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As of this writing, PCLinuxOS is the one of the most popular Linux distro at Distrowatch and is way ahead of Ubuntu for the last 30 days. The current release is 2007, but the release that helped popularize the distro was 93a. Release 93a was offered as 3 different versions: the standard live CD; a mini ISO of @200MB; and "Big Daddy". All versions are Live CDs which can be easily installed and produce a working KDE desktop. PCLOS is considered to be very user friendly and is very well suited to personal desktop use.
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