NixOS Linux 17.03 Installation with KDE Plasma 5 on VMware Workstation

PCLinuxOS 2017.03 Installation and Review on VMware

This tutorial shows PCLinuxOS 2017.03 installation and review on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. This tutorial is also helpful to install PCLinuxOS 2017 on physical computer or laptop hardware. We also install VMware Tools on PCLinuxOS for better performance and usability features such as Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Clipboard Sharing.

PCLinuxOS 2017 Installation Steps:

1. Download PCLinuxOS 2017 ISO
2. Create Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation/Player
3. Start PCLinuxOS 2017 Installation
4. Install VMware Tools
5. Test VMware Tools Features: Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Clipboard Sharing
6. PCLinuxOS 2017 Review

Installing PCLinuxOS 2017.03 and Review on VMware

What is PCLinuxOS?

PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages and Mylivecd to create a customised live CD.
PCLinuxOS Website: http://www.pclinuxos.com/

PCLinuxOS 2017.03 New Features and Improvements

The KDE Plasma 5 image ISO has been updated to release PCLinuxOS 2017.03. The image includes all of the updates and bug fixes from the past month. The kernel was updated to 4.9.13. KDE components were updated to Plasma 5.8.6 LTS, Frameworks to 5.31.0 and Applications to 16.12.2. Nvidia current video driver was updated to 375.39. Bug fixes include the menu editor, net applet in the system tray, konsole profile and better defaults for Dolphin and System Tray icons. Applications added to the ISO image include gparted, nixnote2 and dropbox.

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