From LQWiki

First let me say I like this distro. It has everything a user needs without requiring much Linux knowledge. My only complaint is it is difficult to install on a hard drive and once installed, all the features don't work. Once the bugs are worked out this will be a very popular distro.

I see from History that above point was made April 2004. PCLOS pre_8 came out in December 2004 and is now a very stable and functional system. Seems to work straight out of the box. Or maybe it just likes my hardware... [davecs]