I think nearly everyone who uses PCLOS is an old hand at Linux and doesn't mind the way in which it does things the older way. You didn't mention it, but it's also still SysVinit, apt-rpm, and doesn't enable sudo by default, and supports MATE but not modern GNOME. It was one of the first distros I ever used, and I came back to it full-time in 2019 because it is super-reliable. But I have even said on their forum it's not the best choice for a newcomer to Linux anymore, mainly because it uses older tools for getting software. When I switched my wife to Linux, I gave her Mint.
PCLinuxOS is not a bad distribution to try if it works on your hardware. It certainly makes an excellent utility live distro at the very least, even if you don't want to install and run it as your everyday OS. It does stick to some old-fashioned defaults though, and it still uses APT-RPM with the Synaptic package manager. It does not install or set up sudo by default, so you'll be using plain old su to log in as root and using the actual root password if you need to use it. I actually respect PCLOS sticking with old-school methods, instead of just blindly jumping on the latest big thing. SystemD, anyone?
Gary I'm installing naps2 with boss10 gnu Linux works perfectly And tryout with EduBoss linux 4 that shows like installed and the app icon shows but the app not working How solve it
I tried PCLinuxOS again and again and again. It worked once on a very old MacBook I was given... before it inevitably melted. Every other time PCLinux screwed up on the hardware. If it wasn't the screen display or the wifi it was ALWAYS the touchpad for which no fix EVER worked. Great on paper but I always found PCLinuxOS unusable and I use plain vanilla laptops and not cutting edge.
It's strange that PCLinux does not include any software centre except for Synaptic in it's repositories. If you install Snap you could also install the Snap store which would give you access to all of the Snap apps. I have never used PCLinux but from what I have seen it's not the same as Debian or Ubuntu. It also doesn't look all of that user friendly.
@@johncate9541 Well I have never used PCLinuxOs so I don't know. Flatpak is another option but if you cannot install one of the software centers like Discover or Gnome Software Center. Then it is going to be difficult for users who are not experienced to install or manage Flatpaks. As Snaps and Flatpaks are normally installed and removed as well as updated from either Gnome Software Center or another Software Center. If you don't have a software center installed then you will have to use the terminal to install and update Snaps and Flatpaks. That is fine for advanced users but not for new users. Synaptic Package Manager only manages Deb packages not Snaps and Flatpaks. So you won't be able to install them from Synaptic. You need to have one of the software Centers installed for that.
