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PCLinuxOS


Letztes Update: 2026-05-02 13:20 UTC


PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages and Mylivecd to create a customised live CD.

Popularität (Treffer pro Tag): 12 Monate: 35 (329), 6 Monate: 44 (309), 3 Monate: 46 (306), 4 Wochen: 59 (284), 1 Woche: 64 (270)

Average visitor rating: 8.2/10 from 127 review(s).


PCLinuxOS Summary
Distribution PCLinuxOS
Homepage https://www.pclinuxos.com/
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Aktuelle verwandte News
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-07-30: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2023.07
 • 2021-02-07: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2021.02
 • 2019-11-16: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.11
 • 2019-09-17: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.09
 • 2019-06-17: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2019.06
 • 2017-03-03: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2017.03
 • 2014-12-24: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.12
 • 2014-08-18: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.08
 • 2013-12-07: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.12
 • 2013-10-12: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.10
 • 2013-07-16: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.07 "KDE MiniMe", "LXDE", "MATE"
 • 2013-06-22: Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.06 "LXDE", "Full Monty"
 • More PCLinuxOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-06-30 PCLinuxOS website off-line
 • 2017-03-24 Uplos32 is a 32-bit fork of PCLinuxOS
 • 2017-01-16 PCLinuxOS cleaning house
 • 2016-05-12 PCLinuxOS dropped 32-bit support
 • 2016-04-13 PCLinuxOS website off-line
 • 2016-03-30 PCLinuxOS experiments with Plasma 5
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Funktion apt 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Funktion
Datum der Veröffentlichung 2026-05-02 2025-09-14 2024-04-17 2023-07-30 2022-12-12 2021-11-05 2020-10-14 2019-12-16 2018-06-06 2017-11-12 2016-03-07 2014-12-24 2013-10-11 2012-08-22 2011-09-24 2010-12-17 2009-06-30 2007-05-21 2005-11-21 2005-07-07 Datum der Veröffentlichung
Eingestellt                                         Eingestellt
Preis (US $) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Preis (US $)
Image-Größe (MB)   3700-3800 2000-3200 2300-2900 2700-2800 1200-3600 1000-2100 1000-2100 1200-1300 1300-1700                     Image-Größe (MB)
Kostenloser Download rpms ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Kostenloser Download
Installation DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX Installation
Standard-Desktop   KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE Plasma, MATE KDE Plasma, MATE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Standard-Desktop
Default Browser                                         Default Browser
Package Format flatpak, rpm (APT) flatpak, rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) rpm (APT) Package Format
Paket-Management                                         Paket-Management
Release-Modell Rolling Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Release-Modell
Büroprogramm-Paket Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- GOffice OO.o OO.o KOffice OO.o Büroprogramm-Paket
Prozessor-Architektur x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 Prozessor-Architektur
Init-Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init-Software
Journaling-Dateisysteme Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS ext3 ext3 ext3 Journaling-Dateisysteme
Mehrsprachig                                         Mehrsprachig
Komplette Paketliste apt 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Komplette Paketliste
Paket apt 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Paket
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.14 1.2.14 1.2.12 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.5.1 1.2.3 1.2.1.2 1.1.6 1.1.4.1 1.0.28 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 -- 1.0.14rc4 1.0.9 1.0.8 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 25.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0 21.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- 12.104 8.961 8.861 8.801 -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.0)
apt (3.3.1) 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.5 0.5.5 apt (3.3.1)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.2.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.05b bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.23) 9.10.8-P1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.23)
chromium (148.0.7778.167) 147.0.7727.101 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (148.0.7778.167)
cinnamon (6.6.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.8)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.8 2.4.8 2.4.8 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.5 1.3.10 1.2.4 1.1.23 1.1.23 cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.2 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 1.45.4 1.44.2 1.43.1 1.42.13 1.42.11 1.42.8 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.12 1.41.6 1.39 1.38 1.37 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1.1) 6.1.2 6.1.2 6.1.1 5.1.3 4.4.1 4.3.1 4.2.1 4.0 3.4 2.8.6 2.5.1 0.7.15 0.7.12 0.6.3 0.6.1 0.5 0.5 0.4.9pre1 -- -- ffmpeg (8.1.1)
firefox (151.0) 150.0.1 143.0.1 131.0.3 115.0.3 107.0.1 94.0.1 81.0.2 71.0 60.0.1 56.0.2 44.0.2 34.0.5 24.0 14.0.1 5.0 3.6.13 3.0.11 2.0.0.3 1.0.7 1.0.4 firefox (151.0)
flatpak (1.16.6) 1.16.1 1.16.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.6)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.13.1 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.3 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.5.4 2.5.4 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.3.9 2.2.1 2.1.10 2.1.9 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.1.0) 15.2.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 12.3.0 12.2.1 11.2.0 10.2.0 9.2.0 7.3.0 7.2.1 4.9.2 4.7.2 4.7.2 4.5.2 4.5.2 4.4.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 3.3.1 3.3.1 gcc (16.1.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.0.4 2.10.38 2.10.34 -- 2.10.24 2.10.20 2.10.14 2.10.2 2.8.22 2.8.16 2.8.14 2.8.6 2.6.12 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.6.6 2.3.16 2.2.9 2.2.8 gimp (3.2.4)
git (2.54.0) 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 -- 2.32.0 -- 2.24.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.54.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.42 2.42 2.36 2.36 2.36 2.33 2.31 2.30 2.26 2.26 2.20 2.16 2.16 2.13 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.4 2.4 2.3.2 2.3.2 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.1)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02beta 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 -- -- grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.4) 4.22.2 4.20.1 4.10.5 4.10.4 3.24.34 3.24.30 3.23.32 3.24.13 3.22.30 3.22.26 3.14.14 3.12.2 3.6.4 2.24.5 2.24.4 2.22.0 2.16.1 2.10.6 2.6.8 2.6.4 gtk (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.67) 2.4.66 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.67)
inkscape (1.4.4) 1.4.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 33 30 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.1) -- -- -- -- 5.1.3 4.4.8 4.4.0 4.2.8.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.1)
LibreOffice (26.2.3) -- 25.8.1 24.8.2 -- -- 7.1.4 7.0.0 6.3.4 6.0.4 5.4.3 5.1.1 4.3.5 4.1.2 3.6.0 -- -- 2.2.8 2.2.0 -- 1.1.4 LibreOffice (26.2.3)
Paket apt 2025.09 2024.10 2023.07 2022.12 2021.11 2020.1015 2019.12 2018.06 2017.11 2016.03 2014.12 2013.10 2012.08 2011.09 2010.12 2009.2 2007 0.92 0.91 Paket
libselinux (3.10) 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.21.11 1.21.11 libselinux (3.10)
linux (7.0.9) 6.12.85 6.12.48 6.6.53 6.4.7 6.0.12 5.14.16 5.8.14 5.4.3 4.16.13 4.12.14 4.4.4 3.18.1 3.4.64 3.2.18 2.6.38.8 2.6.33.7 2.6.26.8 2.6.18.8 2.6.12 2.6.11 linux (7.0.9)
mariadb (12.2.2) 10.2.39 -- -- -- -- -- 10.1.42 10.1.42 -- 10.1.26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.1 -- 1.24.1 1.24.0 1.22.2 1.20.3 1.18.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.1.1) 25.2.3 25.2.3 24.2.5 23.1.4 22.3.0 21.2.5 20.2.0 19.3.0 18.1.1 17.2.4 11.1.2 10.4.0 9.2.0 7.11.2 7.11 7.5.2 7.0.2 7.0.2 5.0.2 5.0.2 mesa (26.1.1)
mysql (9.7.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.1.73 5.1.73 5.1.55 5.1.55 5.1.55 5.1.42 -- -- -- -- mysql (9.7.0)
nautilus (50.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.32.1 -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.1)
NVIDIA (595.71.05) 550.163.01 -- -- -- -- 460.84 450.57 430.64 390.59 384.98 352.63 340.65 319.49 302.17 275.09.07 260.19.29 180.22 -- -- -- NVIDIA (595.71.05)
openjdk (26.0.1) 21.0.8+9 21.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26.0.1)
openssh (10.3p1) 9.8p1 9.8p1 9.8p1 8.8p1 8.8p1 8.7p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.6p1 7.3p1 7.1p2 6.6p1 5.9p1 5.9p1 5.8p2 5.5p1 5.2p1 4.5p1 3.9p1 3.9p1 openssh (10.3p1)
openssl (4.0.0) 3.1.8 3.1.8p 3.1.7 1.1.1t 1.1.1s 1.1.1l 1.1.1g 1.1.1d 1.0.2m 1.0.2m 1.0.2g 1.0.0i 1.0.0j 1.0.0e 1.0.0d 1.0.0c 0.9.8i 0.9.8b 0.9.7g 0.9.7g openssl (4.0.0)
perl (5.42.2) 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.22.3 5.12.3 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.5 perl (5.42.2)
php (8.5.6) 7.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.6)
plasma-desktop (6.6.5) 6.6.4 6.4.5 5.27.11 5.27.6 5.26.4 5.23.2 5.20.0 5.17.4 5.12.5 5.11.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.6.5)
postfix (3.11.3) 3.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.3)
postgresql (18.4) 13.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.4)
Python (3.14.5) 3.13.12 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.10.8 3.6.5 3.6.5 3.6.5 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.6 2.7.5 2.6.6 2.6.6 2.6.6 2.5.2 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.3.4 Python (3.14.5)
qt (6.11.1) 0.0.1 6.8.2 5.15.6 5.15.6 5.15.6 5.15.2 5.15.0 5.12.6 5.10.0 5.9.2 4.8.7 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.2 4.7.3 4.7.1 4.5.1 3.3.8 3.3.4 3.3.4 qt (6.11.1)
samba (4.24.2) 4.18.11 4.16.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.14 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.0.33 3.0.23b 3.0.14a 3.0.11 samba (4.24.2)
systemd (260.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (260.1)
thunderbird (151.0) 150.0.1 143.0 128.3.1 115.0.1 102.5.1 91.3.0 78.3.2 68.3.0 52.8.0 52.4.0 38.6.0 31.3.0 24.0 14.0 3.1.11 3.1.7 2.0.0.22 2.0.0.0 1.0.7 1.0.2 thunderbird (151.0)
vim (9.2) 9.1 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.3 6.3 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.20 3.0.18 -- 3.0.16 3.0.11.1 3.0.8 3.0.3 2.2.6 2.2.2 2.1.5 2.0.8 1.1.13 1.1.10 1.1.5 -- -- 0.8.2 -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.25.0 1.24.0 1.23.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.17.0 1.17.0 1.14.0 1.14.0 1.9.0 1.6.0 1.2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 -- 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.14.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.6.2 -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.22) 21.1.22 21.1.18 21.1.13 21.1.8 21.1.4 1.20.13 1.20.8 1.20.6 1.19.6 1.19.5 1.17.4 1.14.6 1.10.4 1.10.4 1.10.2 1.6.5 1.4.0.90 1.1.1 -- -- xorg-server (21.1.22)

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Version: 2014.12
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-03-29
Country: United States
Votes: 8


I used PCLinux for quite a few years. It was outstanding overall. I’m a typical user and know enough about installing software to be dangerous- but PCLinux never let me down. Back when I downloaded the bootable CD, PCLinux was ranked number 1. So yeah.. times and flavors have changed.

Couple of problems I had was YouTube.. videos were always a bit off, and seemed choppy now and then.

What I enjoyed most was the amount of RAM available at all times.. my Laptop had 8gig and usually just 1 or 2 gigs were being used.

I stopped using Linux in 2021 or so.. but I am going back to Linux after just a few weeks with Win11.

Maybe Mint this time.. but my heart is with PCLinux.


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Version: 2025.09
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-03-07
Country: United States
Votes: 16


This is a rare gem among the Linux distros. It's somewhat Unique in several aspects, as follows:

1. Rolling or Semi-Rolling releases are available, which means your installation can continue to function with updates long after other distros drop support and force users to upgrade, irregardless of their needs or hardware.

2. Runs without the much-maligned SystemD. Unless your particular situation demands it, I find this arrangement less intrusive and quicker.

3. Software selection is considerably broader, because it can access Debian APTs; the RPM types, as well as Flatpaks.

4. Super stable! It is so reliable that you could take it for granted.

5. Versatile - I have several different laptop systems running it. Even have the latest iteration running on a very old T61 Lenovo. Low slow RAM didn't seem to matter and PCLOS performs amazingly.

6. Unique enough to remain intriguing. I keep experimenting to find capabilities heretofore undiscovered. Have been running Linux for many years now and Distro hopped quite a bit. I've loved on SUSE, Debian, Mint, Q4OS and others, yet I keep this one going.

Overall, I would rate it at or near the top when compared to any distro I've tried.


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Version: 2025.09
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-20
Votes: 8


I was running through distrowatch and i saw back this old distro i used 10-15 years back. What a memories. What times. One of best distros i remember. I dont remember how they where called back then but it had like 6 desktops and organised for different functions. Music, Internet, Office, Games etc etc.That was game changer option. When this option stopped working on KDE 5 i unfortunately stopped using PCLINUXOS, passed to Linux Mint. Im happy with my current distro but still im little nostalgic by how my old desktop used to look like.


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