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Pardus (operating system)
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| Company / developer | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest stable release | 2011.2 Cervus elaphus (September 19, 2011) |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual |
| Kernel type | Linux (Monolithic) |
| Default user interface | KDE Plasma Desktop |
| License | Various |
| Official website | www.pardus.org.tr/en/ |
Pardus is a Linux distribution developed with support from the Turkish government. Pardus’ main focus is office-related work, including the use in Turkish government agencies.[1] Despite that, Pardus ships in several languages. Its ease of use[2] and availability free of charge spawned numerous communities throughout the world.[3] The name is derived from the Latin scientific name for the Anatolian leopard.
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Development
Pardus was started and is developed by Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), which is a division of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).
The first live CD version of Pardus was a fork of Gentoo Linux.[4]
Release history
- Live CD 1.1 – Minor update. Released on 5 May 2005.[6]
- 1.0 was released on 2005-12-26. First release that could be installed on hard drives. It included K Desktop Environment 3.5.0 and Linux kernel 2.6.14.4.[7]
- 2007.2 was released on 2007-07-12 with K Desktop Environment 3.5.7 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.8.[7][10]
- 2007.3 included the Linux 2.6.18.8 kernel, OpenOffice.org, internet tools (browser, e-mail, instant messaging, etc.), multimedia and graphics tools (video player, music player, etc.), games, and many other applications. COMAR is the configuration manager developed in-house, and Tasma is the custom K Desktop Environment system configuration tool.[7][11]
- 2008.1 included the Linux 2.6.25.16 kernel. K Desktop Environment has been updated to 3.5.10, along with other important infrastructure components: Python 2.5, Java 6, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.[7][13]
- 2008.2 was released on 2009-01-31 with K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 and Linux kernel 2.6.25.9.[7][14]
- 2009 included the 2.6.30.1 kernel. Pardus 2009 used the KDE Plasma Desktop environment and included OpenOffice 3.1, Python 2.6.2, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Gimp 2.6.6 and also applications like Kontact, Kopete, Kaffeine, K3b, and Amarok.[7][15]
- 2011 included the 2.6.37 kernel. Pardus 2011 comes with the latest KDE Software Compilation, KDE SC 4.5.5. The base packages also contains numerous backports and fixes which will improve the stability of your desktop experience significantly. Also included Clementine, K3b, Kontact, Kopete. Pardus 2011 came with Firefox 4.0 as the default browser.[18]
- 2011.1 included the Linux Kernel 2.6.37.6, KDE Plasma Desktop 4.6.5, LibreOffice 3.4.1.3, Mozilla Firefox Web Browser 5.0, Xorg 1.9.5, Gimp 2.6.11, Python 2.7.1, GCC 4.5.3, and Glibc 2.12. With this release numerous bugs have been fixed, 64-bit Skype and Wine packages are now in the 2011 stable repository, YALI has a System Rescue mode, and a 2009-2011 distribution upgrade interface was announced.[19]
- 2011.2, released on 2011-09-19, includes LibreOffice 3.4.3.[20]
PiSi package management
PiSi (Packages Installed Successfully as Intended, /ˈpiːsiː/) is the package management system of Pardus. It is the primary tool for installing, upgrading and removing software packages. PiSi stores and handles the dependencies for the various packages, libraries, and COMAR tasks. "Pisi" is a Turkish word meaning "kitty", intended as a pun on the distribution's name.
| “ | One of the most revolutionary and innovative changes with Pardus 2009 is the ability of delta packages, making it unnecessary to download the whole application in an update or upgrade. Consider that the application the user listens to his/her MP3 files has released a new version. It is not necessary to search for, find, download, uninstall the old version and install the new version by clicking many 'Next' buttons. Pardus Package Manager, running on top of PiSi, fetches all updates with the click of a button. In its simplest terms, Package Manager downloads only the 'difference' of the old and new versions, a small delta file in technical terms. With this new feature, updates are now no more than 10 percent of the original package in terms of size. In other terms, Pardus 2009 is the best friend of users with limited internet connectivity, preserving their quota, and as such is a model of efficiency, although delta files have been used by other distributors already. | ” |
Some features of PiSi include:
- Uses the LZMA compression algorithm
- Written in Python
- Package sources are written in XML and Python
- Database access implemented with Berkeley DB
- Integrates low-level and high-level package operations (dependency resolution)
- Framework approach to build applications and tools upon
- Beginning with Pardus 2009, delta packages are on by default.
YALI
YALI (Yet Another Linux Installer) is the first Pardus software a user encounters. Basically, it recognizes the hardware and installs Pardus software from installation media (i.e. CD) to a user-selected hard disk partition. YALI can handle resizing of NTFS partitions found on the disk.
KAPTAN
KAPTAN is a desktop greeter, which starts at the first start. It allows a user to change the desktop theme, mouse, keyboard and language settings, date and time, KDE menus, wallpaper, Package Manager settings, smolt, number of desktops. The word Kaptan means 'captain' in Turkish.[21]
Reception
Ladislav Bodnar, the creator of DistroWatch, wrote in his round-up of Linux/*nix in 2006 that Pardus is one of the distros he was most impressed by that year "…thanks to unique package management ideas, innovative start-up sequence and general desktop polish…"[22]
Dmitri Popov, an author of Linux User & Developer, titled his review of Pardus 2011 Beta as the most exciting distro of the year.[23]
Social Events and Participation
- Pardus participated in Google Summer of Code 2008 and 2009.
- Pardus attended CeBIT Eurasia in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Usage
- Turkish Armed Forces (partially)[24]
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey) (partially)[24]
- Ministry of National Defence (Turkey)[25]
- Turkish Police (partially)[24]
- SGK (Social Security Institution of Turkey) (migrating)[24][26]
External links
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- Pardus Official Website (English)
- Pardus Linux at DistroWatch
- PardusWiki – Multilingual resources
References
- ^ Sowe, Sulayman K. (2008-11-06). "A new kid on the block: The Turkish Pardus Linux Distribution". Open Source Observatory and Repository. http://www.osor.eu/studies/a-new-kid-on-the-block-the-turkish-pardus-linux-distribution. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3075127327.html
- ^ http://en.pardus-wiki.org/Pardus_links
- ^ Turkey's Pardus distro is easy to use Linux.com, 2007.
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=02328
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=02620
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Distrowatch.com’s version overview for Pardus
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/3915
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/4117
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/4348
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/4600
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/4967
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/5091
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/5301
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/5583
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/5870
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/6115
- ^ http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/pardus_2011_release_notes
- ^ "Pardus 2011.1 Dama dama release notes" (XHTML 1.0 Transitional/CSS3). pardus.org.tr. 2011. http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/pardus_2011_1_dama_dama_release_notes. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ http://liste.pardus.org.tr/pardus-devel/2011-September/002274.html
- ^ Turkish Wikipedia: Kaptan (yazılım)
- ^ Bodnar, Ladislav (2006-12-18). "Feature: Distributions in 2006". Distrowatch Weekly (Distrowatch) (182). http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20061218. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ Linux User & Developer, Pardus 2011 Beta Review – the most exciting distro of the year?
- ^ a b c d "Pardus 2009 yolda" (in Turkish). Istanbul: Radikal. 2009-05-25. http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=937471&Date=01.07.2009&CategoryID=105. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ "MSB, Pardus ile 2 milyon dolar tasarruf etti" (in Turkish). 2009-04-14. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/24956827/. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "SGK, Pardus'a göç etmeye hazırlanıyor" (in Turkish). 2009-04-13. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/24956271/. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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