Hello People,

Do you know about PARDUS? .. Yes in this post i am going to mention to you about PARDUS project. I assume that you know some about linux operating system. Unfortunately im not going to tell you about the history of linux.

But first of all i want you to know the basics before i start. Common known distros of linux are Fedora, Slackware, Ubuntu[i was using this], CentOS, Debian, Gentoo, Knoppix, Linspire, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS etc. As you see we got many of them. I see you got a question. -> “Woow This is too much.. ” You are definitely right it is too much and it is not the other side of it. But you should know that each disribution has it’s own properties. For example ubuntu is which i used to use is more efficient for generaly users not for specially multimedia users. CentOS is good for CPanel uses. My Point is If you are running on Linux you can choose the best one for you. This not possible on Windows side. I am not here to tell you “Windows is BAD!!” .. Of Course it is doing someting.. : ) without blue screens .. : )

Let’s turn on the main topic.. PARDUS Project. TÜBİTAK UEKAE is developing this disrubution. Of course is it linux based operating system. I can say this is another oppourtunity for home users. First of all this is the first official operating system of TURKEY. Second distro of PARDUS has came in the last quarter of 2006. First edition was PARDUS 1.0 and it took a year to announce about Second edition. PARDUS is really special OS System for me big reason is this PARDUS is for a user who wants to run all the multimedia applications with no problems. It comes with codecs and such on it.

I have installed my PARDUS distro about a year ago and using it since this time. I’ve read many article about PARDUS Here is a link you can find more about it.

Language Support!

Yes this is an official turkish operating system and also it has language support of course. There are some web sites for PARDUS project that you can find some more information on your own language. There is an official English Website . And people created unofficial Italian Website and Holland Website . Nowadays people are talking about PARDUS all around the world this is good news and there is a webpage in the DistroWatch.com about PARDUS.

I Say..?

I say the PARDUS distro has user friendly interface, good graphics..Satisfied!.. During the installation it is very easy. You can find PARDUS as CD/DVD. Here is link and you can download PARDUS distro.

Some More Information:

• http://pardus.org.tr/eng/index.html
• http://www.pardus-wiki.org/
• http://pardus.org.tr/eng/documents/index.html

Note: The new version is coming up soon-> PARDUS 2008
Samet Kilictas