April 29 2009: Added PCLOS 2009 section
May 22 2009: Added PCLOS 2009.1 GNOME version.

PCLOS 2009

PCLinuxOS has been a favorite Linux distribution in recent years. The PCLOS 2009.1 ( with updates from the repository ) lives up to and beyond expectations for a minimally complex and very stable KDE 3 desktop environment. Kudos to founder Texstar and the growing circle of core PCLOS developers for their hard work producing the ultimate "Disto Hopper Stopper".

Stray Linux links of interest ...

An interesting development in the evolution of Linux, almost a new species of Linux as it were.

andLind is a native port of the Linux kernel and Ubuntu to run as an application under Windows 2000. The two versions support either XFCE or KDE. With a few restrcitions.

During a speech to a Linux audience on the necessity of "standardizing" Linux, Novell President and CEO Ron Hovsepian continues the thought expressed above by saying, 

"We need the software vendors to have their footprints on Linux. On Windows, application availability is their biggest advantage."

He seems to be talking about the Microsoft model of standardization, that is by being the one and only application.

Anyone interested in the Linux operating system has almost certainly heard about the Microsoft "License Agreement" with Novell to exempt Suse Linux from unstated patent infringements. If not, the high level executive summary runs like this.