PCLinux OS disappears

The main site is down, updates are no longer working, and my flame-box is full. It took quite a bit of searching, but I finally found several sites that are the dying throes of this, one of the best little distros going.

One reader noted that if this distro was such a Good Thing(tm), why was the main site down? Why have the updates stopped?

Now the information gets sketchy. Updates were hosted at Ibiblio, but have stopped. The PCLinuxOS folks first reported it was a hardware problem with their servers and everything would be back in a moment or three.

Then it was said by some others (claiming to be part of the distro), that Ibiblio took PCLinux offline because it was eating up over half of the Ibiblio bandwidth. I asked the PCLinuxOS folks for the straight dope. The reply was: "You have enough information."

Well, no. There is nearly nothing information-wise about this possible distro demise.

One that seemed ready for prime time, but collapsed as I was praising it. Where has it gone? Will it come back? What happened to PCLinuxOS?

So, I owe the other hacks I was dissing a pint or two. I will try to find out the story and let you know. In the mean while, I need to tuck into this plate of crow. Cheers. µ