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[News] Praises for a Fluxbox-based Ubuntu and Turkey's GNU/Linux Distribution

  • Subject: [News] Praises for a Fluxbox-based Ubuntu and Turkey's GNU/Linux Distribution
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:47:56 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Fluxbuntu 7.10 RC review

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| It’s Linux. It’s lightweight. You have access to Ubuntu repositories. Good 
| choice of default applications. –> it’s a very good choice for old computers. 
| I’m going to install it on my parent’s computer (P2 @ 400 MHz, 128 MB RAM). 
| As they use it for internet browsing, Fluxbuntu seems almost the perfect 
| choice.    
| 
| Also, some of the programs included with Fluxbuntu may be better, in some 
| cases, than “classic” applications that do the same thing (Claws Mail vs 
| Thunderbird or Evolution, AbiWord vs OpenOffice.org), on any distribution,.  
`----

http://distroblog.com/fluxbuntu-710-rc-review/

A Look at Pardus 2007.3 Lynx

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| Overall, I had a very positive experience with Pardus, considering I didn't 
| know what to expect going into it. I was very pleasantly surprised. It really 
| has some innovative features and I like the approach a lot. I really like the 
| fact that it's backed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council Of 
| Turkey--perhaps this guaranteed support enables the developers to be bolder 
| in their approach, I don't know. Either way, it's great to see a national 
| body supporting the development of open source software like this and I wish 
| more nations would follow suit. It could really be beneficial to us all.       
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6445/1/


Recent:

Turkey's Pardus distro is easy to use

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| 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.   
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http://www.linux.com/feature/122576


Real answers to the question “Can you run your business on Linux and open
source?”

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| 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.”     
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15508/1141/1/2/


Related:

Fluxbuntu 7.10 RC on 450Mhz K6-2, 256Mb

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| In short, this is something that has been needed for a long time — a cool and 
| clean Ubuntu derivative that’s at once lightweight and comprehensive. If 
| you’re a past Ubuntu user and you have a 500Mhz machine in the closet, this 
| is what you’d want on it. I would recommend this over Xubuntu for anyone in 
| the sub-1Ghz range, any day of the week.    
| 
| Try it. You’ll like it.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/fluxbuntu-710-rc-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/


A weekend with fluxbox.

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| My biggest problem with using fluxbox is not fluxbox itself. I wanted it to 
| be able to save some resources for my aging computer but I still needed to 
| use KDE programs. So I checked my resource usage with pure KDE and then with 
| fluxbox and KDE programs. There was no difference in resource usage.    
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/a-weekend-with-fluxbox-18594


Fluxbox on Gutsy, just to be different

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| Just for giggles, I installed Fluxbox on Gutsy today ... which isn't
| really very daring, since the repositories have only been open for
| a day or two, and there?s very little in there that has changed.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/fluxbox-on-gutsy-just-to-be-different/


Fluxbuntu - Light weight Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring Fluxbox
window manager

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| Fluxbuntu is a light-weight, standards-compliant, Ubuntu-based Linux
| distribution featuring the Fluxbox window manager.The project's primary
| goal is to develop an operating system that would run on a wide range
| of mobile devices and computers, both low-end and high-end.Recently
| since they started development on the PowerPC Architecture they also
| started development on support for the sony Playstation 3.
| Fluxbuntu now Officially supports most of the major architectures
| plaforms: i386, PowerPC, AMD 64bit & Intel 64bit and Itanium 64bit.
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http://www.debianadmin.com/fluxbuntu-light-weight-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution-featuring-fluxbox-window-manager.html


Pardus Linux 2007.3 Duyuruldu

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| Pardus Linux version 2007.3 is now released.
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http://kemal.bioeng-network.org/2007/11/18/pardus-linux-20073-duyuruldu/


Pardus Linux 2007.2 Review.

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| 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. 
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http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/174/1/


Kurdish operating system under investigation by Turkish attorney general

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| 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
| 
| [...]
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http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_operating_system_under_investigation_by_Turkish_attorney_general


Kurdish Linux launched in Turkey

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| 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
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http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Kurdish_Linux_launched_in_Turkey


Free Software Period To Begin In Public Organizations

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| 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.
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http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=147873


Pardus Linux 2007.2 Review

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| 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

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| 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.      
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http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/12/pardus-20072-a-review/


Pardus [Linux] 2007.2 - Unrivalled Wlan Support.

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| 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.     
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http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/152/1/


Review: Pardus Linux 2007 Kurulan RC2
 
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| 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
  
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| Pardus is a relatively unknown release funded and developed by the
| Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
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http://www.seopher.com/articles/review_pardus_linux_2007_1


Pardus 2007.1 -- Almost Perfect

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| 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.
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http://polishlinux.org/linux/pardus/pardus-20071-almost-perfect/


Review: PCLinuxOS 2007 Test 3

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| 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 

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| Pardus 2007.1 deserves much more attention than PCLinuxOS 2007 or Kubuntu.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2623&from=rss


A Second Look At Pardus 2007.1 RC: Surprises, Surprises

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| My first look at Pardus 2007.1 Release Candidate was somehow
| pessimistic, however I was confident in the future.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2575


Pardus Linux 2007.1 Felis chaus: Released!

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| KDE 3.5.6, a faster PiSi, better networking for wireless users...
| release announcement and Distrowatch brief.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2611&from=rss


Pardus gives Linux a custom lift

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| 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.
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http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1449245


Pardus Linux 2007

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| 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

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| 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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