Audience

Anyone in search of a Linux-based operating system to surf the web, edit documents, and manage multimedia files

About PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS is a free easy to use Linux-based Operating System for x86_64 desktops or laptops. PCLinuxOS is distributed as a LiveCD/DVD/USB ISO image, and can also be installed to your computer. The LiveCD/DVD/USB mode lets you try PCLInuxOS without making any changes to your computer. If you like it, you can install the operating system to your hard drive. Locally installed versions of PCLinuxOS utilize the Advanced Packaging Tool (or APT), a package management system (originally from the Debian distribution), together with Synaptic, a GUI frontend to APT for easy software installation. PCLinuxOS has over 12,000 rpm software packages available from our software repository. PCLinuxOS has a script called mylivecd, which allows the user to take a ‘snapshot’ of their current hard drive installation (all settings, applications, documents, etc.) and compress it into an ISO CD/DVD/USB image.

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Overall 3.5 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 3.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5
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Company Information

PCLinuxOS
Founded: 2003
United States
www.pclinuxos.com/

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  • A PCLinuxOS User
    Retired
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "everything I need"

    Posted 2025-09-04

    Pros: remastering tools
    system setup tools- very good ones
    no systemd
    xfce
    rolling but stable
    fast
    customisable
    remasters itself

    Cons: cluttered menu, but I changed it to suit myself
    cant think of anything else

    Overall: Installed fast and easy
    added my software and setups
    remastered it
    It has come a long way since I used it a few years ago.
    The flatpack support is nice to have

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  • PH S.
    Enviromental Engineer
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "System that preserves the best of Mandrake"

    Posted 2023-11-19

    Pros: I really like using his apt-rpm. another cool tool is mylivegtk which allows me to make customized versions.

    Cons: Destandardized KDE menu, no support for systemd and gnome.

    Overall: A good system, but it could be modernized by adding support for systemd and increasing the packages in its repositories.

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    1 user found this review helpful.
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