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 Pardus 21 desktop | |
| Developer | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free Software (Copyleft) Open-source software |
| Latest release | 25.0[1] (25 November 2025; 2 months ago (25 November 2025)) [±] |
| Available in | Turkish, English |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| Default user interface | Xfce GNOME Pardus ETAP |
| License | GPL v2 |
| Official website | www |
Pardus is aLinux distribution developed with support from the government ofTurkey. Pardus' main focus is office-related work including use in Turkishgovernment agencies.[2] Despite that, Pardus ships in several languages. Its ease of use[3] and availability free of charge has spawned numerous communities throughout the world.[4]
Pardus was started byTurkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), a division of theScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), in 2003.
The firstlive CD version of Pardus was afork ofGentoo Linux in 2005.[5] The current version is a fork ofDebian unstable, following a release process similar to that of Ubuntu.
| Version | Date | Notes |
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| Live CD 1.0 | 2005-02-04 | Live CD-only fork of Gentoo with Linux kernel 2.6.10.[6] |
| Live CD 1.1 | 2005-05-05 | Minor update.[7] |
| 1.0 | 2005-12-26 | First release that could be installed on hard drives. It includedK Desktop Environment 3.5.0, Linux kernel 2.6.14.4,[8] and PİSİ package management system. |
| 2007[9][10] | 2006-12-18 | with K Desktop Environment 3.5.5 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.5.[8][11] |
| 2007.1 | 2007-03-16 | with K Desktop Environment 3.5.6 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.8.[8][12] |
| 2007.2 | 2007-07-12 | with K Desktop Environment 3.5.7 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.8.[8][13] |
| 2007.3 | 2007-11-19 | included the Linux 2.6.18.8 kernel,OpenOffice.org, internet tools (browser, e-mail, instant messaging, etc.), multimedia and graphics tools (video player, music player, etc.), games, and many other applications.COMAR (Configuration Manager for Pardus) is the configuration manager developed in-house, and Tasma is the customK Desktop Environment system configuration tool.[8][14] |
| 2008[15] | 2008-06-27 | with K Desktop Environment 3.5.9 and Linux kernel 2.6.10.[8][16] |
| 2008.1 | 2008-09-15 | included the Linux 2.6.25.16 kernel. K Desktop Environment has been updated to 3.5.10, along with other important infrastructure components: Python 2.5, Java 6, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1.[8][17] |
| 2008.2 | 2009-01-31 | with K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 and Linux kernel 2.6.25.9.[8][18] |
| 2009[19][20][21] | 2009-07-18 | included the 2.6.30.1 kernel. Pardus 2009 used theKDE Plasma Desktop environment and included OpenOffice 3.1, Python 2.6.2, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Gimp 2.6.6 and also applications likeKontact,Kopete,Kaffeine,K3b, and Amarok.[8][22] |
| 2009.1[23][24] | 2010-01-16 | with KDE Plasma Desktop 4.3.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.31.11.[8][25] |
| 2009.2[26] | 2010-06-04 | with KDE Plasma Desktop 4.4.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.31.13.[8][27] |
| 2011[28][29][30] | 2011-01-21 | included the 2.6.37 kernel. Pardus 2011 comes with the latest KDE Software Compilation, KDE SC 4.5.5. The base packages also contains numerous backports and fixes which will improve the stability of your desktop experience significantly. Also includedClementine,K3b,Kontact,Kopete. Pardus 2011 came withFirefox 4.0 as the default browser.[31] |
| 2011.1[32] | 2011-07-12 | included the Linux Kernel 2.6.37.6, KDE Plasma Desktop 4.6.5, LibreOffice 3.4.1.3, Mozilla Firefox Web Browser 5.0, Xorg 1.9.5, Gimp 2.6.11, Python 2.7.1, GCC 4.5.3, and Glibc 2.12. With this release numerous bugs have been fixed, 64-bitSkype andWine packages are now in the 2011 stable repository,YALI has a System Rescue mode, and a 2009-2011 distribution upgrade interface was announced.[33] |
| 2011.2[34] | 2011-09-19 | includes LibreOffice 3.4.3. Last release usingPiSi package management system.[35] |
| 2013 | 2013-03-27 | first release based on Debian repository.TÜBİTAK-ULAKBİM announced that Pardus moved to Debian and will be a Debian-based distribution moving forward.[36][37] |
| 17.0[38][39] | 2017-07-06 | |
| 17.1 | 2017-11-04 | the new release offers three separate ISO images with distinct names that indicate the purpose - Xfce, DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) and Server.[40] |
| 17.2[41] | 2018-03-03 | LibreOffice updated to 6.0.1 version, fixing the navigation rectangle in Menu not following cursor, updated XFCE apps, fixed incorrect Turkish in XFCE apps, including package updates and security patches. |
| 19.0 | 2019-08-03 | Linux Kernel 4.19.0, LibreOffice 6.1.5, Firefox ESR 60.8, VLC 3.0.7. Xfce 4.12 is used as default desktop environment. TLP is configured to provide better battery life. |
| 21.0 | 2021-08-21 | Linux Kernel 5.10, LibreOffice 7.0.4, Firefox ESR 78.13, VLC 3.0.16, OpenJDK 17 Java RE, Thunderbird 78.13. Xfce 4.16 is used as default desktop environment. |
| 21.1 | 2021-12-21 | Linux Kernel 5.10.0-10, LibreOffice latest, Firefox ESR 91.4. |
| 21.2 | 2022-03-29 | Linux Kernel 5.10.0-13, Firefox ESR 91.7, Thunderbird replaced by Evolution. |
| 21.3 | 2022-07-21 | Linux Kernel 5.10.0-16, Firefox ESR 91.11, VLC 3.0.17. |
| 21.4 | 2022-12-27 | Linux Kernel 5.10.0-20, Firefox ESR 102.6, VLC 3.0.18. |
| 21.5 | 2023-05-05 | Linux Kernel 5.10.0-22, LibreOffice latest, Firefox ESR 102.10. |
PiSi (/ˈpiːsiː/; Packages Installed Successfully as Intended; also a Turkish word meaning "kitty", intended as apun on the distribution's name, which is derived frompardus, the species name of theleopard.) is a package management system that was developed for Pardus. It was used in the initial versions of the distribution, but abandoned in favor ofAPT since the project moved to Debian base. Pardus 2011.2, released on September 19, 2011, was the last Pardus release that used PiSi.
PiSi stores and handles dependencies for various packages, libraries, and COMAR tasks. Some features of PiSi include:[citation needed]
A communityfork of the old Pardus with PiSi package management exists, called PiSi Linux.[42][43][44] PiSi Linux's latest stable version is 2.3.4.[45]
eopkg - the package manager of theSolus project, a rolling-release Linux distribution, is based on / derived from PiSi.
YALI (Yet Another Linux Installer) is the first Pardus software a user encounters. Basically, it recognizes the hardware and installs Pardus software from installation media (i.e. CD) to a user-selected hard disk partition. YALI can handle resizing of NTFS partitions found on the disk. Ayalı is a waterside mansion common in theBosphorus region.
This project is stopped and not being used since the migration to Debian-base.
KAPTAN is a desktop greeter, which starts at the first start. It allows a user to change the desktop theme, mouse, keyboard and language settings, date and time, KDE menus, wallpaper, Package Manager settings,smolt, number of desktops. The wordKaptan means 'captain' in Turkish.
This project is stopped and not being used since the migration to Debian-base.
Ladislav Bodnar, the creator ofDistroWatch, wrote in his round-up of Linux/*nix in 2006 that Pardus is one of the distros he was most impressed by that year "... thanks to unique package management ideas, innovative start-up sequence and general desktop polish ..."[46]
Dmitri Popov, an author ofLinux User & Developer, titled his review of Pardus 2011 Beta as the most exciting distro of the year.[47]
Pardus Community Edition based on Debian released on April 12, 2013.[49]
Pisi Linux andPardus-Anka projects forked from PiSi based Pardus. A group of volunteers aim to continue PiSi and other features of Pardus independently.[50][51]
Pisi Linux released two new versions. These versions are direct continuation of Pardus 2011.2 64bit edition, includes updated versions of Pisi, Kaptan etc.
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