Pardus Linux 2008.1 Beta

Ekin Meroğlu has announced the first beta release of Pardus Linux 2008.1: "We're happy to announce Pardus 2008.1 Beta, the first beta for the upcoming Pardus 2008.1. Some of the highlights are: a new version of Network Manager with ad-hoc, 802.1x and connection sharing capabilities; the new stable version of KDE 3 - KDE 3.5.10; Linux kernel 2.6.25.16 - the latest stable release of Linux Kernel 2.6.25; Swedish language support; KDE 3 live CD, KDE 4 one is planned to be released soon; all the enhancements and bug fixes since the release of Pardus 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." Here is the complete release announcement. Download the installation or live (Calisan) CD from here: Pardus_2008.1_Beta.iso (697MB, MD5), Pardus_Calisan_2008.1_Beta.iso (697MB, MD5).