PCLinuxOS 2017.03 Release, The kernel was updated to 4.9.13

The PCLinuxOS development team has released a new version of the project's rolling-release distribution for the desktop. Featuring a modified Plasma 5 user interface, PCLinuxOS 2017.03 comes with Plasma Desktop 5.8.6 (which is part of the long-term support branch), Linux kernel 4.9.13, updated software packages, and several new applications

PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages and Mylivecd to chttp://www.pclinuxos.com/reate a customised live CD.

What's new in PCLinuxOS 2017.03
The image includes all of the updates and bug fixes from the past month. The kernel was updated to 4.9.13. KDE components were updated to Plasma 5.8.6 LTS, Frameworks to 5.31.0 and Applications to 16.12.2. Bug fixes include the menu editor, net applet in the system tray, konsole profile and better defaults for Dolphin and System Tray icons. Applications added to ISO image include gparted, nixnote2 and dropbox.

Here is the brief release announcement. This version is available for 64-bit Intel/AMD architectures only.

This updated ISO image is available from our KDE Plasma 5 download page: http://www.pclinuxos.com/get-pclinuxos/kde/