PCLinuxOS是一份纯英文的自启动运行光盘，它最初基于Mandrake Linux。PCLinuxOS完全从一张可启动光盘运行。光盘上的数据实时地解压缩，从而使得这一张光盘上集成的应用程序多达2G，这包括一份完整的X 服务器，KDE桌面，OpenOffice.org以及更多即刻可用的程序。除了作为自启动运行光盘来使用，你也可以通过一套易于使用的光盘安装程序将 PCLinuxOS安装到硬盘。额外的应用程序可以通过一份友好的apt-get前端Synaptic来添加或删除。
Texstar has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2008 "MiniMe" edition, a minimalist live CD with KDE: "Here is a little MiniMe 2008. It comes with 2.6.22.15 kernel, ALSA 1.0.15 and a very basic KDE 3.5.8 desktop. This is a minimal live CD that is bootable, plus it can be installed. Add in your own background, window decoration, localizations, preferred applications and supporting libraries to fully trick out your desktop. Other changes: I moved Internet and Clock setup to a Utilities folder on the users desktop. Only one question at boot to select the keyboard. Other utilities include ALSA sound configuration, ATI/NVIDIA installation tool, Make Live CD GUI, Make Live USB key and Redo-MBR with OS-probing utility for adding other GRUB boot entries into the GRUB menu. Root password and user setup moved to first boot after installation to hard drive. Also included are NdisWrapper support files." Here is the full release announcement. Download: pclinuxos-minime-2008.iso (297MB, MD5).

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