Pardus Live CD, a bootable CD edition of the Pardus National Operating System.

Pardus Live CD was prepared by Ulusal Dagitim Project, for getting computer users ideas in Turkey about the Project and telling their critics and opinions in the time.

Live CD can be used without installation and doesn't harm data on your hard disc.

Here are some key features of "Pardus Live CD":

· Linux (2.6.10) Kernel,
· KDE 3.3.2 Desktop Environment,
· Office Tools (OpenOffice.org 1.1.4),
· Internet Tools,
· Multimedia-graffic tools and games,
· Auxilary Tools As...COMAR configuration manager(experimental),
· Kaptan Masaustu Desktop Manager,
· TASMA(experimental).

Along with starting up the desktop environment completely, Kaptan Masaüstü Desktop Manager will welcome you for setting the wallpaper and mouse.

You encounter with Starting Up, Devices, My Documents, Pardus Desktop Sharing and Trash icons on Pardus Desktop, wh,ch is completely started up with your wallpaper.Devices icon shows your storage devices on your computer and supplies to reach to your files on these devices. So you can display the files on your disc or you can save the files that you don't want to lose while you are working with Pardus.With Pardus icon, a local web page which contains purposes of Ulusal Dagitim Project and project developers' communication information.

At the right side of toolbar there are several small applications that you can set volume level, screen resolution and keyboard layout with clicking the mouse. And you can reach to the starting up menuwith clicking Pardus icon at the left side of toolbar.

Starting up menu that you reach by clicking the Pardus icon at the left bottom of the screen, is a special menu for Pardus. At this menu, from Programs section, you can reach to the applications in Pardus. Also you can change the default configuration choices in Pardus, by reaching to the configuration center TASMA from menu.

"uludag" is the default username of Pardus Live CD. Also default and root user passwords are "uludag". When you use console by using "run command" or when you lock the screen, you will need to this password.