Pardus 2008
After my review of do-it-yourself-Arch, I wanted to test a distro with a totally different philosophy, one that aims to give you a complete desktop system from the start. Pardus is a relatively new kid on the block, but it has been gathering positive reviews. These are my impressions.
Introduction and Goals
Pardus is a Turkish Linux distribution, founded in 2003. The first version, Pardus 1.0, came out at the end of 2005. It comes as a single, installable CD, but not a LiveCD, which is a bit unusual in this day and age. The name is derived from the scientific name of the Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana). Consequently, the distribution’s icon is a rather serious looking leopard.
Another thing about Pardus is that it can safely be called “the official OS of Turkey”. According to Wikipedia, it’s “developed by [the] Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), which is under the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).” That’s a nice guarantee for some professionalism right there.
Pardus is nothing if not ambitious.
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