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PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS, often shortened to PCLOS, is a rolling-release Linux distribution for x86-64 computers, with KDE Plasma, MATE, and XFCE as its default user interfaces. It is a primarily FOSS operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use.

Key facts

OS.logo: PCLinuxOS logo.svg
OS.logo_size: 80px
OS.screenshot: PCLinuxOS 2020.10 screenshot.png
OS.screenshot_size: 280px
OS.caption: Screenshot of the PCLinuxOS KDE edition
OS.developer: Bill Reynolds aka "Texstar"
OS.latest release version: 2025.09
OS.family: Linux (Unix-like)
OS.source model: Open source
OS.updatemodel: Rolling release
OS.package_manager: APT-RPM
OS.supported_platforms: x86-64
OS.working state: Current
OS.kernel type: Monolithic (Linux)
OS.userland: GNU
OS.license: Various

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Contents

History
End of official support for 32-bit version
[[KDE Plasma 4|KDE4]] FullMonty (FM) edition (Discontinued)
Releases
PCLinuxOS 2007
PCLinuxOS 2009
PCLinuxOS 2010
PCLinuxOS 2010.1
PCLinuxOS 2011.6
PCLinuxOS 2012
PCLinuxOS 2013 64-bit
PCLinuxOS 2014.7
PCLinuxOS 2014.12
2016 and later
Features
Community distributions
Trinity edition
LXQt edition
Openbox
Release dates
See also
References
External links

==History== The precursor to PCLinuxOS was a set of RPM packages created to improve successive versions of Mandrake Linux (later Mandriva Linux). These packages were created by Bill Reynolds, a packager better known as "Texstar". From 2000 to 2003, Texstar maintained his repository of RPM packages in parallel with the PCLinuxOnline site. In an interview, Texstar said he started PCLinuxOS "to provide an outlet for [his] crazy desire to package source code without having to deal with egos, arrogance, and politics."