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PCLinuxOS


Last Update: 2026-03-24 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.

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Average visitor rating: 8.2/10 from 126 review(s).


PCLinuxOS Summary
Distribution PCLinuxOS
Home Page https://www.pclinuxos.com/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  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
 • More PCLinuxOS headlines...

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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Release Date 2026-03-24 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 Release Date
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Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   3700-3800 2000-3200 2300-2900 2700-2800 1200-3600 1000-2100 1000-2100 1200-1300 1300-1700                     Image Size (MB)
Free Download rpms ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX DrakX Installation
Default 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 Default Desktop
Default Browser                                         Default Browser
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Package Management                                         Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Semi Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice -- GOffice OO.o OO.o KOffice OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture 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 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems 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 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                                         Multilingual
Full Package List 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 Full Package List
Package 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 Package
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 (4.1.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.7)
apt (3.1.16) 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 (3.1.16)
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 (9.20.20) 9.10.8-P1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.20)
chromium (146.0.7680.164) 145.0.7632.116 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (146.0.7680.164)
cinnamon (6.6.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) 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 (2.4.16)
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) 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)
firefox (149.0) 149.0 143.0.1 131.0.3 115.0.3 107.0.1 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 (149.0)
flatpak (1.16.3) 1.16.1 1.16.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.3)
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 (15.2.0) 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 (15.2.0)
gimp (3.2.0) 3.2.0 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 (3.2.0)
git (2.53.0) 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 2.34.1 -- 2.32.0 -- 2.24.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.53.0)
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 (50.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.0)
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 (4.22.1) 4.21.6 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 (4.22.1)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.66 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.4.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 33 30 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.0) -- -- -- -- 5.1.3 4.4.8 4.4.0 4.2.8.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.0)
LibreOffice (26.2.1) -- 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 (26.2.1)
Package 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 Package
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 (6.19.9) 6.12.77 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 (6.19.9)
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 (26.0.3) 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 (26.0.3)
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.1.73 5.1.73 5.1.55 5.1.55 5.1.55 5.1.42 -- -- -- -- mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (50.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.32.1 -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.0)
NVIDIA (595.58.03) 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 (595.58.03)
openjdk (26) 21.0.8+9 21.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26)
openssh (10.2p1) 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 (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.1) 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 (3.6.1)
perl (5.42.1) 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 (5.42.1)
php (8.5.4) 7.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.4)
plasma-desktop (6.6.3) 6.6.3 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 (6.6.3)
postfix (3.11.1) 3.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.1)
postgresql (18.3) 13.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.3)
Python (3.14.3) 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 (3.14.3)
qt (6.11.0) 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 (6.11.0)
samba (4.24.0) 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 (4.24.0)
systemd (260.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (260.1)
thunderbird (149.0) 148.0.1 143.0 128.3.1 115.0.1 102.5.1 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 (149.0)
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 (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 -- 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.14.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.6.2 -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 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 (21.1.21)

Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for PCLinuxOS

Average rating
8.2
from 126 review(s)



Version: 2025.09
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-03-07
Country: United States
Votes: 9


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.


Version: 2025.09
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-10-20
Votes: 1


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.


Version: 2025.07
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-09-02
Votes: 29


PCLinuxOS is a solid distribution that has so much going for it, from being one of the only distributions which says no to not just systemd but elogind as well to its "stable rolling" release cycle (in the same vein as Void Linux). It's one which I think deserves more attention in the Linux community. Despite recent circumstances, PCLinuxOS is going stronger than ever before with Wayland support (through the greetd display manager) and talks about freshening the package management with DNF5 instead of APT-RPM. PCLinuxOS has something for everybody, from those who are just now coming to Linux to those who have used Linux for 30 years, very much like Mint except that it's free from systemd and uses the RPM packaging format which is even better for end users in my opinion. PCLinuxOS has a welcoming community of both old-guard Mandrake/Mandriva refugees and newcomers of all types. If you want something, all you have to do is make a request in the "Package Requests" section of the forum and within a few days you will 9 times out of 10 see it in the repositories. It's that kind of relationship between the developers and community that makes PCLinuxOS special. Even if something isn't available, you can easily just use flatpaks and the 2025.07 edition even comes with a graphical flatpak manager to make it easier than ever. I typically install the KDE Darkstar Edition.

The only bug in the new edition is that you may encounter "flatpak: error while loading shared libraries: libgpgme.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" in the console but this can easily be fixed by running the command "apt-get install -f lib64gpgme45". As usual, it just works. It comes with Plasma 6, but there are still MATE, XFCE, and other unofficial editions. Give it a try, you won't regret it!



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