PCLinuxOS Br Mechanic For Linux

PCLinuxOS Br Mechanic is an open source and freely distributed operating system based on the Linux kernel and derived from the well-known PCLinuxOS distribution. It is geared towards the maintenance of personal computers and laptops and its main target audience is the Brazilian Portuguese Linux community.

The PCLinuxOS Br Mechanic live ISO image is similar to other PCLinuxOS Br editions, allowing users to start the live system without installing anything on their personal computers or to install the operating system. Two live modes are available, with no boot splash (verbose mode) or in safe graphics/failsafe.

The live ISO can be used to drop to a shell prompt (Console), copy the entire Live DVD to RAM (system memory) and use the operating system directly from there instead of the USB flash drive. The default username/password combinations for the live session are guest/guest and root/root.

PCLinuxOS Br Mechanic is distributed in multiple editions, each one shipping with a different desktop environment. Available desktop environments include KDE Plasma, GNOME, LXDE, Enlightenment, Openbox, Razor-Qt, and IceWM. Each flavor features its own customizations and applications.

Default applications for all flavors include Epiphany web browser, Clonezilla and Fsarchiver disk and partition cloning tools, Htop process monitor tool, Fping network scanner, Gpicview image viewer, Joe plain text editor, Evince document viewer, Diskscan HD surface analyzer, Gsmart Control HDD SMART analysis tool, and Chntpw Windows password reset program.

Among other included apps, we can mention Inxi computer hardware list tool, Leafpad text editor, Lxterminal terminal emulator, Gparted disk partitioner, Q-Photorec photo recovery tool, TestDisk partition recovery tool, Net Activity Viewer network connection monitor, ClamTK antivirus program, CPU-G CPU identifier, File-Roller archive manager, and Synaptic package manager.  

In conclusion, PCLinuxOS Br Mechanic is a handy GNU/Linux distribution for those who want an easy-to-use live ISO to do all sort of system administration and repair tasks. It is based on the latest version of PCLinuxOS and designed with the Brazilian Portuguese community in mind.