We have listened to our customers and have included the most requested contemporary services and applications, as well as a change to the KDE Plasma desktop environment. PC/OS Desktop 20.04.4 also includes tools and resources to help users switching from legacy distributions from other Linux providers. We have also included a new minimal install feature that allows users to install PC/OS with just the web browser and essential system services for specialized deployments.
PC/OS Desktop support comes in 1/3/5 year support subscriptions, with incremental upgrade and ISO refreshes every 6 to 8 months and new releases every 12 to 16 months. For security, reliability and long term viability, PC/OS Desktop is an attractive and well-supported solution.
The distribution includes :
KDE Plasma 5.18.8 - The fast and lean Linux desktop, fully functional and performance enhanced; peerless in terms of speed and user friendliness.
Kernel 5.13.0 LTS - Long Term Support kernel designed to stand the test of time.
Flatpak - Alternative package manager to SNAP, the current Ubuntu standard.
Microsoft Edge 99 - Web browser from Microsoft engineered for privacy, web app integration and performance
Thunderbird - Mail client that you can use to sync your e-mail (IMAP or POP) calendars or Microsoft Exchange services
Kpat - Solitaire game
Knights - Chess game
OnlyOffice 7 - Office suite that can handle even the most complex documents and is compatible with Microsoft Office.
DragonPlayer - Multimedia player
Juk - Music Player
PowerShell 7.2 - Alternative shell thats a free/open source project from Microsoft
Balena Etcher - Utility for writing ISO’s to a USB stick
Kbackup - Backup utility to save valuable and crucial data to a NAS, USB stick or other device
Timeshift - System rollback type functionality
Active Directory integration - Use active directory in your infrastructure? You can add PC/OS clients to them
This release also contains many functionality / security updates to secure the system against outside intrusion.
You can find more information about PC/OS Desktop and whats different and available in the free and subscriber release here
You can download the free self support release of PC/OS Desktop here
If you need commercial support you can purchase PC/OS Desktop from our webstore. When you purchase PC/OS Desktop you get physical media with your support subscription. If you have special license requirement you can contact the sales team at pcopensystems.sales@outlook.com
