My first positive experience with Linux.
I'm using it right now to type this.
I love it because:
- it has out-of-the-box multimedia support, such as MP3, XviD, DVDs, etc.
- it is *very* fast and stable (I take back what I said about Linux being slow!)
- it has quite a bit of software, but isn't bloated.
- it allows me to autologin as root
(yeah yeah I know...)- all hardware is detected and working 100%
- it is easy to use!
- an overall pleasant experience.
* Linux in general has its quirks, so I did have some issues *
For my university studies (thank god it's over now!!!!), I was advised to use Fedora, since this is what the computer science building ran.
Pretty much everyone hated Fedora - and this gave Linux a bad reputation, especially for first year students who would be exposed to it for the first time.
Then I showed them PCLOS.....
PCLOS would be ideal for the average user, because it so closely resembles a Windows box.
I think the best selling point is the multimedia capabilities. Many people expect their MP3's, DVD's and so on to work - if it doesn't then they dismiss Linux as trash (and I've seen a friend actually throw the disc in the trash).
The Free Software Foundation can hurl their "non-free" insults at PCLOS until they go blue in the face - the bottom line is that users WANT proprietary stuff like MP3 and they don't give a toss about open source.
My second choice would probably be Ubuntu, but that has sparse software, requiring me to download - I haven't downloaded much with PCLOS. And PCLOS installs and starts up quicker too.
This distro is gaining a LOT of popularity - it could surpass Ubuntu, who knows??
Share your opinions and experiences with PCLOS here!!
www.pclinuxos.com
