PCLinuxOS KDE Full Monty 2012.09 Review by Britec

**Exploring PC Linux OS Full Monty: A KDE-Based Live CD Experience**

In this video, we take an in-depth look at **PC Linux OS Full Monty**, a KDE-based distribution that comes with a hefty collection of pre-installed software. This live CD build is designed for users who want to experience Linux without the hassle of installation or configuring individual programs. Whether you're a gamer, a video editor, or someone looking for a complete system solution, this distro has something for everyone.

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### **Booting into the Live Environment**

To get started, we need to reboot the system and select the "Live CD" option from the boot menu. Once the system loads, we are greeted with a US keyboard layout (or UK if preferred). The desktop appears smoothly, and at the bottom of the screen, there are six numbered icons representing different desktop views.

These six categories include:

1. **Internet**: Pre-installed programs like Pidgin, Skype, XChat, Dropbox, and KTorrent.

2. **Office**: Tools for word processing, spreadsheets, and other productivity tasks, including an ebook viewer and Foxit Reader.

3. **Games**: A wide selection of pre-installed games that users can launch with just a click.

4. **Multimedia**: Programs like Audacity, Karaoke software, VLC, and HandBrake for audio and video editing.

5. **Graphics**: Tools like Paint, GIMP, Blender, and ImageMagick for graphic design and 3D modeling.

6. **System**: A collection of essential utilities for system management.

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### **Desktop Views and Functionality**

The desktop itself is a visually appealing interface with a unique "Holy Moly" design. At the bottom, there are six icons corresponding to the categories mentioned earlier. Clicking on these takes you directly to the relevant programs or sections.

One of the standout features of this live CD is how user-friendly it feels. Everything is already configured and ready to use, which makes it an excellent choice for Linux newcomers. The system loads smoothly, even though it's running from a live CD (which can be slower on older hardware).

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### **Software Categories in Detail**

1. **Internet**:

- Pidgin for instant messaging.

- Skype for video calls.

- XChat for IRC chat.

- Dropbox for cloud storage.

- KTorrent for downloading files.

2. **Office**:

- Tools for typing letters and documents.

- Ebook viewer for reading digital books.

- Foxit Reader for PDFs.

3. **Games**:

- A vast library of games that users can launch instantly.

- (Note: The video doesn’t go into detail about all the games, but it’s clear there are plenty to explore.)

4. **Multimedia**:

- Audacity for audio editing.

- Karaoke software for fun.

- VLC and HandBrake for media playback and conversion.

5. **Graphics**:

- GIMP for photo editing.

- Blender for 3D modeling.

- ImageMagick for image manipulation.

6. **System**:

- A variety of tools for system administration, such as a terminal (command prompt), file manager, and more.

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### **Ease of Use and Features**

The live CD is particularly appealing to beginners because it comes with everything already set up. There’s no need to spend hours installing and configuring individual programs. The list of included software is extensive, covering almost every category imaginable.

One caveat is that running a live CD can be slower on systems with limited memory or processing power. However, for users with better hardware, the experience should be smooth.

The desktop interface itself is intuitive, with a scrolling menu to access applications and system settings. The "Goblet" design adds a unique touch, while the bottom panel offers quick access to file management, system stats, and essential functions like shutdown or lock.

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### **Conclusion**

In conclusion, PC Linux OS Full Monty is an impressive distro for anyone looking to explore Linux without the hassle of installation. With its pre-installed programs, user-friendly interface, and comprehensive feature set, it’s a great choice for both casual users and power users alike.

If you want to try this out yourself, you can run it from a live CD or even install it into a virtual machine (as shown in an upcoming video). For those who enjoy these kinds of explorations, be sure to hit the subscribe button, like, and share the video. Thanks for watching, and we’ll see you in the next one!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat you guys got another video here for you in this one we're going to be taking a look at PC Linux OS the full monty it's a KDE and what we're going to look at is the actual Live CD build of it okay now you can install this uh but it's a bit of a hefty download it's a 4 gigabyte download but if you've not used Linux before and you want to have trouble-free uh installation with all the programs already there then this is the one to go for it is packed full of programs whether you're a gamer whether you're uh video editing or whether it's just uh as a system then this is the one to go for so so what we're going to do is reboot the system um into the live environment so you can have a look at it it's awesome it really is so let's have a look at the actual uh ISO and Boots of that now so I'm just going to quickly reboot the system okay so here we are at the menu what we're going to do here is going to go up to live CD and uh boots to that okay so just let this load in we're going to choose a US keyboard here or UK whatever you want we just let this load up it does take a bit of time CU it's a bit of a beast to uh load okay so here we are at the desktop and this is the uh first look that you're going to get okay so you can see down the bottom here we've got some numbers here 1 to six and these are going to be your desktop views okay okay so here we are at the full Mony desktop um of internet and it's got six categories and six different internets believe it or not one called Internet Office games multimedia graphics and system that they've built all these up with all the programs pre-installed on there so you don't have to have the hassle of trying to do that yourself which must have took an absolute age to build um but if you're a beginner in Linux and you want everything called done for you already then this is the one it is really awesome it really is give it a go so let's take a look at the internet side of things and see what it's got to offer well as you can see here it's got all your programs pre-installed for you you've got pigeon uh Skype xchat um Dropbox um K torrent and whatnot okay and all you'd need to do is click on these uh and these would open up now we are on a live CD so it may be a little bit slower but there you go we're straight off from running and you can now do torret from here if you wanted to you can open up your browser all you need to do is click on these and again we're on a live CD here and as you can see pretty quick even on a live CD and as I said the list is endless full of programs You' got all your browsers that you would need so let's have a look at number two office this is where you do all your office work maybe uh you want to type up some letters or you know stuff like that and you can do all that from here ebook viewer as you can see foxit reader it's just loads and loads of functionality to this uh CD you know you got this sort of stuff coming up already installed and we've also got loads more options down here believe you me there's tons of tons of programs in here so let's have a look at the game section again these are already loaded on the system and uh you can see pretty much these games are installed already I'm not going to go through them all cuz it's just too many but basically you just click on these and up they come you want to flick over to your multimedia section so you just click on number four and you're on your multimedia and there's all your audio Pro PRS as you can see audacity karaoke not sure how quick they load up in a live CD but we'll soon see as you can see pretty fast and there's your audacity already installed you got VLC here pretty much handbrake all the programs You' need in multimedia let's have a look at Graphics again graphics we've got paint programs also we've got may we got loads here image magic blender again these are already installed and redone for you so it saves you having to do it and I'm just going to quickly look at system here and again it's packed full of uh useful programs so if you're a beginner and you want to get into Linux and have a little look then this wouldn't be a bad way to start uh because it's already built for you and you could install this pretty simple okay or you can use it on a live environment may be a bit slow on a live environment unless you've got loads of memory and stuff but let's have a look down the bottom here and when you click on this button here this will give you all your applications and you can go through here you can see there is quite a lot of different areas that you can go through and let's have a look at graphics and as you can see there is just an absolute ton of Graphics programs there okay internet again loads so you got some on your desktop but you've also got loads more inside here okay that you can actually use so I'm pretty sure that if you can't find your program you want to use that's not here then they say it wrong because there is tons of programs here so we've got this goblet thing here and I think this is to get to Computer Applications contacts and documents this is more like your uh menu here to get to your computer side of things as you can see nice smooth scrolling interface there and that's on the actual Holy Growl goblet sort of look thing there you can show your desktop and you just click on this and then you've also got your cabinets here file manager you got your command prompt sort of window there and then you got your uh little functions down here I'm not sure what all these are haven't had a chance to play with this yet that's your internet part of things there and you've also got your sound not sure what that is okay so I'm pretty sure that uh that's just about it you got your trash can here and your system load and you can see there or your stats and you got your shut down your lock and I think that's going to be about that for this video so let me just shut this off turn off this and shut this down so let's just load this back up to Windows here and that was running in a live CD there as you can see but if you wanted to install that into uh an actual virtual box you could do that and I'll maybe make a video to show you to do that it's pretty straightforward and easy to do okay so I think that's going to be about it for this video so I hope it's helpful for you and hope you liked it my name is Brian from brch computers. co.uk if you enjoy these videos hit that subscribe button guys and Chas P by rating and favoring all my videos and I'll Mak you more useful videos again in the future so thanks again bye for nowwhat you guys got another video here for you in this one we're going to be taking a look at PC Linux OS the full monty it's a KDE and what we're going to look at is the actual Live CD build of it okay now you can install this uh but it's a bit of a hefty download it's a 4 gigabyte download but if you've not used Linux before and you want to have trouble-free uh installation with all the programs already there then this is the one to go for it is packed full of programs whether you're a gamer whether you're uh video editing or whether it's just uh as a system then this is the one to go for so so what we're going to do is reboot the system um into the live environment so you can have a look at it it's awesome it really is so let's have a look at the actual uh ISO and Boots of that now so I'm just going to quickly reboot the system okay so here we are at the menu what we're going to do here is going to go up to live CD and uh boots to that okay so just let this load in we're going to choose a US keyboard here or UK whatever you want we just let this load up it does take a bit of time CU it's a bit of a beast to uh load okay so here we are at the desktop and this is the uh first look that you're going to get okay so you can see down the bottom here we've got some numbers here 1 to six and these are going to be your desktop views okay okay so here we are at the full Mony desktop um of internet and it's got six categories and six different internets believe it or not one called Internet Office games multimedia graphics and system that they've built all these up with all the programs pre-installed on there so you don't have to have the hassle of trying to do that yourself which must have took an absolute age to build um but if you're a beginner in Linux and you want everything called done for you already then this is the one it is really awesome it really is give it a go so let's take a look at the internet side of things and see what it's got to offer well as you can see here it's got all your programs pre-installed for you you've got pigeon uh Skype xchat um Dropbox um K torrent and whatnot okay and all you'd need to do is click on these uh and these would open up now we are on a live CD so it may be a little bit slower but there you go we're straight off from running and you can now do torret from here if you wanted to you can open up your browser all you need to do is click on these and again we're on a live CD here and as you can see pretty quick even on a live CD and as I said the list is endless full of programs You' got all your browsers that you would need so let's have a look at number two office this is where you do all your office work maybe uh you want to type up some letters or you know stuff like that and you can do all that from here ebook viewer as you can see foxit reader it's just loads and loads of functionality to this uh CD you know you got this sort of stuff coming up already installed and we've also got loads more options down here believe you me there's tons of tons of programs in here so let's have a look at the game section again these are already loaded on the system and uh you can see pretty much these games are installed already I'm not going to go through them all cuz it's just too many but basically you just click on these and up they come you want to flick over to your multimedia section so you just click on number four and you're on your multimedia and there's all your audio Pro PRS as you can see audacity karaoke not sure how quick they load up in a live CD but we'll soon see as you can see pretty fast and there's your audacity already installed you got VLC here pretty much handbrake all the programs You' need in multimedia let's have a look at Graphics again graphics we've got paint programs also we've got may we got loads here image magic blender again these are already installed and redone for you so it saves you having to do it and I'm just going to quickly look at system here and again it's packed full of uh useful programs so if you're a beginner and you want to get into Linux and have a little look then this wouldn't be a bad way to start uh because it's already built for you and you could install this pretty simple okay or you can use it on a live environment may be a bit slow on a live environment unless you've got loads of memory and stuff but let's have a look down the bottom here and when you click on this button here this will give you all your applications and you can go through here you can see there is quite a lot of different areas that you can go through and let's have a look at graphics and as you can see there is just an absolute ton of Graphics programs there okay internet again loads so you got some on your desktop but you've also got loads more inside here okay that you can actually use so I'm pretty sure that if you can't find your program you want to use that's not here then they say it wrong because there is tons of programs here so we've got this goblet thing here and I think this is to get to Computer Applications contacts and documents this is more like your uh menu here to get to your computer side of things as you can see nice smooth scrolling interface there and that's on the actual Holy Growl goblet sort of look thing there you can show your desktop and you just click on this and then you've also got your cabinets here file manager you got your command prompt sort of window there and then you got your uh little functions down here I'm not sure what all these are haven't had a chance to play with this yet that's your internet part of things there and you've also got your sound not sure what that is okay so I'm pretty sure that uh that's just about it you got your trash can here and your system load and you can see there or your stats and you got your shut down your lock and I think that's going to be about that for this video so let me just shut this off turn off this and shut this down so let's just load this back up to Windows here and that was running in a live CD there as you can see but if you wanted to install that into uh an actual virtual box you could do that and I'll maybe make a video to show you to do that it's pretty straightforward and easy to do okay so I think that's going to be about it for this video so I hope it's helpful for you and hope you liked it my name is Brian from brch computers. co.uk if you enjoy these videos hit that subscribe button guys and Chas P by rating and favoring all my videos and I'll Mak you more useful videos again in the future so thanks again bye for now\n"