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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/19/19 5:03 PM, Rick Moen wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Quoting Bobbie Sellers (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com">bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com</a>):
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pclinuxos-kde-darkstar-2019.0315.iso was slow booting
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">It has the latest kernel but an obsolete version of Libre Office.
Falkon is the only browser supplied though it runs the latest
kernel 5.0.2. Darkstar the compiler for this release wanted
a small fast downloading system so he used links to get
the full versions of the applications he lists.
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Falkon (formerly QupZilla) is a pretty nice lightweight Web browser. Also,
again, you spend only a tiny amount of time running the installer and
then potentially many years running the distribution. Aren't
your choice of other Web browsers just one easy package operation away?
So, why does it matter that you for some reason are dissatisfied with
Falkon?
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Because PCLinux is an ideal distribution for converts <br>
from Windows. I came from the Amiga with a brief stopover<br>
at Windows XP to make my first Mandriva CDs in 2006<br>
in order to make the old Great Quality 2.4 Megahertz<br>
Pentium into a dual boot machine.<br>
That Windows like interface is one of the purposes for <br>
which it was designed. <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://pclosusers.com/"><https://pclosusers.com/></a><br>
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With KDE Plasma 5 it can even put up a wholly<br>
icon-using menu just like in Gnome 3 and its sadly<br>
deriviative works. But I prefer text menus.<br>
It lets me set up tool bars/panels resembling<br>
the Amiga which is why my personal machines <br>
look nothing like a Windows imitation.<br>
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Now Rick, I know all about all the different browsers <br>
that can be downloaded but does the newcomer to Linux?<br>
I think not. Nor does the newcomer know about all<br>
the themes that can be downloaded and installed as<br>
well as other graphical enhancements,<br>
Which is why I am sure that pclinuxos64-kde5-2019.03.iso <br>
which is a 1.8 GB release is superior to the Darkstar release of<br>
936 MB. It has all but one of the tools I am accustomed to <br>
using as far as I can see, <br>
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This is on a Flash Drive and I may install it to an external<br>
hard drive trying out a tip I recently read about the procedure.<br>
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Now I have installed PCLinuxOS to multiple machines <br>
some still running. And some discarded for the use of<br>
Linux Mint and other distributions. But no one is going<br>
back to Windows.<br>
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Bobbie Sellers<br>
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