Pardus (operating system)

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Pardus
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Pardus 21 desktop
Developer Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Free Software (Copyleft)
Open-source software
Latest release 23.0 [1] (30 August 2023;3 months ago (30 August 2023)) [±]
Available in Turkish, English
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
Default
user interface
Xfce
GNOME
Pardus ETAP
License GPL v2
Official website www.pardus.org.tr

Pardus is a Linux distribution developed with support from the government of Turkey. Pardus' main focus is office-related work including use in Turkish government agencies. [2] Despite that, Pardus ships in several languages. Its ease of use [3] and availability free of charge has spawned numerous communities throughout the world. [4]

Contents

Development

Pardus was started by Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), a division of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), in 2003.

The first live CD version of Pardus was a fork of Gentoo Linux in 2005. [5] The current version is a fork of Debian unstable, following a release process similar to that of Ubuntu.

Release history

VersionDateNotes
Live CD 1.02005-02-04 Live CD-only fork of Gentoo with Linux kernel 2.6.10. [6]
Live CD 1.12005-05-05Minor update. [7]
1.02005-12-26First release that could be installed on hard drives. It included K Desktop Environment 3.5.0, Linux kernel 2.6.14.4, [8] and PİSİ package management system.
2007 [9] [10] 2006-12-18with K Desktop Environment 3.5.5 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.5. [8] [11]
2007.12007-03-16with K Desktop Environment 3.5.6 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.8. [8] [12]
2007.22007-07-12with K Desktop Environment 3.5.7 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.8. [8] [13]
2007.32007-11-19included 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 (Configuration Manager for Pardus) is the configuration manager developed in-house, and Tasma is the custom K Desktop Environment system configuration tool. [8] [14]
2008 [15] 2008-06-27with K Desktop Environment 3.5.9 and Linux kernel 2.6.10. [8] [16]
2008.12008-09-15included 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. [8] [17]
2008.22009-01-31with K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 and Linux kernel 2.6.25.9. [8] [18]
2009 [19] [20] [21] 2009-07-18included 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. [8] [22]
2009.1 [23] [24] 2010-01-16with KDE Plasma Desktop 4.3.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.31.11. [8] [25]
2009.2 [26] 2010-06-04with KDE Plasma Desktop 4.4.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.31.13. [8] [27]
2011 [28] [29] [30] 2011-01-21included 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. [31]
2011.1 [32] 2011-07-12included 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. [33]
2011.2 [34] 2011-09-19includes LibreOffice 3.4.3. Last release using PiSi package management system. [35]
20132013-03-27first release based on Debian repository. TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM announced that Pardus moved to Debian and will be a Debian-based distribution moving forward. [36] [37]
17.0 [38] [39] 2017-07-06
17.12017-11-04the new release offers three separate ISO images with distinct names that indicate the purpose - Xfce, DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) and Server. [40]
17.2 [41] 2018-03-03LibreOffice updated to 6.0.1 version, fixing the navigation rectangle in Menu not following cursor, updated XFCE apps, fixed incorrect Turkish in XFCE apps, including package updates and security patches.
19.02019-08-03Linux Kernel 4.19.0, LibreOffice 6.1.5, Firefox ESR 60.8, VLC 3.0.7. Xfce 4.12 is used as default desktop environment. TLP is configured to provide better battery life.
21.02021-08-21Linux Kernel 5.10, LibreOffice 7.0.4, Firefox ESR 78.13, VLC 3.0.16, OpenJDK 17 Java RE, Thunderbird 78.13. Xfce 4.16 is used as default desktop environment.
21.12021-12-21Linux Kernel 5.10.0-10, LibreOffice latest, Firefox ESR 91.4.
21.22022-03-29Linux Kernel 5.10.0-13, Firefox ESR 91.7, Thunderbird replaced by Evolution.
21.32022-07-21Linux Kernel 5.10.0-16, Firefox ESR 91.11, VLC 3.0.17.
21.42022-12-27Linux Kernel 5.10.0-20, Firefox ESR 102.6, VLC 3.0.18.
21.52023-05-05Linux Kernel 5.10.0-22, LibreOffice latest, Firefox ESR 102.10.

PiSi package management

PiSi ( /ˈps/ ; Packages Installed Successfully as Intended; also a Turkish word meaning "kitty", intended as a pun on the distribution's name, which is derived from pardus, the species name of the leopard.) is a package management system that was developed for Pardus. It was used in the initial versions of the distribution, but abandoned in favor of APT since the project moved to Debian base. Pardus 2011.2, released on September 19, 2011, was the last Pardus release that used PiSi.

PiSi stores and handles dependencies for various packages, libraries, and COMAR tasks. Some features of PiSi include:[ citation needed ]

A community fork of the old Pardus with PiSi package management exists, called PiSi Linux. [42] [43] [44] PiSi Linux's latest stable version is 2.3.4. [45]

eopkg - the package manager of the Solus project, a rolling-release Linux distribution, is based on / derived from PiSi.

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. A yalı is a waterside mansion common in the Bosphorus region.

This project is stopped and not being used since the migration to Debian-base.

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.

This project is stopped and not being used since the migration to Debian-base.

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 ..." [46]

Dmitri Popov, an author of Linux User & Developer, titled his review of Pardus 2011 Beta as the most exciting distro of the year. [47]

Social events and participation

Derivatives

Pardus Community Edition based on Debian released on April 12, 2013. [49]

Pisi Linux and Pardus-Anka projects forked from PiSi based Pardus. A group of volunteers aim to continue PiSi and other features of Pardus independently. [50] [51]

Pisi Linux released two new versions. These versions are direct continuation of Pardus 2011.2 64bit edition, includes updated versions of Pisi, Kaptan etc.

Usage

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