[clue] more musings about PCLinuxOS

[Collins Richey]

1. They are prompt about fixing vulnerabilities. I had scarcely read
about the latest firefox png vulnerability before the fix appeared in
my weekly updates.

2. They do not offer even leading edge stuff, much less bleeding edge. Examples

    * ruby afficionados will not like the fact that ruby is still at
1.8.7 level whereas ruby has been
       recommending 1.9.x for more than a year. That puts them in the
same boat as
       RH6/CentOS6/OEL6/SL6 and others. Of course, you can fix this
(almost painlessly) with a fairly
      standard ruby procedure to install and prefer 1.9.
    * They have not yet switched to the latest kde offering - still at 4.6.5

3. chromium is my preferred browser, but the latest (a couple of
months back) chromium release disabled support for flash - error
message or flash crash for any use. After extensive googling, I found
that none of the proposed fixes actually work. Little interest at
chromium support and/or PCLinuxOS for fixing this. So, I'm back to
using firefox.

4. The chromium/flash bug is almost the only error I have encountered
in two years.

5. I'm not sure where they stand with reference to Gnome since I never
use or track that variant.

Enjoy,

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.