One of the nice things about Linux is that anybody can create a Linux distribution and sometimes the better distros come from the most unlikely of places. Pardus Linux 2009 is a Turkish distribution. Pardus Linux was created and maintained by The National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), an affiliate of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
The word “pardus” comes from the latin name for a leopard native to Turkey. And Pardus uses a package manager called “PiSi” which is a Turkish word for kitty. Hey, aside from Apple, how many people name their products after kitties? A unique and humorous naming scheme, to be sure.
What’s New In This Release
There’s quite a bit of new stuff in this release of Pardus Linux and here’s a sample of what you’ll find:
KDE 4.2.4
Linux kernel version 2.6.30.1
OpenOffice.org office applications suite 3.1
Mozillla Firefox web browser 3.5.1
Gimp 2.6.6
Xorg 1.6.2
Python 2.6.2
Texlive 2008
Ext4
GCC 4.3.3
GLIBC 2.9
This version of Pardus also includes updates to YALI (Yet Another Linux Installer) as well as the PiSi package manager. The PiSi package manager updates are geared toward making it faster and to use less bandwidth (since it now only downloads parts of package updates as opposed to downloading entire replacement packages). This version of PiSi also has the potential to use up to 20% less disk space. The YALI improvements are designed to speed up the install.
(41 votes, average: 4.37 out of 5)
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kobzeci2 wrote:
The line is the same as the other one what do we have to change?
@ bas:
do not forget the “#” ;)
Nice review. This is a very solid, up-to-date distro, well executed. KDE 4.2.4 implementation changed my thinking about KDE for the better, and is switchable back to the 3.5.x view if desired.
as a turkish user of this distro i can easily say that pardus achieved stability and security.but how about eye pleasure?i dont mean kde based apperarence i mean pardus’ own logos in windows ..what are they?for kids!please try to put some more esthetical pictures and logos of pardus.and we request a gnome based pardus,time has come to gnome i think.
As a Pardus user for two years, I can definetely say that I am glad they are developing Pardus. From the first distro, there has been a lot of improvement and I hope this goes on.
I think every Linux users should try it: easy to use, solid enough, enjoyable. Also, people, who consider starting to use Linux, this distro should be your one of the first choices.
Enjoy it =)
an excellent operating system. I encourage everyone…
for menu problem I have a solution. I have 2 menu buttons on the panel. one of them uses Kickoff style, the other uses classic menu style.
I’ve just added one more button to panel and switched its menu to classic menu style. (right click the panel > panel options > add program > find the menu button with pardus logo from the list and add!
I like favorites, recently used tabs and their easy switching by Kickoff menu. but I use classic menu to find a new program from the applications menu.
@ dragonmouth:
Advanced System settings section works perfectly by me.
By the way, PISI is an acronym for “Packages Installed Successfully as Intended”.
I just installed Pardus-2009 International and everything went great until time to log in after first boot. The usb Dell 2 button wheel mouse stop working. It worked during installation, but once I rebooted and signed in, it doesn’t work. I tried everything I could think of including no mouse, switching mouse but still mouse will not work.
Other than that, nice distro. I’ll try to see if I can get it working and go from there on keeping it around.
I like Pardus 2008.2 Version 2009 have to much bugs and problem at the moment. I hope it will be solved when the 2009.1 coming.
Then I will try it again.
I just loaded it after I tried Ubuntu. I love it!!. Encrypted DVD’s work right off the bat and I could wtch HULU and Youtube right after the install without having to tweak it. The games in their distro are great! This versions loads on EXT4 and I have been very pleased with it thus far! It could use RAID capabilities in the upcoming version though. Ubuntu is very over rated in my opinion. This gem is worth trying out.
Pardus 2009.1 coming very soon:
http://worldforum.pardus-linux.nl/index.php?topic=2982.0
I looking forward to test it.
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