"PCLinuxOS was founded in October 2003. The flagship product, the PCLinux operating system, is a free, easy-to-use Linux-based operating system for the home. PCLinuxOS was founded by Texstar, and is headquartered in Houston, Tx." from the official PCLinuxOS website. PCLinuxOS has become really popular in only a few years.

What should I know about PCLinuxOS?

PCLinuxOS is a derivative of Mandrake (now Mandriva) Linux. "The precursor to PCLinuxOS was a set of RPM packages created to improve successive versions of Mandrake Linux..." PCLinuxOS maintains its own set of repositories. It uses the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) and the synaptic package manager front end for package retrieval and installation. It comes with its own menu, custom graphics, and icon sets. Beryl and Compiz come pre-installed, and they can be configured with the PCLOS Control Center. The primary desktop is KDE; however, as of late 2007, a Gnome edition of PCLinuxOS has been released; it comes with the latest Beta release of Gnome 2.22. 

What's the PCLinuxOS Website?

http://www.pclinuxos.com

Where can I talk to other PCLinuxOS users?

The PCLinuxOS Support Forum

Where can I get documentation on PCLinuxOS?

docs.pclinuxos.com

How popular is it really?

You can check www.distrowatch.com, where it usually has the top page hit ranking.

Where can I get it?

PCLinuxOS • Download

What does it look like?

[screenshots still to come]