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Google Chrome cannot be installed in PCLinuxOS 2010.07

I have documented in another post that Google Chrome cannot be installed in CentOS 5.5 due to Linux Standard Base library is outdated. I would expect differently with PCLinux OS as it is trying to get as updated as possible to the extent that the distro is releasing new version quarterly. Here is the version of Chrome that I am trying to install: [root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm warning: google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 7fac5991 error: Failed dependencies: lsb >= 3.2 is needed by google-chrome-stable-5.0.375.127-55887.i386 As you can see, it complains that lsb needed by the package is 3.2 but what is installed is 2.0.x. [root@localhost Downloads]# apt-cache show lsb-release Package: lsb-release Section: System/Base Installed Size: 19233 Packager: Texstar Version: 2.0-5pclos2007 Depends: bash Provides: lsb-release = 2.0-5pclos2007 Architecture: i586 Size: 1 MD5Sum: Filename: Summary: Lin

Installing PCLinuxOS 2010.07 GNOME on VirtualBox

PCLinux OS releases new distribution quarterly, at least that is how it looks right now. Last time, I did a screen capture of PCLinuxOS KDE . The latest release came around July 2010 (I believe it was released 08July2010). This time around I will document installing GNOME. This can be helpful for folks who are distro hoping but don't have the time yet to install it. Figure 1. This is the boot screen. It looks geeky and pretty nice. Figure 2. Splash screen. Figure 3. Keyboard layout. Select the physical layout of your keyboard not your current location. Figure 4. GDM login screen. Select "guest", password is "guest". Figure 5. This is the PCLinux OS GNOME desktop. Dark theme with applications you have come to expect from a regular full Linux distribution. Figure 6. Double-click(run) on "Install Licecd". Root password is "root". Figure 7. PCLinuxOS Installation Wizard introduction screen. Figure 8. Hard disk partitioning. Default shoul

Installing PCLinuxOS 2010 KDE on VirtualBox

This is a screen capture sequence installing PC Linux OS 2010 KDE in VirtualBox 3.2.0. Figure 1. Boot screen Figure 2. Keyboard Layout selection. In most cases the detected layout is appropriate. Figure 3. Click on the highlighted icon to install PCLinuxOS 2010 KDE Edition. Figure 4. Install root password, this should be root. Figure 5. GRUB options. Default should do just fine here, in my case, changed boot delay to 2 seconds. Figure 6. Default Linux image to boot machine. You should still be able to select fail safe or no frame buffer (nonfb). Figure 7. Installation is done!!! Reboot machine to configure root password and a user. Figure 8. This will be your machines password. Figure 9. Add a user here, this will be your workhorse username. Figure 10. Login to your new PCLinuxOS machine. Figure 11. Welcome to PCLinuxOS 2010 KDE Edition!!! Enjoy. ~ts