This site will be closing on December 1, 2007. You may visit Mandriva Rocks Weblog for future blogs regarding Mandriva.

As many of you may already be aware, PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva. Recently, I discovered that I was unable to install certain packages that were available on other distros. This is, in my opinion, due to the lack of community support. I apologize if that may seem harsh but I have been waiting for certain packages to become available and it seems as though adding them to the repositories is a slow process. I am sure there are many reasons for this, however, I have chosen to switch to Mandriva 2008 instead of using PCLinuxOS.

At this time, I am enjoying my new distro and hope that the community for PCLinuxOS will continue to expand but at this time I feel Mandriva has the support I need. Your suggestions and opinions are welcome.

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IE4Linux Review

Did you know that you can use Internet Explorer in Linux? You can with the help of IE4Linux. It is a script that downloads just the basic files necessary to run IE. I know what your thinking. I tried that with Wine and it didn’t work. This does. There is one downfall. Internet Explorer looks horrible in Linux but if you insist on using it, try IE4Linux. I had no choice but to download IE4Linux because a website for school requires it. I couldn’t get firefox or opera to emulate IE so I finally gave in.

In case you decide to bypass all the legal stuff, let me warn you. You are using Internet Explorer. IE4Linux is not a mockup. So, if you do not own a license (regardless if Microsoft Windows is installed or not) do not download IE4Linux. It doesn’t check or ask for a license but you should have one just in case the big guys pay you a visit someday.

You can download IE4Linux here.

Added comment:  Let me mention that I do not wish to use anything made by or published by Microsoft.  However, I love Flight Simulator and will continue to use it regardless of how much I love PCLinuxOS.  As I mentioned in a previous posting, I am not here to put Microsoft down in any way but just prefer PCLinuxOS over Windows.

Welcome to PCLinuxRocks

Welcome to PCLinuxRocks! This site is devoted to the Linux Distro, PCLinuxOS. Its purpose – Notify users of news, Guide users using PCLinuxOS, and Discuss PCLinuxOS. It is the goal of this site to be continually maintained, always updated, and always up-to-date.

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Look for exciting news, stories, and tutorials. All this is coming soon!

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