Pardus Linux 2009
Problems & Headaches
When the Pardus Linux 2009 install menu first loads be sure to remember to hit the F2 key to change the language to English. Otherwise it will be in Turkish. I think it would be helpful if there was some kind of menu that first asks which language users want rather than sticking it at the bottom of screen. Some people might miss it and then think that Pardus Linux 2009 is only available in Turkish.
The lack of a Live CD is somewhat annoying but it appears that it’s on the way. Bear in mind though that until it’s available you will have to install Pardus to check it out.
I highly recommend changing the default KDE menu settings via Kaptan Desktop so you aren’t stuck with the heinous KDE 4 menus that move around. They are truly awful to navigate and add no utility value whatsoever. Ugh. I despise them. KDE itself isn’t too bad but those default menus are simply annoying. What sadist came up with them anyway?
It would certainly be nice if there were an option to use Gnome or a light-weight window manager with Pardus instead of KDE. I’m not going to harp on it too much but some choice in desktop environments would add additional value to Pardus.
Beyond that I didn’t have any real problems with Pardus Linux 2009.
Getting Help for Pardus Linux 2009
If you run into a problem or issue you can post on the Pardus Discussion List or read the List Archives. You can also pick the brains of the DLR Forum members.
You can also get additional info on Pardus development by reading the Pardus Development List. Note that the development list should not be used for support questions.
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Overall, I have found Pardus to be quite a solid distro and believe it to be one of the more underrated gems out there. As for your problems, they sound like they might be more related to KDE4 than anything else; don’t get me started on KDE4……(as I write to you from a sidux+kde3 box).
I suggest many of your readers go ahead and give it the once over. They won’t likely be disappointed.
and English is the Default Language in the International version of Pardus 2009.
Is the normal language is Turkish.
The standard language is English when i start up the International cd of Pardus 2009, so no problem here. Also with the International version Amarok is not included, You need to download it with the Package Manager. I don’t know if it is on the standard iso though.
From all the KDE 4.2.X distro’s out there Pardus 2009 is the best and most stable one of them. Mandriva, Kubuntu, openSUSE and many others could learn a lot from this release of Pardus. It’s a distro that made me finally enjoy KDE 4.2.4. After using it since the release of 18 July, this will be my main distro for a very long time.
About the KDE menu…. Why recommend the classic menu style? Just take your time to get used to it. What’s a better way to learn? I don’t like the classic KDE menu at all and i’m glad that KDE came up with a new menu.
One other thing, the Live-cd. Okay, it isn’t there but what is the advantage of downloading a Live-cd if you, as far as i know from previous versions, can’t install it. For me it’s a waste of the download limit we have over here.
Thanks for the heads up about English being the standard language for the international version,guys. That’s good to know.
MQ: I prefer the classic menus. The new ones just irritate the heck out of me. But to each his own. If you like the new ones, no problem. I’ll be the old fuddy duddy and you can be the cool new kid.
Yet Another Nice Review from you jim….keep the good work…
I installed Pardus 2009 when it came out. previously had 2008.2. I liked it a lot, but ultimately moved on because I really don’t like KDE to begin with (much less KDE 4), and I had problems getting the wireless to actually connect to my network. I think the wireless problem was an isolated event, and the KDE thing is just personal preference.
This is definitely a great and solid distro, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend or use it!
I think my the first post of my comment is disappeared.
There are 2 more desktop environments ?n Pardus 2009
*Xfce: You can install it from Package Manager (at contrib repo, Xfce Desktop)
*Gnome: From Pardus gnome project : http://code.google.com/p/pardus-gnome-project/
To install latest Gnome
First you should add two repos with these commands:
sudo pisi ar contrib-2009 http://packages.pardus.org.tr/contrib-2009/pisi-index.xml.bz2 -y
sudo pisi ar gnome http://pardus-gnome.prj.be/pisi-index.xml.bz2 -y
and then you need to update with:
sudo pisi up -y
to install gnome packages you should use:
sudo pisi it -c gnomeproject -y
installation completed. to be able to use it, you need to do some configuration:
first, open ‘/etc/conf.d/xdm’ in an text editor with admin privilages (i prefer to use mc as admin). you should change ‘#DISPLAY_MANAGER=”xdm”‘ to ‘DISPLAY_MANAGER=”gdm”‘, and save of course :)
and then, open ‘/etc/env.d/45kde4paths’ file like we did before(as admin) and change ‘XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/kde/4/share:/usr/share’ line to ‘#XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/kde/4/share:/usr/share’.
finally you are ready to go, just restart you system and gdm will start. with this, you can select which graphical environment to use.
ftp://ftp.pardus.org.tr/pub/pardus/kurulan/2009/
-If you’ve downloaded the International version of Pardus 2009, 11 Languages are supported
The KDE4 Menu system is perfect. Only one other menu system is better and that is Mints.
Please do a review of MYAH OS 3.1 FALCON.It is based on LXDE desktop environment.LXDE is relatively new desktop environment.i have not seen any good review about a LXDE based distro.
This is the download link
http://myah.org/downloads/myah-3.1/iso/Myah-OS-3.1-Falcon-Alpha.iso
This is the project home page.
http://myah.org/
Please SELECT LXDE version as there is a kde and xfce version
This is developed by single person named Jeremiah Cheatham
Please do a review…i am eagerly waiting to know your opinion about LXDE…