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What is paldo?

paldo is a Upkg driven GNU/Linux distribution. It's kind of a mix of a source and a binary distribution. Even though it builds packages like a source distribution it provides binary packages.

paldo aims to be simple, pure, up to date and standards compliant. Learn more about paldo

Screenshot of paldo in November 2023

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GNOME 45, Firefox 120, and Linux 6.6 in stable30 Nov 2023

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 45.1, LibreOffice 7.6, Firefox 120, Python 3.12, OpenSSL 3.2, Linux 6.6.3, glibc 2.38, and gcc 13.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 44, Firefox 113, and Linux 6.2 in stable10 May 2023

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 44.1, LibreOffice 7.5, Firefox 113, Python 3.11, OpenSSL 3.1, Linux 6.2.14, glibc 2.37, and gcc 13.1 are now available in paldo stable. Python 2 has been removed from the default installation. Packages are now compressed using zstd.

GNOME 43, Firefox 105, and Linux 5.19 in stable30 September 2022

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 43, LibreOffice 7.4.2, Firefox 105.0.1, Linux 5.19.11, glibc 2.36, and gcc 12.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 42, Firefox 99, and Linux 5.17 in stable30 April 2022

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 42.1, LibreOffice 7.3.2, Firefox 99.0.1, Linux 5.17.14, glibc 2.35, and gcc 11.3 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 40, Firefox 87, and Linux 5.11 in stable16 April 2021

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 40.0, LibreOffice 7.1.1, Firefox 87.0, Linux 5.11.13, glibc 2.33, and gcc 10.3 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.38, LibreOffice 7.1, Firefox 85, and Linux 5.10 in stable7 February 2021

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.38.3, LibreOffice 7.1.0, Firefox 85.0.1, Linux 5.10.12, glibc 2.32, and gcc 10.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.36, LibreOffice 6.4, Firefox 77, and Linux 5.7 in stable17 June 2020

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.36.3, LibreOffice 6.4.4, Firefox 77.0.1, Linux 5.7.2, glibc 2.31, and gcc 10.1 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.34, LibreOffice 6.3, Firefox 70, and Linux 5.3 in stable8 November 2019

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.34.1, LibreOffice 6.3.3, Firefox 70.0.1, Linux 5.3.9, glibc 2.30, and gcc 9.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.32, LibreOffice 6.2, Firefox 66, and Linux 5.0 in stable25 March 2019

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.32.0, LibreOffice 6.2.2, Firefox 66.0, Linux 5.0.4, glibc 2.29, and gcc 8.3 are now available in paldo stable.

UEFI and systemd-boot18 January 2019

New installations of paldo use systemd-boot as UEFI boot loader. Existing installations of paldo using GRUB as BIOS boot loader will continue to be supported.

This also affects the downloadable paldo live images. They are now UEFI disk images and can be booted on any UEFI x86-64 system.

GNOME 3.30, LibreOffice 6.1, Firefox 62, and Linux 4.18 in stable12 September 2018

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.30.0, LibreOffice 6.1.1, Firefox 62.0, Linux 4.18.7, glibc 2.28, and gcc 8.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.28, LibreOffice 6.0, Firefox 59, and Linux 4.15 in stable18 March 2018

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.28.0, LibreOffice 6.0.1, Firefox 59.0.1, Linux 4.15.10, glibc 2.27, and gcc 7.3 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.26, LibreOffice 5.4, Firefox 55, and Linux 4.13 in stable15 September 2017

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.26.0, LibreOffice 5.4.1, Firefox 55.0.3, Linux 4.13.2, glibc 2.26, and gcc 7.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.24, LibreOffice 5.3, Firefox 52, and Linux 4.10 in stable16 April 2017

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.24.1, LibreOffice 5.3.1, Firefox 52.0, Linux 4.10.10, glibc 2.25, and gcc 6.3 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.22, LibreOffice 5.2, Firefox 49, and Linux 4.7 in stable29 September 2016

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.22.0, LibreOffice 5.2.0, Firefox 49.0, Linux 4.7.5, glibc 2.24, and gcc 6.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.20, LibreOffice 5.1, Firefox 45, and Linux 4.5 in stable14 April 2016

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.20.1, LibreOffice 5.1.2, Firefox 45.0.2, Linux 4.5.1, glibc 2.23, and gcc 5.3 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.18, LibreOffice 5.0, Firefox 41, and Linux 4.2 in stable16 October 2015

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.18.1, LibreOffice 5.0, Firefox 41.0.2, Linux 4.2.3, glibc 2.22, and gcc 5.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.16, LibreOffice 4.4, Firefox 36, and Linux 3.19 in stable29 March 2015

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.16, LibreOffice 4.4, Firefox 36, Linux 3.19.3, and glibc 2.21 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.14, LibreOffice 4.3, Firefox 33, and Linux 3.16 in stable18 October 2014

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.14.1, LibreOffice 4.3.2, Firefox 33, Linux 3.16.6, glibc 2.20, and gcc 4.9 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.12, LibreOffice 4.2, Firefox 28, and Linux 3.13 in stable29 March 2014

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.12, LibreOffice 4.2, Firefox 28, Linux 3.13, and glibc 2.19 are now available in paldo stable.

paldo Live CD now available as hybrid ISO10 January 2014

The paldo Live and Rescue CD images are now built as hybrid ISO images. You can write them to a CD or a USB stick to install or test paldo GNU/Linux.

GNOME 3.10, LibreOffice 3.6, Firefox 24, and Linux 3.11 in stable29 September 2013

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.10, LibreOffice 4.1, Firefox 24, Linux 3.11, and gcc 4.8 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.6, LibreOffice 3.6, Firefox 16, and Linux 3.6 in stable15 October 2012

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.6, LibreOffice 3.6.1.2, Firefox 16.0.1, Linux 3.6.2, and gcc 4.7.2 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.4, LibreOffice 3.5, Firefox 13, and Linux 3.4 in stable9 July 2012

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.4, LibreOffice 3.5, Firefox 13, Linux 3.4, gcc 4.7, and glibc 2.16 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3.2, LibreOffice 3.4, Firefox 7, and Linux 3.0 in stable30 September 2011

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.2, LibreOffice 3.4, Firefox 7, Linux 3.0, and glibc 2.14 are now available in paldo stable.

LibreOffice 3.3, gcc 4.6, and glibc 2.13 in stable1 May 2011

We are pleased to announce that LibreOffice 3.3.2, gcc 4.6.0, glibc 2.13, and Python 2.7.1 are now available in paldo stable.

GNOME 3, Firefox 4, Linux 2.6.38, and systemd in stable20 Apr 2011

We are pleased to announce that GNOME 3.0.0, Firefox 4.0, Linux 2.6.38.3, and systemd v24 are now available in paldo stable.

glibc 2.13, gcc 4.6.0, and Python 2.7.1 are available in paldo unstable.

paldo 1.22 released21 May 2010

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.22 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.30.1
  • OpenOffice.org 3.2.0
  • Linux 2.6.33.4
  • X.org server 1.8.0

paldo 1.21 released9 Feb 2010

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.21 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.28.2
  • Firefox 3.6
  • Linux 2.6.32.7
  • GCC 4.4 and glibc 2.11
  • X.org server 1.7.4

paldo 1.20 released6 Nov 2009

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.20 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.28.1
  • OpenOffice.org 3.1.1
  • Firefox 3.5.5
  • Linux 2.6.31.5
  • X.org server 1.7.1

paldo 1.19 released8 Aug 2009

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.19 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.26.3
  • OpenOffice.org 3.1.0
  • Firefox 3.5.2
  • Linux 2.6.30.4
  • X.org server 1.6.2

paldo 1.18 released7 May 2009

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.18 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.26.1
  • Firefox 3.0.10
  • Linux 2.6.29.2
  • X.org server 1.6.1

paldo 1.17 released17 February 2009

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.17 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.24.3
  • OpenOffice.org 3.0.1
  • Firefox 3.0.6
  • Linux 2.6.28.5
  • X.org server 1.5.3

paldo 1.16 released6 December 2008

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.16 with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.24
  • OpenOffice.org 3.0.0
  • Firefox 3.0.4
  • Linux 2.6.27.8
  • X.org 7.4

paldo 1.15 released15 August 2008

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.15 with many bug fixes and updates.

It features the latest stable GNOME 2.22.3 desktop, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Firefox 3.0.1, Eclipse 3.4, and VirtualBox 1.6.2. Also included are Linux kernel 2.6.25.15 to support new devices, X.org 7.3, updated proprietary drivers for NVIDIA and AMD graphic cards, and Wammu 0.27 to simplify cell phone synchronization.

NetworkManager 0.7 enables easy internet connections with GSM/UMTS and DSL. With SMPlayer 0.6.1 playing videos and DVDs has a new comfort. The easy-to-use graphical installer has been updated to make the installation from the Live CD as simple as possible. All packages have been rebuilt with the updated toolchain: GCC 4.3 and glibc 2.8.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.22.3
  • OpenOffice.org 2.4.1
  • Linux 2.6.25.15
  • GCC 4.3 and glibc 2.8
  • Eclipse 3.4
  • NetworkManager 0.7

We hope, you like this release and are happy to answer your questions in #paldo on irc.freenode.org

paldo 1.14 released10 May 2008

We are pleased to announce the release of paldo 1.14 with many bug fixes and updates.

During this development cycle we could integrate some major changes. One of the bigger moves was the update to GNOME 2.22, which brought many new features like better support for network filesystems, a polished evolution version, and some window compositing eye-candy. GNOME release notes

An other nice improvement in this paldo release is the availability of OpenOffice.org 2.4, which is the last major release before the upcoming 3.0 edition. The OpenOffice.org developers have added some useful enhancements like plenty new chart features, PDF/A-1 support (long term archiving), usability improvements, and many more. You can read their full announcement

The kernel has been updated to linux 2.6.24 to support the latest technologies and drivers.

Further enhancements to point out:

  • Pidgin 2.4.1
  • MonoDevelop 1.0
  • Abiword 2.6.0
  • Anjuta 2.4.1

We hope, you like this release and are happy to answer your questions in #paldo on irc.freenode.org

paldo 1.13 released3 Feb 2008

paldo 1.13 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.20.3
  • OpenOffice 2.3.1 on x86 and x86_64
  • Linux 2.6.23.14
  • Many smaller package updates
  • Russian translation of many packages

Bandwidth Limitation8 Nov 2007

Due to extreme network resource consumption we had to limit bandwidth for http traffic pretty drastically.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Update (15 Nov 2007): paldo.org has moved to a new server and the bandwidth limit has been removed.

paldo 1.12 released5 Nov 2007

paldo 1.12 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • Graphical installer on Live CD
  • OpenOffice 2.3.0 on x86 and x86_64
  • Linux 2.6.23.1
  • GNOME 2.20.1
  • X.org 7.3 with input hotplug support
  • KDE 3.5.8

paldo 1.11 released6 Aug 2007

paldo 1.11 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • OpenOffice 2.2.1
  • Linux 2.6.21.6
  • GNOME 2.18.3
  • VirtualBox 1.4.0
  • Eclipse 3.3
  • KDE 3.5.7
  • Proprietary NVIDIA driver for legacy chips

trac.paldo.org offline5 June 2007

Due to extreme resource consumption we needed to shut down the trac service. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope we can put it back on soon.

Support for legacy NVIDIA chips added25 May 2007

We have included the two closed-source NVIDIA drivers for their legacy chips into testing branch. The paldo Xorg start script should automatically detect which driver to use.

Everyone who has installed those drivers by hand may safely remove them now.

For those who used the "nv" driver and whish to make use of the 3D hardware acceleration may replace that with "nvidia" (in /etc/xorg.conf). The paldo Xorg script will automatically link in the correct OpenGL implementation.

paldo 1.10 released5 May 2007

paldo 1.10 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • OpenOffice 2.2
  • X.org Server 1.3
  • Linux 2.6.20.11
  • GNOME 2.18.1
  • With Xfce 4.4 a second desktop environment found its way into paldo.

paldo 1.9 released9 Feb 2007

paldo 1.9 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • OpenOffice 2.1
  • X.org 7.2
  • Linux 2.6.19.2
  • glibc 2.5

paldo 1.8 released1 Nov 2006

paldo 1.8 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.16
  • OpenOffice 2.0.4
  • Linux 2.6.18
  • Firefox 2.0
  • Python 2.5
  • NetworkManager was moved into this branch to replace the ifupdown network configuration stack

paldo 1.7 released4 Aug 2006

paldo 1.7 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.14.3
  • Xorg 7.1
  • Linux 2.6.17

paldo 1.6 released14 May 2006

After a short delay, paldo 1.6 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.14.1
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0.2
  • gcc 4.1
  • Xen 3.0

paldo 1.5 released8 February 2006

paldo 1.5 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.12.2
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0.1
  • Xorg 7.0
  • MythTV Media Center

paldo 1.4 released15 November 2005

After a short delay, paldo 1.4 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.12.1
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0 Final
  • Xorg 7.0 RC1 with support for current graphics cards
  • Wireless Applet to easily switch wireless networks
  • UnionFS-based Boot and Live CD to modify the live system
  • Live CD for x86_64
  • MySQL 5.0.15

paldo 1.3 released7 August 2005

paldo 1.3 has been released with many bug fixes and updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta
  • Support x86_64 systems
  • gcc 4.0
  • Added Bluefish Web Development Editor
  • Many smaller package updates

paldo 1.2 released4 May 2005

paldo 1.2 has been released with many bug fixes and package updates.

Enhancements to point out:

  • GNOME 2.10
  • Mono 1.1
  • Locales have been separated into packages for each language.
  • Booting from software RAID partitions is now possible.
  • Added Beagle, a desktop search tool.
  • Added Evince, the new GNOME document viewer. Leaded to removal of gpdf and acroread (acroread is still available as a package).
  • Updated whole HP printing system.

paldo 1.1 released10 February 2005

paldo 1.1 has been released with many bug fixes, package updates and the fully modular initramfs kernel.

testing uses new-style initramfs kernel8 November 2004

All our kernels make use of special initramfs capabilities but our unstable branch had a kernel which used initramfs in a new way: Everything but kernel capabilities is now built as module (apart from very few troubling drivers). This means that you should be able to boot paldo from any device and file system linux supports. This method obsoletes also the old fashioned "cold-plugging" of devices. The whole device driver loading procedure is now truly event based. As long as there are enough drivers inside initramfs there is virtually no need to build a customized kernel. Fire up paldo with this kernel build and check lsmod

This kernel was now moved to testing! Please do as many tests as possible.

paldo 1.0 released31 October 2004

Finally, after months of hard work, we finished paldo 1.0. Go and install this fresh and new Linux distribution!