web browser, Slypheed email client, Pino twitter client and Pidgin for instant messaging. Office applications include Abiword word processor, Gnumeric spreadsheet and Mozilla Sunbird calender. Graphic applications include GIMP, gqview, and MTPaint. Editors include Vi, Geany. Archving applications include Gnome Baker and Xarchiver. File Tool applications are handled via PCMan. Sound and video playback is done through Beep Media Player and SMplayer. If you need a fast lightweight desktop then PCLinuxOS Openbox Edition is for you." - was stated in the official release announcement.
Highlights of PCLinuxOS 2010 Openbox:
· Linux kernel 2.6.32.11 (with BFS scheduler for better desktop performance); · Openbox desktop environment with the Tint2 panel; · Support for the Nvidia and ATI proprietary video drivers; · Support for popular audio and video formats; · Support for wireless cards and other network devices; · Support for local and network printer devices; · Easily convert PCLinuxOS into over 60 languages with the Addlocale tool; · OpenOffice.org installer (in over 100 languages) powered by the GetOpenOffice tool; · MyLiveCD, which allows users to take a snapshot of their installation and write it on a blank CD/DVD.
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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