Anybody running PCLinuxOS?

And what do you think of it. I'm considering an install on my DV6000t. The specs are:

- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Intel Core Duo T2250 (1.73 GHz/2MB L2Cache)
- 15.4" WXGA Widescreen (1280x800)
- 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
- 1024MB DDR2 RMA
- 80GB 5400RPM HD
- 8X DVD+/-R/RW
- 802.11b/g WLAN (non-intel.)

I'm wondering if there will be any compatibility issues. Also, any other comments or Linux OS recommendations are good (Ubuntu, LinuxXP, any other Windows-esque beginner Linux OS)

PS: Post in other thread deleted, made into own thread. Sorry PitaBred

 

I dont use it on my computer but I recently helped a friend install it on his machine. It works extremely well and has high hardware compatibility. It even detected his USB Wireless card in the install.

Everything should work fine on your system.

 

its great that you started this thread because i wanted to find out if anyone with a dv6000t had installed Ubuntu and seen any issues.

i am thinking of dual booting vista with ubuntu but i am just worried about all the hardware not working correctly if there is no drivers out for it

an example would be the sound card, webcam, wireless, them fancy touch buttons and all the ports.

 

PclinuxOS i think is the best linux... better than ubuntu... give it a try and m sure you'll be satisfied...

 

I do like it better than Ubuntu. Much less work is required to make it work.

But then again, sometimes its fun to have a shake and bake OS

 

im a linux noob, so whichever one has more support =/

 

Freespire Linux works well with wireless cards. I used both PCLinuxOS and Freespire as a Live CD on my notebook. I never tried PCLinuxOS with my wireless though, but it worked well with everything else for me. I like Freespire more because you can use double clicks for icons, something I'm more used to being a Windows user. If ever I get a 1GHz or better desktop I'm going to use it as my Linux test system to try to get used to it.

Ubuntu doesn't support Wireless in my experience with it. I just don't like it much because it's a pretty bare OS unlike PCLinuxOS (not too many apps come with it).

 

I'm a 5 hour newbie to Linux

Ubuntu just doesn't seem to work for me. I get a black sreen no matter which mode I boot in. I also tried help forums about known issues with ATi x700 but without luck so I tried PCLinuxOS and I'm quite impressed by it's hardware detection and lots of things just work out of the box I was quite suprised I didn't have to install codecs, pdf reader, media player etc. The only minor problem I had it would boot into a black screen but have managed to resolve this, by changing video options through ctrl+alt+f2...

My wireless card is detected. The question is how do I get it to connected to my wireless router for net access?

 

Oh yeah and how! Mine went straight online w.o. any problem. I'm a lazy noob and this is definitely the Linux for our type.

Highly recommended and it will be making major waves. Mark that quote.

 

I was pleased when I tried PCLinuxOS, it was as simple to set up as Ubuntu. However, I found it wasn't as fast as the two distros I currently use now. Great newbie distro.

 

I use PCLinuxOS side by side with Ubuntu, but I just don't like it as well. It just doesn't feel stable to me, and I'm always afraid something will break on it. I feel very stable and secure in Ubuntu. Also, the repositories and help aren't nearly as robust as Ubuntu's, and the PCLinuxOS group has been having some recent problems with servers and whatnot since (unlike Ubuntu) they don't have a large commercial backer.

It's a good OS, and has great hardware detection, and it boots up quickly. But after the initial boot, it just doesn't seem to be as quick as Ubuntu for me. It's a great KDE distro though, and when I feel like using KDE, I go to PCLOS.