Development Release: PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1

"PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1 features 2.6.32.8 kernel using the BFS scheduler for maximum desktop performance on i686 computers. This kernel supports up to 4 GB of memory. A PAE kernel is available from the Synaptic package manager providing up to 64 GB of memory support. In addition, ext4 support is also available. A nicely customized KDE 4.4.1 desktop that is both beautiful and very fast with the latest KDE applications. A unified KDE/GTK+ theme included to provide a consistent look and feel between KDE and GTK+ applications. Firefox also uses KDE dialogs. Reworked menu system with less subcategories to make it easy and fast to find your applications. Plymouth bootsplash available on installed system for cool graphic effects. Additional themes available from the software repository." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of new features and download links. Get the installable live CD image from here: pclinuxos-2010-beta1.iso (694MB, MD5).

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