We’re glad to inform that PCLinuxOS — a popular Linux flavor — found its place to the PolishLinux distribution comparator. This is mainly thanks to our wiki contributors who prepared a detailed description of this distro at PolishLinux wiki.

PCLinuxOS (PCLOS) is one of many GNU/Linux systems belonging to the family of Desktop distributions. Its aim is to be a friendly and simple to use operating system. It was forked from Mandrake Linux (Mandriva at present) in 2003. It’s now a fully independent distro, although it does take advantage of a few of Mandriva’s technologies.

PCLinuxOS is a Mandriva-based installable LiveCD. Xandros is a commercial distribution targeted at business. What links these two together? Both got a lot of attention recently with new versions released. We will compare a fully commercial Xandros Desktop and more community-friendly PCLinuxOS.