A Taste Of Mandriva
,----[ Quote ]
| Mandriva is truly an elite Linux distribution and this 2008 version further
| strengthened its excellent status. To those who haven’t tried Mandriva, I
| encourage you to have a taste.
`----
http://junauza.blogspot.com/2007/12/taste-of-mandriva.html
Review: Pardus Linux 2007.2
,----[ Quote ]
| Really, overall, I like Pardus a lot. I honestly have to admit that I was
| impressed. While it's certainly not to the level of PcLinuxOS, it most
| definitely can hold its own against the major players in the Linux market. If
| you're new to Linux, or a more seasoned user, you will definitely want to
| check it out. Right now I can't give Pardus my official recommendation due to
| a few flaws mentioned above, the biggest being the package manager. However,
| if those few flaws are rectified, I don't see why Pardus wouldn't find its
| way onto my recommended distributions list. It really was one of the more
| enjoyable experiences I've had lately in all my testing. And I've definitely
| tested several different distributions lately, some of which were so bad, the
| only right thing to do was to burn the cd. 0_0;;
|
| So reviewing Pardus was a breath of fresh air. I look forward to the next
| version of Pardus in hopes that it will have ironed out these last couple of
| problems so that I can, with a good conscience, add it to my recommended
| distributions list.
`----
http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=354
They are harsh reviewers at times. Mandriva is really a winner here. Turkey
also (it's quietly deploying GNU/Linux in government).
Related:
Mandriva Flash 2008 First Look
,----[ Quote ]
| Both the Metisse and Compiz Fusion 3D desktops worked well on the laptop, but
| were disabled on the old desktop. I'm not sure why people really want 3D
| desktops, however: it's just eye-candy.
`----
http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/archives/2007/12/mandriva_flash.html
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 1 Barlia released
,----[ Quote
| Kicking off the 2008 Spring development cycle in earnest, the first alpha is
| here. This alpha features X.org 7.3, KDE 3.5.8, KDE 4.0 RC2 (in /contrib),
| GNOME 2.21, kernel 2.6.24, OpenOffice.org 2.3, new NVIDIA and ATI proprietary
| drivers, PulseAudio by default and more.
`----
http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/20081Alpha1
Mandriva Flash 2008: Bigger and better
,----[ Quote ]
| While several other distros are designed specifically to run off external USB
| drives, Mandriva Flash still offers a good alternative worth paying for.
| First of all, you don't have to get your hands dirty installing a Linux
| distro on a USB stick and spend time configuring it. Unlike other distros,
| Mandriva Flash offers a full-featured desktop with all the frills and fancy
| trimmings, including 3-D desktop effects.
`----
http://www.linux.com/feature/122980
New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB Released today
,----[ Quote ]
| Mandriva today introduced the 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB, the newest member of
| the Mandriva Flash family that lets you take your entire desktop with you
| wherever you go. 2008 Mandriva Flash includes a new functionnality: ezBoot
| which reboots under Linux without going through BIOS settings, and the double
| utilization of Windows and Linux system.
`----
http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/new-2008-mandriva-flash-4gb-released-today
Living with Mandriva 2008
,----[ Quote ]
| This is currently my favorite popular distro. From a practical standpoint, I
| feel it is better than Windows Vista. I don’t say that as a Linux slappy.
| Looking at it from an angle of which OS enables me to do the things I need to
| do day in and day out, Mandriva shines. My next article will compare Vista
| and Mandriva 2008 in depth, and I will convince you why 2008 wins.
`----
http://www.linuxtechdaily.com/2007/10/living-with-mandriva-2008/
A look at Mandriva Linux 2008
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| There were aspects of this Mandriva release that I really liked, such as the
| installer and the Control Center but overall the system didn't really grab
| me. It is quite a decent, well put-together operating system with all the
| basics and a few extras like the Control Center and 3D desktop effects. It
| was stable and ran well, but on the whole it didn't seem to offer anything
| exciting enough to make me want to switch to the distribution permanently.
| For the seasoned Mandriva user, I get the impression this will be quite a
| worthy upgrade, but as for me I'm going to check back when the next release
| arrives.
|
| 8 "Smarties" out of 10.
`----
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20071022#review
Mandriva Linux 2008
,----[ Quote ]
| Overall Score: 8.5
`----
http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/mandriva-linux-2008/
Mandriva Linux 2008
,----[ Quote ]
| If you hate the word Ubuntu and just dont like the system, Mandriva works
| well and the PowerPack contains everything you need unlike the Ubuntu default
| install.
`----
http://rjdohnert.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/mandriva-linux-2008/
Battle of the Titans: Mandriva 2008 vs openSUSE 10.3
,----[ Quote ]
| Overall Winner
|
| In our little just-for-fun comparison, we the judges find that Mandriva wins
| by 4 categories to 2. But to the original question the answer would be to go
| buy the Mandriva Power Pack or try PCLOS or ALT Linux in which advanced power
| saving feature do work out of the box. Also, YMMV.
|
| However, don't forget that both openSUSE and Mandriva are both nice distros.
| This little article is highly subjective and you may not agree. That's okay.
| I love them both.
|
| Winner: Mandriva 2008.0
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/21155
Mandriva 2008.0 rocks
,----[ Quote ]
| Mandriva 2008.0 seems to be a splendid release. Since setup I've not
| experienced any problems. My system is fast, responsive, and stable. The new
| artwork is gorgeous, and the fonts look great as well. I was pleased with the
| hardware support, especially the powersaving features. I can play any
| multimedia file format I have, and watch Flash videos on the Web.
`----
http://www.linux.com/feature/119783
Mandriva Linux PowerPack 2008.0 review
,----[ Quote ]
| Like I usually say when Mandriva is at the apex of its release cycle, this is
| desktop Linux as it should be. It's as advanced and complex as you need it to
| be, and as automatic as most people would like it to be. Unlike nearly every
| other desktop-oriented OS, with Mandriva I never run into incidents where the
| automatic parts of the system interfere with my intentions for desktop
| operation.
`----
http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/86/
[Mandriva CEO:] An open letter to Steve Ballmer
,----[ Quote ]
| Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their
| mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone.
| How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my
| place, they give it various names, I’m sure you know them.
|
| Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?
|
| Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one.
| You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics
| you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win
| too.
`----
http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/
Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
,----[ Quote ]
| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help”
| to get them to choose Windows.
`----
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| "We are sticking with that platform," said the official, who would not give
| his name.
`----
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
http://tinyurl.com/27ycq9
Turkey's Pardus distro is easy to use
,----[ Quote ]
| Overall, Pardus lives up to the goals and statements made by its developers.
| It is indeed easy to install and even easier to use. Pardus is an
| accommodating and customizable desktop system suitable for new and
| experienced users alike.
`----
http://www.linux.com/feature/122576
Real answers to the question “Can you run your business on Linux and open
source?”
,----[ Quote ]
| The first response was again very positive. “I have [a] connection with a
| number who do this and all reckon they have saved lots of money” he said.
|
| [...]
|
| He continued, “For the client OS migration, we are experiencing a large scale
| project for the Turkish Military now. 5.500 clients will migrate to Pardus (a
| Turkish government-backed Linux distribution.)”
| He concluded with some words of advice to make a desktop Linux deployment be
| successful: “For the client, you need a usable distribution (Pardus, Kubuntu,
| Suse, etc) with support for Flash, Java, PDF files, and every imaginable
| multimedia format right out of the box. That is, if you install Linux with
| just clicking on next and these come. Then almost 99% of ordinary desktop
| users will be satisfied.”
`----
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15508/1141/1/2/
Pardus Linux 2007.3 Duyuruldu
,----[ Quote ]
| Pardus Linux version 2007.3 is now released.
`----
http://kemal.bioeng-network.org/2007/11/18/pardus-linux-20073-duyuruldu/
Pardus Linux 2007.2 Review.
,----[ Quote ]
| Pardus Linux is funded by the Turkish government. With the support from the
| government, I hope that Linux and open source software would be given more
| emphasis by the newly elected Turkey government.
`----
http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/174/1/
Kurdish operating system under investigation by Turkish attorney general
,----[ Quote ]
| Previously, we reported that Kurdish Linux was launched in Turkey:
| Kurdish Ubuntu, a Linux distribution, was launched this week with a
| reception in Diyarbakir. Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution to
| implement Kurdish localization[1]. Kurdish localization in Linux was
| an important milestone for Turkey due to ethnic conflicts
|
| [...]
|
| Sources:
|
| "Kürtçe Linux haz?r - Kurdish Linux Ready". NTVMSNBC, November
| 23, 2006
|
| "Kürtçe yaz?l?ma soru?turma - Kurdish software under
| investigation". Milliyet, November 28, 2006
|
| [...]
`----
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_operating_system_under_investigation_by_Turkish_attorney_general
Kurdish Linux launched in Turkey
,----[ Quote ]
| November 24, 2006
|
| Kurdish Ubuntu, a Linux distribution, was launched this week with a
| reception in Diyarbakir. Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution to
| implement Kurdish localization
`----
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_Linux_launched_in_Turkey
Free Software Period To Begin In Public Organizations
,----[ Quote ]
| A new and free software period, which brings the
| utilization of Linux-based operating systems with open
| source codes instead of Microsoft's operating systems
| in computers, will begin in Turkish public
| organizations.
|
| The first application will be performed in the Draft
| Department of the Ministry of National Defence where
| Turkey's national software 'Pardus', developed by
| Scientific and Technological Research Council of
| Turkey (TUBITAK), will be used as the basic
| operating system.
`----
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=147873
Pardus Linux 2007.2 Review
,----[ Quote ]
| The last time I tried Pardus (around 6 months ago) there were frequent
| freezes, and I mean a lot; to such an extent that it did not allow me to do
| anything usefull to it. But I can see the effect of consistent hard work from
| pardus developors. Pardus is far from being complete but it is on the right
| track, may be one year from now, it will be shine amongst rest of distros.
`----
http://simplyjat.blogspot.com/2007/07/pardus-linux-20072-review.html
Pardus 2007.2 - A Review
,----[ Quote ]
| I hope that with the recent release, Pardus will continue to climb the ranks
| and get closer to the top where it deserves to be. For those looking for a
| great out-of-the-box KDE-based distribution, I highly recommend giving Pardus
| a shot, you will not be disappointed. Unfortunately, as I have a few
| distributions lined up to review, I will be replacing Pardus with something
| new tomorrow! For those that can advocate further, regarding their use with
| Pardus, please post comments so other readers can see what you have
| experienced.
`----
http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/12/pardus-20072-a-review/
Pardus [Linux] 2007.2 - Unrivalled Wlan Support.
,----[ Quote ]
| I managed to get these 5 wifi cards connected to my Linksys router
| via the WPA-PSK encryption protocol out-of-the-box with the help of the
| network manager. The connectivity was excellent. Despite still using the
| softmac stack instead of the devicescape stack, Pardus Kurulan 2007.2
| (installation CD) managed to conquer all of these notebook-based wlan
| cards.
`----
http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/152/1/
Review: Pardus Linux 2007 Kurulan RC2
,----[ Quote ]
| I've suddenly become an advocate for Pardus Linux. I've thoroughly enjoyed
| playing with this "Kurulan" RC2 release and actually find it as capable as
| some of the much bigger players that I tend to toy with. It may not have the
| biggest English community of all the distros but I hope that situation
| changes because this is actually an excellent release.
`----
http://www.seopher.com/articles/review_pardus_linux_2007_kurulan_rc2
Review: Pardus Linux 2007.1
,----[ Quote ]
| Pardus is a relatively unknown release funded and developed by the
| Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
`----
http://www.seopher.com/articles/review_pardus_linux_2007_1
Pardus 2007.1 -- Almost Perfect
,----[ Quote ]
| Pardus is a unique distribution which has its own solutions which
| work very well. I think that the distribution deserves far greater
| renown than it has currently and if it keeps up such innovation
| and quality, it'll be an important player in the category of
| extensive desktop distributions.
`----
http://polishlinux.org/linux/pardus/pardus-20071-almost-perfect/
Review: PCLinuxOS 2007 Test 3
,----[ Quote ]
| I look forward to seeing how this distribution, like SimplyMEPIS,
| continues to improve and bring a friendly and comprehensive
| configuration system to Linux. New Linux users would do well to
| check out either of these distributions. However if you're using
| a recent model Nvidia card, I have to recommend SimplyMEPIS
| over PCLinuxOS for its out of the box Nvidia driver support.
`----
http://www.triedit.org/review/review-pclinuxos-2007-test-3/
Pardus 2007.1: Warmly Recommended by Béranger pardus
,----[ Quote ]
| Pardus 2007.1 deserves much more attention than PCLinuxOS 2007 or Kubuntu.
`----
http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2623&from=rss
A Second Look At Pardus 2007.1 RC: Surprises, Surprises
,----[ Quote ]
| My first look at Pardus 2007.1 Release Candidate was somehow
| pessimistic, however I was confident in the future.
`----
http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2575
Pardus Linux 2007.1 Felis chaus: Released!
,----[ Quote ]
| KDE 3.5.6, a faster PiSi, better networking for wireless users...
| release announcement and Distrowatch brief.
`----
http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2611&from=rss
Pardus gives Linux a custom lift
,----[ Quote ]
| Apart from a KDE desktop and applications, the developers of the
| Pardus 2007 Linux distribution have built an entire distribution
| from scratch. Pardus, released last month, has its own multilingual
| installer, custom dependency-resolving package manager, and an INIT
| system that slashes boot times by several seconds. The distribution
| has come a long way since its first release in 2005, when it was
| based on Gentoo and lacked a package manager. Thanks to its custom
| tools, it's one of the easiest Linux distribution to run and manage.
|
| [...]
|
| If you've been using a Linux distribution for some time, getting
| used to Pardus wouldn't take long, despite all its custom tools. New
| users will appreciate the ease in carrying out out system tasks such
| as setting up firewalls and managing startup services. With its
| modest hardware requirements and streamlined boot scripts,
| Pardus could easily turn an old machine gathering dust into
| a modern Linux desktop.
`----
http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1449245
Pardus Linux 2007
,----[ Quote ]
| Having seen dozens of Linux distributions announcing themselves with
| great enthusiasm only to disappear at the sight of a first problem a
| few months later, I am not easily impressed by any new arrival on the
| Linux distro scene. As such, when the first stable release of Pardus
| Linux was announced in 2005, I found myself inserting the installation
| CD with a considerable amount of scepticism.
`----
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070115#review
Pardus -- a penguin from Turkey
,----[ Quote ]
| ardus is a Turkish distribution that comes with KDE as the default
| desktop. It is however not just another pack of known open source apps.
`----
http://polishlinux.org/linux/pardus-a-penguin-from-turkey/
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