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PCLinuxOS Knowledge Base

"The place where you learn PCLinuxOS"

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PCLinuxOS is about freedom, not just the free you get when you don't have to pay for something, but the kind of freedom to do what you will with it, and to use it in any manner or fashion that best fits your needs and intentions. It is truly by the people, of the people, for the people.

The Philosophy of PCLinuxOS is :

  • It is done when it is done
  • Use the best software available for the task, does not matter if it is Qt, GTK etc
  • Be focused on the desktop.

News and announcements

  • June 26, 2025 : The  location hosting our PCLinuxOS services (website, forum, cloud etc.) suffered a fire which has caused considerble smoke and water damage.  It may be some time before services can get back to any sort of normal.

  • October 20, 2024 : The PCLinuxOS Project has announced the release of updated installation media for all desktop flavors of PCLinuxOS.
    The new media carries the version number 2024.10 and contains a fully updated system as of October 20, 2024.
    These are the final releases with KDE Plasma 5.  The next updates will feature Plasma 6.

    Download link: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/iso
    Torrent Links: https://bit.ly/2TlHOSI

    • Existing users do not need to do a clean installation each time new ISOs are released because PCLinuxOS is rolling release. These ISOs are being provided so new users don't have a large update to perform after installation from a dated ISO.
    • If you plan on booting and/or installing PCLinuxOS in VirtualBox then please use VirtualBox 6.1.0 or better as it has support for the latest kernels.

Table of contents

PCLinuxOS (abbreviated pclos) is a Linux distribution written from bottom to top with you, the new Linux user, in mind.

Introduction

Get, Test and Install PCLinuxOS

Update and Maintain PCLinuxOS

Customize PCLinuxOS

Software

HowTo pages

This section contains many pointed and in-detail articles addressing a single issue. For example :

Advanced

This section lists pages that require slightly advanced knowledge of Linux beyond point and click ability. You may often be found deep in the command line while following pages listed here. Also not following instructions correctly might result in severe damage to your PCLinuxOS installation.


Get PCLinuxOS

Official releases
  Download via HTTP or FTP :

  Download via BitTorrent :

  • All torrents can be downloaded from torrents

  Preloaded Discs :

  • None at present

Community releases
  Collection :

Links / Help / Community

Contribute / Develop

Contributions for the development of PCLinuxOS are accepted in various ways including but not limited to :