The last time I looked at PCLinuxOS was version 0.92, which according to DistroWatch was about 3 years ago. I was asked to take a look at it again, so here I go.

I'm aware that this version is pretty old by now (June 2008), but as of this writing it was the latest full non-beta version available. I don't like to rant on betas. I'm puzzled to see that there has been no obvious word given on when we can expect a new version.

According to this forum post from an administrator on the PCLinuxOS forum, the group was originally gunning toward an April release, but has since not seen the light of day for two more months. I'll certainly do a rant on it as soon as it's out.

Firefox, OpenOffice, and GIMP were installed. Kopete replaces my preffered IM client, Pidgin. Java and GCC were installed. I was disappointed that there wasn't a single solitary game installed (even Solitaire).

Control Center offered most common configuration tasks in one spot. The layout kind of confused me, particularly for setting up my wireless internet. The "Wireless Connection" control panel did nothing, but the "Set up a new interface" panel let me get things going.

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