https://pld-linux.org/ 2026-04-13T21:37:35+00:00 https://pld-linux.org/ https://pld-linux.org/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2021-03-16T22:36:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/about?rev=1615930572&do=diff About PLD Linux Unlike other big distributions, there is no commercial support behind PLD Linux. The developer community consists of various enthusiasts who wish to donate their time and knowledge for the common good of PLD Linux. There is no specific ideology behind PLD-Linux, we just want to have a fast, stable and flexible environment to work in. See the text/html 2021-03-13T12:55:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/ac?rev=1615636548&do=diff Info about PLD 2.0 (Ac) Release Manager Release Manager is who decides what goes what's not. Current Ac Release Manager is Elan Ruusamäe. Current status On April 1st 2007 PLD/Linux 2.0 has been marked as stable. CD and DVD images are available on our FTP for download. MINI CDs are available for i386, i586, i686 and athlon (for amd64 and ppc use RescueCD instead). Full CD images are available for i386 (11 CDs), i586 (13 CDs), i686 (13 CDs), athlon (12 CDs), amd64 (10 CDs) and ppc (11 CDs).… text/html 2008-08-01T18:33:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/arts?rev=1217608431&do=diff Graphics designed for PLD Linux. Logos Look at: http://pl.docs.pld-linux.org/loga_duze.html Desktop wallpapers Desktop wallpapers can be found: Farba.eu.org Karol Kreński Gallery KDE-Look: by boskicinek, by koorek, by vip, by yogib More wallpapers and other stuff can be found on http://pld-users.org/look text/html 2014-03-29T18:56:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/cvs2git?rev=1396115808&do=diff CVS to GIT cheatsheet Changes to Developer First you should get yourself git based tools: poldek --up -u rpm-build-tools mv rpm rpm.cvs builder --init-rpm-dir Actions add new package * CVS: ../builder -a PKG or cvs add PKGDIR * GIT: builder -a PKG text/html 2014-05-13T18:34:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/developingpld?rev=1399998845&do=diff How to become a PLD developer This article will attempt to explain the basics of a Linux-based distribution development process. Required knowledge As PLD Linux is an RPM-based distribution, the following knowledge is assumed: * Basic rpm operation text/html 2008-07-29T18:57:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/developingpldsite?rev=1217350638&do=diff How to help with this site Technology It probably doesn't look like it, but this site is just a wikiwiki. MoinMoin to be exact. The theme was prepared specifically for it (style sheets mostly by Patryk Zawadzki), but most of the functionality remained unmodified. text/html 2008-10-25T15:03:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/docs?rev=1224939801&do=diff Documentation PLD provides some basic documentation (still under development) for people seeking help. Do note, that one can also use our mailing lists or the web forum. There are also some pages with package specific notes. Polish documentation Polish users can click here: dokumentacja po polsku. and here http://pld-users.org/pl/przewodniki/spis Devel Documentation text/html 2021-03-31T17:16:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/donations?rev=1617203779&do=diff Donations The PLD project developers accept different kinds of donations: money, equipment or services. At the moment, money and equipment donations can ONLY be transfered to individual developers. You can also see the list of people and companies who already contributed and asked to be listed. Donations of money text/html 2013-10-25T10:09:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/efi?rev=1382688586&do=diff (U)EFI support BIOS has been used to boot PC operating systems for decades. The problem is, BIOS was designed when PC were 16 bit computers – this doesn't work well for today's 64 bit computers. So, more and more machines are switching to a more modern firmware standard – (U)EFI. text/html 2012-10-31T10:55:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/faq?rev=1351677336&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions Polish version Polish version of this FAQ (which should be kept in sync most of the time) is available here. General questions What does the acronym "PLD" stand for? PLD is a recursive acronym (which are quite popular in the Open Source world) for PLD Linux Distribution. Do note, that it used to be Polish(ed) Linux Distribution, but that has changed many years ago and is no longer valid. text/html 2008-08-03T15:35:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/features?rev=1217770514&do=diff PLD Features General Modular kernel PLD kernels are build using modules. No more make menuconfig to make the kernel more stable or faster. You are free to pick which modules to load depending on hardware you want to use. The rest is still there, waiting for your next computer upgrade to save your day. text/html 2016-11-02T06:54:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/gitlab-migration?rev=1478066094&do=diff GitLab Migration GitLab the software, is a web-based Git repository manager with wiki and issue tracking features. Benefit for PLD Linux * Better web interface than gitweb/cgi * Managing Users and SSH keys from GitLab * Per package tickets * Better Collaboration from non PLD-developers text/html 2014-05-30T20:46:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/guid_partition_table?rev=1401475593&do=diff GUID Partition Table GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a HDD partitioning standard defined as a part of the EFI standard. It can be also used in BIOS based systems, instead of the typical MBR, though. GPT has some other advantages over MBR: * can handle disks bigger than 2.20TB text/html 2016-03-21T10:36:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/howto-git?rev=1458552972&do=diff How to work with git repositories Required packages: * git-core * git-core-slug (suggested, >= 0.12) * rpm-build-tools >= 4.5-3 Prepare working dirs Move existing (CVS-based) ~/rpm directory: mv ~/rpm ~/rpm.cvs Prepare new directory: builder --init-rpm-dir text/html 2016-05-11T12:44:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/install?rev=1462963487&do=diff Installing PLD Linux There is no official installer, but system can be installed by booting with livecd and installing PLD Linux into chroot. See Installing PLD Linux based on Rescue CD. For LiveCD, you can try (in this order): * PLD New Rescue (pldnr) * PLD RescueCD (rcd) To get PLD running, you can also use pre-installed VM images. These are intended for text/html 2021-06-16T00:04:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/irc?rev=1623794662&do=diff PLD on IRC Many developers and users can be found on Libera Chat IRC network. PLD uses channel #pld. You can read everything while writing requires you to register at Libera Chat nickserv to be able to speak on channel. text/html 2005-01-25T00:24:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/jabber?rev=1106609054&do=diff Developers' Jabber Accounts Contact Some developers use our jabber server and can be contacted through it. Account names are exactly the same as our mail aliases. To be sure which jabber account a developer really uses, consult the users file mentioned on the text/html 2014-04-08T16:03:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/links?rev=1396965783&do=diff PLD Linux Distributions Links: Official: * http://pld-linux.org/ - Official PLD Linux Website * http://poldek.pld-linux.org/ - Poldek - package manager * http://bugs.pld-linux.org/ - Bug tracking system * http://forum.pld-linux.org/ - PLD Linux forum * http://livecd.pld-linux.org/ - Live CD * http://rescuecd.pld-linux.org/ - RescueCD * http://ppcrcd.pld-linux.org/ - RescueCD for PPC * http://pld-users.org/ - Users' wiki Unofficial: text/html 2012-10-18T23:57:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/machines?rev=1350597431&do=diff Our machines Our infrastructure is distributed among several machines located in different geographic locations (in Poland and Slovakia). Those machines belong to universities or companies, who generously helped our project with such a contribution. text/html 2005-03-15T22:46:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/mailaliases?rev=1110923197&do=diff Mail Aliases System Contact All developers can be contacted using his/hers mail alias. It's in the form accountname@pld-linux.org and, at least most of the times, should forward messages to developer's real mail account. Updating Addresses Developers can update their aliases using the text/html 2005-08-12T20:20:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/mailinglists?rev=1123870805&do=diff Mailing lists Developers use mailing lists as their main medium of communication (as do some users; assuming they're not using our web forum that is). You can find a list of all available lists along with short descriptions, an explanation how to subscribe and their archives text/html 2018-08-08T18:35:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/mirrors?rev=1533746135&do=diff List of mirrors Resources (RPMs and other) FTP Main server * FUH KERNEL, VNET.sk, Bratislava - ftp://master-ftp.pld-linux.org/ Mirrors * ICM, Warszawa, Poland - ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/linux/distributions/pld-linux/ * Paris, France - ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/pld/ HTTP Main server * FUH KERNEL, VNET.sk, Bratislava - http://ftp.pld-linux.org/ ISO images Main server text/html 2014-05-13T18:34:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/old_news?rev=1399998845&do=diff Old News Freshest news available on front page... 15th December 2009: The first LiveUSB with KDE4 is out now! The first LiveUSB with KDE4 has just got released. You're welcome to download and test it on your USB sticks. Grab it as usual from the official projects website. text/html 2013-04-10T14:41:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/packages?rev=1365597669&do=diff Packages Here you can find more info about some programs found in the PLD repository or ftp server. * Packages list * Search packages There's also IRC Bot in IRC chat #pld. Subpages text/html 2012-10-13T23:53:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/people?rev=1350165203&do=diff People Pages List of developer pages text/html 2012-10-30T14:02:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/pld-git?rev=1351602176&do=diff CVS to Git Migration for PLD Linux Already done. See: * howto-git * cvs2git text/html 2014-03-29T18:49:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/pld-github?rev=1396115368&do=diff CVS to Git Migration for PLD Linux using GitHub PLD Linux Github Organization This page describes migration of PLD Linux CVS Packages repository to github. Organization in github as been done: <https://github.com/pld-linux>, later referred as Organization. PLD Developers wishing to join Organization, should create account in GitHub, and Organization Owners will add them to Team named Developers. text/html 2016-03-21T10:20:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/pld-gitolite?rev=1458552001&do=diff Gitolite repository for PLD packages I decided to check whether it would be feasible to host our own git repositories under control of gitolite. Motivation In comparison with github option, it would give us full control over our repository. Also github does provide only text/html 2013-05-08T23:35:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/poldek?rev=1368048914&do=diff What is poldek? <http://pld-linux.org/Poldek> poldek is a full-featured frontend to RPM package manager. Its core features are similar to every modern package updater like APT. Features include package installation, upgrading and removal with automatic dependency handling, querying/ search the package database and many more. text/html 2005-07-16T11:51:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/rc5?rev=1121507482&do=diff PLD Linux RC5 Team distributed.net was the Internet's first general-purpose distributed computing project. Founded in 1997, network has grown to include thousands of users around the world donating the power of their home computers to academic research and public-interest projects. text/html 2018-07-19T16:41:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/repositories?rev=1532011277&do=diff PLD Linux code repositories PLD Linux is using three publicly available code repositories. Git repositories This repository can be found at git.pld-linux.org. The git server hosts several projects, including the PLD spec file database. Projects: * rc-scripts - inittab and /etc/rc.d scripts, text/html 2015-01-13T16:01:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/rpm5?rev=1421161272&do=diff RPM 5 quick guide General information Changes in rpm operation that should interest both users and developers. Upgrading from rpm4 and/or older BDB or downgrading from BDB 5.3 Rpm database upgrade/downgrade is done automatically during package installation, so there is need to do anything. text/html 2008-10-05T20:41:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/samchi?rev=1223232061&do=diff text/html 2015-02-05T14:31:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/sidebar?rev=1423143063&do=diff Documentation * About PLD * Th (3.0) stable * Ac (2.0) oldstable * Installing PLD * FAQ | FAQ (pl) * English documentation * English manual * Brainstorm Basic resources * Mirrors * Packages * Machines * Bugs database * Security * Links Quick VCS access * Our repositories * GIT via the web * CVS via the web * SVN via the web Quick FTP access * Main resources * ISO images Community * IRC channels * Mailing lists * Web forum * Users' w… text/html 2007-03-11T14:56:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/soc_2007?rev=1173621415&do=diff Summer of Code 2007 stats service * client / server collecting information about users' preferences, or better, packages popularity. I see it as an additional package which user has to enable himself (default configuration == do nothing), which would generate some sort of system's unique id and would frequently sent a bunch of information to the server: text/html 2022-10-12T12:48:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/sponsors?rev=1665571718&do=diff Our sponsors PLD Linux Distribution wouldn't be where it is today without contribution from various universities, companies or persons. They helped us in several ways - either with access to rare machines (e.g. Alpha) or by donating hardware, providing collocation for machines, We would like to express our gratitude to them. text/html 2026-01-02T10:34:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/start?rev=1767346456&do=diff PLD Linux Distribution PLD is a free, RPM-based Linux distribution, created in 1998, aimed at the more advanced users and administrators, who accept the tradeoffs of using a system, that might require manual tweaking in exchange for much flexibility. Simultaneous availability for a wide variety of architectures and non-conservative approach to RPM usage provides our users with a consistent environment on almost all available architectures. More details are available in the text/html 2015-09-21T09:23:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/th-next?rev=1442820201&do=diff Development plans for PLD 3.0 (Th) Overview of changes planned to PLD Th. Software updates Software Progress Comments texlive 2012, 2014? ?? work in progress ImageMagick Q8 for non-desktop (PHP) ?? ?? System wide changes * full systemd support (provide systemd units, but still support SysV scripts - at least until vserver will be able to run systemd) text/html 2014-05-13T18:33:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/th?rev=1399998817&do=diff Info about PLD 3.0 (Th) Release Manager Jan Rękorajski (baggins at pld linux org) is the current RM. Current status PLD th is stable, in endless development. No releases are planned, but irregular snaphots are going to be made, main repository is constantly updated, but you can consider main th repository as stable distribution. text/html 2008-08-02T23:39:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/todo?rev=1217713175&do=diff PLD ToDo List There are at least two “streams” of development for PLD -- first one consists mostly of the day to day updates of various packages and making sure they reach our FTP servers (and those updates generate the bulk of discussions on our mailing lists). text/html 2008-08-04T17:53:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/users?rev=1217865196&do=diff PLD Linux users Commercial users * Cyber Service Internet providers * Maverick * Tele-Plus Hosting/service providers * Internet Center Polska Sp. z o.o. * Internet Trading Solutions Ltd. Institutions Educational * Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science CategoryUpdateNeeded text/html 2016-01-29T22:12:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://pld-linux.org/x32?rev=1454101941&do=diff X32 X32 ABI (x32 application binary interface) is an application binary interface project and one of the interfaces of the Linux kernel. It that allows programs to take advantage of the benefits of x86-64 (larger number of CPU registers, better floating-point performance, faster position-independent code shared libraries, function parameters passed via registers, faster syscall instruction) while using 32-bit pointers and thus avoiding the overhead of 64-bit pointers.