Pardus -- ready for the major league
Pardus has been around for quite a while, but never got much attention, perhaps because its developers focus on giving people from Turkey a distribution in their native language. But Pardus is a multi-language distribution, so it can be used by many people without a Turkish background. Time to take a good look at this distro that might suprise you!
Installer
After downloading it here and booting the CD, I see a nice orange screen with the Pardus logo and three boot options... in Turkish. Using the F2 button I can change the language to English. I select the "Pardus 2008" option. The Pardus installer Yali (Yet Another Linux Installer) comes with a few nice features, like a graphical partition manager and a build-in CD verification option. All the packages on the CD are installed by default, so you cannot make your own selection. Installing takes approximately 30 minutes, depending on your hardware. I have seen faster installers, but 30 minutes is acceptable. Pardus uses Grub as it's bootloader. When Windows is available on the system, a menu option for it is provided automatically.
Kaptan Desktop
As soon as Pardus has booted, I see the K Desktop Environment (KDE), where Kaptan Desktop greets me. Kaptan Desktop is an application aimed at helping you set up your Pardus environment.
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