The developers of the PCLinuxOS distribution have announced the release of the last stable version and the first for the new year 2020.01 PCLinuxOS: This is a systemd-free (SysV) distribution and very friendly to novice users. "Wearing" KDE Plasma 5.17 just released with the latest Linux kernel 5.4.11:
“PCLinuxOS 2020.01 KDE Full Edition has been released and is available for download. It has the Linux Kernel 5.4.11, all KDE Applications in version 19.08.2, the KDE Framework 5.63.0, and KDE Plasma 5.17.5"
The new ISO image comes with a complement of KDE and its applications LibreOffice: Includes Timeshift, a utility backup and rehabilitation, the Bitwarden, an open-source password manager application, Darktable, a photo management software, the GIMP an image editing software, digiKam an image management software; Megasync for storing your files in the cloud, the well-known Teamviewer for remote control of computers, Virtualbox, the Rambox for storing multiple applications in one place, the Simplenotes one application for notes, the well-known one Kodi a multimedia center, Kazam a screen capture utility, Caliber - the app for all e-books, Skrooge a banking software.
- pclinuxos64-MATE-2020.01.iso 13-Jan-2020 20:48 2.0G
- pclinuxos64-MATE-2020.01.md5sum 13-Jan-2020 02:44 63
- pclinuxos64-kde5-2020.01.iso 13-Jan-2020 05:39 2.0G
- pclinuxos64-kde5-2020.01.md5sum 13-Jan-2020 02:44 63
- pclinuxos64-kde5-darkstar-2020.01.iso 13-Jan-2020 09:50 1.2G
- pclinuxos64-kde5-darkstar-2020.01.md5sum 13-Jan-2020 02:44 72
- pclinuxos64-kde5-magnum-2020.01.iso 13-Jan-2020 22:47 3.6G
- pclinuxos64-kde5-magnum-2020.01.md5sum 13-Jan-2020 02:44 70
- pclinuxos64-xfce-2020.01.iso 13-Jan-2020 19:47 1.8G
- pclinuxos64-xfce-2020.01.md5sum 13-Jan-2020 02:44 63
- pclinuxos64-xfce-mini-2020.01.iso 13-Jan-2020 11:14 1.1G
- pclinuxos64-xfce-mini-2020.01.md5sum 13-Jan-2020 02:44 68
The distribution is ideal for Windows users who want to experiment with Linux, or are considering switching operating systems. For those of you who really think about it, it would be a good idea to read the following as well publications:
- Linux from Windows; where to start from;
- Linux: How and Why to Migrate From Windows
- Linux what you need to know before adopting the operating system
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