From ekin at pardus.org.tr Wed Jun 4 09:34:53 2008 From: ekin at pardus.org.tr (Ekin =?utf-8?q?Mero=C4=9Flu?=) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:34:53 +0300 Subject: [Pardus-announce] Pardus 2008 Beta 1 Message-ID: <200806040934.53672.ekin@pardus.org.tr> Hi; We're happy to announce Pardus 2008 Beta 1, the first Beta for upcoming Pardus 2008. This beta includes most of the enhancements planned for the final release and can be dowloaded from ftp://ftp.pardus.org.tr/pub/pardus/installcd/2008 We would like to remind you that this is not a final version, and should not be installed on production machines. We did our best to fix all bugs, however should you find one, do not hesitate to enter a report in our bug reporting system (http://bugs.pardus.org.tr). Please note that to eliminate potential problems, burn the CDs in DAO mode, 16x speed. Pardus 2008 Beta 1 has a known problem : Installations in languages other then Turkish and English terminates with an exception - so other languages are not supported at the moment. Some of the highlights of this beta are : - Pardus specific tools and technologies : the new dbus based COMAR, the-fastest-ever PiSi, our new shiny YAlI, the new Display-Manager tool and our new and enhanced Kaptan are all here for our users... - Seamless desktop integration : full policykit - consolekit - dbus/Comar intagration allover the desktop, Pulseaudio, automatic printer recognition and configuration... - New visual design : From bootsplash to icon theme, all Pardus visuals have been redesigned for Pardus 2008. - Up-to-date packages and repo : Pardus repositories include up-to-date components - gcc 4.3.1 RC, glibc 2.8, kernel 2.6.24.7, Python 2.5 in base system, OpenOffice 2.4.1.3, Firefox 3.0 RC1 in desktop, just to name a few... Let's remind it one more time - this is a beta grade software : though we tried to eliminate all the bugs we are aware of, quite possibly there are more of them. We would be happy to hear about them in our bugzilla and pardus-users email list. -- Happy Hacking; Ekin Meroglu From ekin at pardus.org.tr Mon Jun 9 22:28:39 2008 From: ekin at pardus.org.tr (Ekin =?utf-8?q?Mero=C4=9Flu?=) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:28:39 +0300 Subject: [Pardus-announce] Pardus 2008 Release Candidate [RC1] Message-ID: <200806092228.40028.ekin@pardus.org.tr> Hi, We're happy to announce Pardus 2008 RC1, the first release candidate for upcoming Pardus 2008. This release includes most of the enhancements planned for the final release and can be dowloaded from ftp://ftp.pardus.org.tr/pub/pardus/installcd/2008 We would like to remind you that this is not a final version, and should not be installed on production machines. We did our best to fix all bugs, however should you find one, do not hesitate to enter a report in our bug reporting system (http://bugs.pardus.org.tr). Please note that to eliminate potential problems, burn the CDs in DAO mode, 16x speed. Some of the highlights of this release are : - Updated Pardus specific tools, specially the new Display-Manager tool... - A new Kernel (2.6.25.5) and GCC (4.3.1) Besides many bugfixes and updated packages... Let's remind it one more time - this is a test grade software : though we tried to eliminate all the bugs we are aware of, quite possibly there are more of them. We would be happy to hear about them in our bugzilla and pardus-users email list. From ekin at pardus.org.tr Wed Jun 18 23:22:18 2008 From: ekin at pardus.org.tr (Ekin =?utf-8?q?Mero=C4=9Flu?=) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:22:18 +0300 Subject: [Pardus-announce] Pardus 2008 RC2 Message-ID: <200806182322.18841.ekin@pardus.org.tr> Hi, We're happy to announce Pardus 2008 RC2, hopefully the last release candidate for upcoming Pardus 2008. This release includes a whole bunch of bugfixes and enhancements, as well as new features of Pardus' own tools and underlying technologies. A lot of package updates are available too : some are in the install CD and some are in the repositories, just a few clicks away.. As always, Pardus 2008 RC 2 can be dowloaded from : ftp://ftp.pardus.org.tr/pub/pardus/installcd/2008 We would like to remind you that this is not a final version, and should not be installed on production machines. We did our best to fix all bugs, however should you find one, do not hesitate to enter a report in our bug reporting system (http://bugs.pardus.org.tr). Also, we would be happy to hear about your experiences in our pardus-users email list. Lastly, please note that to eliminate potential problems, burn the CDs in DAO mode, 16x speed. In case of doubt, the check CD step of our installer -YALI- can check if the installation media is in a good condition. -- Happy Hacking; Ekin Meroglu From loker at pardus.org.tr Thu Jun 19 15:36:24 2008 From: loker at pardus.org.tr (Koray =?utf-8?q?L=C3=B6ker?=) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:36:24 +0300 Subject: [Pardus-announce] An update of the release date Message-ID: <200806191536.24288.loker@pardus.org.tr> Hello, After the release of Pardus 2008 RC2 have been delayed for two days, it was discussed to delay the final release as well, for having a wider test time for the new features and the packages in our repositories. Finally, release date is updated as June 27, Friday... We are sorry for this delay but we are sure that all Pardus users will tolerate the decision for a better and stable Pardus 2008... Thanks, With best regards, -- Koray Löker <-/ http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/ ...for freedom /-> -------------- sonraki bölüm -------------- Yazı olmayan bir eklenti temizlendi... Ä°sim: kullanılamıyor Tür: application/pgp-signature Boyut: 197 bayt Tanım: This is a digitally signed message part. Url: http://liste.pardus.org.tr/pardus-announce/attachments/20080619/60b8161b/attachment.pgp From ekin at pardus.org.tr Fri Jun 27 16:20:11 2008 From: ekin at pardus.org.tr (Ekin =?utf-8?q?Mero=C4=9Flu?=) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:20:11 +0300 Subject: [Pardus-announce] Pardus 2008 Final Release Message-ID: <200806271620.11269.ekin@pardus.org.tr> Hi; Pardus 2008 Final Release is ready for download in our ftp servers and mirrors. For download info, please visit : http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/download.html Many thanks to all our developer and users who supported this release - We hope you'll have as much fun using it as we've had developing. Please note that to eliminate potential problems, burn the CDs in DAO mode, 16x speed. In case of doubt, the check CD step of our installer -YALI- can check if the installation media is in a good condition. -- Happy Hacking; Ekin Meroglu ... did i listen to pop music because i was miserable, or was i miserable because i listened to pop music?... - rob [nick hornby / hi fi] From ekin at pardus.org.tr Fri Jun 27 16:25:16 2008 From: ekin at pardus.org.tr (Ekin =?utf-8?q?Mero=C4=9Flu?=) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:25:16 +0300 Subject: [Pardus-announce] Pardus 2008 Release Notes In-Reply-To: <200806271620.11269.ekin@pardus.org.tr> References: <200806271620.11269.ekin@pardus.org.tr> Message-ID: <200806271625.16279.ekin@pardus.org.tr> Pardus 2008 release notes 1. Welcome to Pardus 2008 Welcome to Pardus version 2008, another great Pardus release from Pardus developers, translators, artists and documentation writers. This is the first release of Pardus 2008 branch. We kindly invite you to visit http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng for more information. 1.1 Feedback You can use http://bugs.pardus.org.tr, aka Pardus bug tracking system to send a bug, bug fix or any suggestion related to Pardus. We would like to thank our users and developers with their bug reports, related fixes, new package or feature suggestions for this release. 2. Basic features This section describes the Pardus 2008 features. 2.1 User authorization management The privileges of all users may be arranged and the password inquiry behavior may easily be customized by using the advanced user authorization system of Pardus 2008. The new and improved User Manager, on the other hand, makes authorization management very easy and secure. The authorization system and privilege management interfaces, which have been developed by Pardus developers, make use of Pulaski - dbus infrastructure and work in conjunction with COMAR to provide system-wide and hassle-free authorization control infrastructure. 2.2 Easy to use Network Manager Network manager supports auto-detection of your wireless profiles and automatically switches to the detected profile. The connection information is viewable at the system tray, which is updated continuously and informs user via a popup which makes network manager more intuitive and user friendly. Ethernet, wireless and modem connections, together with all customized configuration, may be saved as profiles for different locations for easy connectivity. 2.3 Improved package management system The package manager PiSi (Packages installed Successfully, as intended), which downloads and installs new packages in only a few clicks, have been improved and get faster in performance. The most recent versions of applications that you use are updated by downloading only the changed parts, which make download times much shorter. Using the newly added support for history management in PiSi and new History Manager you may go back to the previous versions of packages, may have snapshots of your current state, and go back and forth between these snapshots. 2.4 YALI The installer program YALI (Yet Another Linux Installer), first asks the questions necessary, then starts with installation, which takes around 30 minutes. Customization of user information, automatic login, timezone, system keyboard and language settings are done easily. It is possible to change all these configuration setting afterward, using configuration manager TASMA, as usual. In addition, YALI includes the new and improved partitioning interface , which makes managing hard disks a charm: It is possible to easily customize the installation and boot system. The fully rewritten automatic resizing and installation choices makes installation problem-free and fast. 2.5 Kaptan Desktop The welcoming application for new users, Kaptan Desktop, has been completely rewritten. Kaptan is a single-point solution for keyboard/mouse, desktop, network and package management settings, and make suggestions for better system configuration. 2.6 Display Manager One of the new features of Pardus 2008 is the Display Manager, which provides a graphical interface for graphics card and monitor configuration. Display Manager makes advanced configuration of resolution, color-depth, mutlihead, and such, and makes use of the fully rewritten display management infrastructure (zorg). 2.7 Automatic hardware detection One of the strong points of Pardus, fully automatic hardware detection, has become better in Pardus 2008. The printers attached to the systems are automatically detected and configured in Pardus 2008. Widely used peripheral devices such as wireless network devices, webcams, printers, scanners and all-in-ones are supported much better in Pardus 2008 for a problem-free operation. 2.8 Pardus Technologies The fundamental technologies of Pardus, namely COMAR and Mudur, have been rewritten to make use of dbus infrastructure. Pardus 2008 is the first Pardus release that makes use of these technologies. New COMAR provides a complete configuration management service, thanks to its new design fully integrated with dbus and authorization infrastructure. 2.9 Updated applications In addition to the new features of Pardus technologies, Pardus 2008 includes numerous version upgrades: - Updated KDE 3.5.9 Desktop Environment, - The latest Linux kernel (2.6.25.9) provides much improved hardware support, together with a stable and reliable system, - Important infrastructure improvements including gcc 4.3.1, glibc 2.8, Python 2.5, Java 6 , - The most recent, fastest and most capable internet browser Mozilla Firefox 3.0, - OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 which operates on almost all office document formats, - Hundreds of free software applications, with less bugs and updated to the most recent versions... 3. Installation requirements You can run Pardus 2008 on an average hardware. We suggest to use at least 512 MB RAM (memory) and 1200 MHz processor to get an effective performance. Minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Pardus 2008 are mentioned below: * 256 MB memory (512 MB recommended) * 800 MHz Intel or AMD processor (1200 MHz recommended) * At least 4 GB of free hard disk space (10 GB recommended)