Back to PCLOS..this time here to stay!

[mosquitogang201]

Hello everyone! Here's my story.

I started dabbling in Linux back around 2006. I tried several LiveCD's and decided to install one of the pre-2007 versions of PCLOS since that ran the best on my computer. I had a forum name here back then, but don't know if I just don't remember my username or if the forums have been cleaned from non-active accounts since then. Anyways, I was in engineering school at the time, and unfortunately several programs which I needed were not available in the PCLOS repo's (such as Xfoil, Labplot, and at the time, Octave). Some I could get to compile, but others required a lot of tinkering, which being in school I did not have the time to do. So after a while I switched to one of those other distros that had all the programs I needed available. No, it didn't run as smoothly and there were occasional bugs and crashes, but I put up with it to have access to what I needed.

I recently put PCLOS 2011 back onto my laptop and also my HTPC (that other OS also had a version pre-bundled with MythTV). I got everything set up on both and almost can't believe how smooth everything is running! No problems with video drivers or MythTV or anything! (I can do a how-to on setting up MythTV and lirc while it's fresh in my mind if anyone is interested.) Last night we watched a movie on the HTPC, and for the first time, my wife did not complain about the video stuttering (because it didn't, unlike with that other OS). This time I'm here to stay! The past couple weeks I have been teaching myself how to package rpms so that hopefully I can start with getting some of the programs I needed in school put into our repos.

Many thanks to Tex and everyone who puts so much time into this distro!!

[Just18]

Welcome back 

I would say that a current how-to for Myth set up would be useful ....  also have a look at the new Wiki for PCLOS

regards.

[menotu]

Welcome back 

I would say that a current how-to for Myth set up would be useful ....  also have a look at the new Wiki for PCLOS

regards.

+1

And welcome back mosquitogang201.

[YouCanToo]

Hello everyone! Here's my story.

I started dabbling in Linux back around 2006. I tried several LiveCD's and decided to install one of the pre-2007 versions of PCLOS since that ran the best on my computer. I had a forum name here back then, but don't know if I just don't remember my username or if the forums have been cleaned from non-active accounts since then. Anyways, I was in engineering school at the time, and unfortunately several programs which I needed were not available in the PCLOS repo's (such as Xfoil, Labplot, and at the time, Octave). Some I could get to compile, but others required a lot of tinkering, which being in school I did not have the time to do. So after a while I switched to one of those other distros that had all the programs I needed available. No, it didn't run as smoothly and there were occasional bugs and crashes, but I put up with it to have access to what I needed.

I recently put PCLOS 2011 back onto my laptop and also my HTPC (that other OS also had a version pre-bundled with MythTV). I got everything set up on both and almost can't believe how smooth everything is running! No problems with video drivers or MythTV or anything! (I can do a how-to on setting up MythTV and lirc while it's fresh in my mind if anyone is interested.)

Goto the new knowledge base at http://pclinuxoshelp.com get an account and and do a write up for the wiki.
or an article for the PCLOS Magazine, better yet do both!

Last night we watched a movie on the HTPC, and for the first time, my wife did not complain about the video stuttering (because it didn't, unlike with that other OS). This time I'm here to stay! The past couple weeks I have been teaching myself how to package rpms so that hopefully I can start with getting some of the programs I needed in school put into our repos.

Many thanks to Tex and everyone who puts so much time into this distro!!

davecs: moderated typo in link to help site 21 Oct 2011

[praxis]

(I can do a how-to on setting up MythTV and lirc while it's fresh in my mind if anyone is interested.) Last night we watched a movie on the HTPC, and for the first time, my wife did not complain about the video stuttering (because it didn't, unlike with that other OS).

That would be (in the words of Tony the Tiger) GRRREEEAAAAATTTT!!!!

 

[Vortеx]

Welcome mosquitogang201!

I am interested in LabPlot here in PCLOS.

[parnote]

mosquitogang201,

Welcome back home to PCLinuxOS!

parnote

[malc]

PCLOS is that good I haven't even been here on the forums.....things have been ticking over perfectly.  Sorry Textstar I must send you another tenner (at least - scottish pounds) for the good work.

[nitrogen_widget]

I just recently went through something similiar as OP.
I've always had some version of PCLinux on my old bedroom PC for surfing the web but I was using windows 7 for my HTPC.

I wanted to switch to linux & boot off USB ever since I got a blu-ray with netflix (the only reason for being on windows)

I first went to PClinuxOS & after some struggles got my Radeon HDcard working with audio over HDMI!
But XBMC & Boxee kept locking up hard on me.

So I must of downloaded a dozen different distro's & couldn't even get them to boot into X after I installed the proprietary ATI drivers.

so i figured it was just ATI.
I put in my nividia card & still couldn't get to a desktop with the driver installed. 

Heck most wouldn't even boot into X off the liveCD.
Very frustrating.

I came back to PClinuxOS (openbox edition) because that at least didn't break when I installed the drivers.
But using my nvidia card this time around (8400GS) and it just worked!
i'll upgrade to a GT for audio over HDMI in a little.

I plan on remastering my install to boot off USB & using an old PC in my basement as a media server & possibly a mythTV server however with boxee,xbmc, & hulu desktop I really don't need to record TV unless it's HD off the antenna.

I'm not trying to sound like a band wagon jumper here but honestly, what is it about PClinux OS that proprietary video drivers just worked when pretty much installing them using every other distro's official method broke their OS?

I don't get it. I suppose it could be just my particular combo of hardware.

anyways thanks for the great work.

[exploder]

Texstar tests and makes sure proprietary drivers work right! What good would an OS be if the graphics drivers did not work? I originally came here because of graphics driver problems and am here to stay. PCLinuxOS is by far the best built operating system there is.