The developers of the PCLinuxOS distribution have announced the stable version 2024.04. This is a distribution systemd-free (SysV) which is very friendly to novice users. It “wears” KDE Plasma with the latest Linux kernel:
"The PCLinuxOS 2024.04 Full Edition released and available for download. It has the latest Linux Kernel, all the latest KDE Applications, the latest KDE Framework, and the latest KDE Plasma. The next update will bring KDE Plasma 6 with Wayland”
Features of the new version
Kernel 6.6.25 Safe xz Pipewire Sound Server & Hosting (replaces Pulseaudio sound server) KDE Plasma Frameworks 5.115 KDE Plasma 5.27.11 KDE Applications 23.08.5 Mate Desktop 1.28.2 XFCE Desktop 4.18 Updated applications on ISOs and in the software repository.
The distribution is ideal for Windows users who want to experiment with Linux, or are considering switching operating system. Of course I should mention, that if you want to start now with linux, you better try with MX. Those of you who are really thinking about it, it would be good to read the following posts:
- 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
