Re: [Hampshire] Which distro next?

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Author: Phillip @ NTL
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Which distro next?
With the 2009 version, there is a very smart GUI for installing/uninstalling
both ATI & Nvidea drivers. Takes the pain out of doing it any tother way


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From: "James Ashburner" <hantslug@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Which distro next?


> Phillip Chandler wrote:
> > Hi Paul.
> >
> > Have you consider PCLinuxOS ? The 2007 version is rock solid with KDE,
> > but there is now a 2009 version out, still in Beta but starting to look
> > good.
> >
> > Texstar (who is the main person on the distro) came from Mandriva, so
> > has that way of thinking, and also sways towards the Debian way of
> > thinking, IE "It will be released when we're happy with it, if thats a
> > month or 4 months then tough, thats the way its going to be."
> >
> > Phillip
> >
>
> +1 for PCLOS, though I use the 2008 mini-me build. Very easy to use,
> great hardware support, easy wizard for installing ATI/nVidia video
> drivers, no problems with Wireless on my Thinkpad T60p.
>
> James
>
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