Pardus是一份GNU/Linux发行，它由土耳其科学技术研究委员会创建开发。Pardus拥有一套独特的功能部件，例如Mudur，这是一份加速Pardus引导过程的启动框架，以及PiSi，这是一份高效包管理系统，它带有用户友好的图形界面。
Onur Küçük announced the second release candidate of the Turkish Pardus Linux 2009: "The International CD of RC2, containing 11 languages to choose from, is also available in FTP. The new release contains many bugfixes and enhancements after the RC release. New release comes with improved hardware support for printers, scanners, webcams, wireless adapters and DVB devices. Pardus 2009 RC2 has also been improved graphically in every part of the distribution. All the splash systems from bootloader to login screen have been improved. Migration tool, allowing users of Windows to migrate their personal data now comes with the installation CD. Pardus repositories are growing larger and larger everyday, with the main repository over 2000 packages." Here is the complete release announcement.
