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pankso@98 13 <h1>SliTaz - System doc</h1>
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pankso@98 32 <h2>Documentation (en)</h2>
pankso@88 33
pankso@30 34 <p>
pankso@99 35 The Cooking version doesn't provide any Release Notes, major changes are
pankso@99 36 announced on the web site and the <a href="http://scn.slitaz.org/">Blog</a>
paul@100 37 provides fresh news about the project's activity. Like the stable version,
pankso@99 38 you will find <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/">documentation</a> on the
pankso@99 39 wiki site and support on the community
pankso@99 40 <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum</a>.
pankso@30 41 </p>
pankso@30 42
pankso@120 43 <p>
pankso@120 44 The SliTaz GNU/Linux stable release is published with the project tools,
pankso@120 45 manuals and <a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes</a> installed on
pankso@120 46 the system. Manuals and this page are accessible through the standard menu.
pankso@120 47 Please check the <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/">project page</a> for
pankso@120 48 general information about SliTaz.
pankso@120 49 Support can be found on the SliTaz mailing list or the community
pankso@120 50 <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">Forum</a>.
pankso@120 51 </p>
pankso@30 52
pankso@54 53 <ul>
pankso@54 54 <li><a href="#start">Getting started guide</a></li>
pankso@120 55 <li><a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes for 4.0</a>
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pankso@120 61 </li>
pankso@64 62 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:start">Online Documentation</a></li>
pankso@54 63 </ul>
pankso@54 64
pankso@54 65 <a name="start"></a>
pankso@98 66 <h2>Getting started</h2>
pankso@38 67
pankso@102 68 <a name="tazpanel"></a>
pankso@102 69 <h3>SliTaz Panel</h3>
pankso@102 70 <p>
paul@104 71 From spring 2011 the new way (and tool) to configure the system is TazPanel.
pankso@102 72 It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where you
paul@107 73 can control your entire system, this includes package management, adding or
paul@104 74 removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page provides
paul@104 75 a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system. To access the
pankso@102 76 panel you can use the menu entry in "System Tools" or this url:
pankso@102 77 </p>
pankso@102 78 <p>
pankso@102 79 <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a>
pankso@102 80 </p>
pankso@102 81
pankso@38 82 <a name="network"></a>
paul@40 83 <h3>Network connections</h3>
pankso@30 84 <p>
Christian@111 85 Open Tazpanel and go to the
Christian@111 86 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi">Network</a>
Christian@111 87 tab.
Christian@111 88 This shows a basic overview of your networking interfaces and their states. To configure
Christian@111 89 your Ethernet device, mouse over the Network tab and select
Christian@111 90 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?eth">Ethernet</a>
Christian@111 91 . From here you
Christian@111 92 can configure your device to use DHCP or a static address. To configure Wireless devices,
Christian@111 93 mouse over the Network tab and select
Christian@111 94 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?wifi">Wireless</a>.
Christian@111 95 Here you can select a network to connect to.
Christian@111 96 When you click on the desired network, the Connection box underneath will be appropriately
Christian@111 97 filled in. Next, enter your passphrase or leave the field blank for none. Finally,
Christian@111 98 click the Configure button to apply settings.
pankso@30 99 </p>
pankso@38 100 <p>
paul@40 101 More detailed information can be found in the Handbook:
claudinei@65 102 <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:networkconf"
pankso@38 103 >Network configuration</a>
pankso@38 104 </p>
pankso@30 105
pankso@38 106 <a name="apps"></a>
pankso@38 107 <h3>Applications</h3>
pankso@38 108 <p>
paul@97 109 To have a list of all graphical applications, you can use the SliTaz menu button
paul@97 110 at the bottom left of the screen. To have a list of command line tools, you
Christian@112 111 can open a terminal and double press on the tabulation button. Tazpanel provides
Christian@112 112 a nice GUI for package management through the
Christian@112 113 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi">Packages</a> tab. To retrieve a list of all
Christian@112 114 installed packages, open Tazpanel and navigate to the
Christian@112 115 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi?list">My Packages</a> page. To install new
Christian@112 116 packages, you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or a USB storage
Christian@112 117 device containing any downloaded packages. Naturally any package management
Christian@112 118 can also be done from the command line using <code>tazpkg</code>.
pankso@38 119 </p>
pankso@38 120
pankso@38 121 <a name="office"></a>
pankso@38 122 <h3>Office suite</h3>
pankso@38 123 <p>
Christian@113 124 The SliTaz packages database provides a variety of lightweight office applications.
paul@40 125 All of these packages are easily installable in a few clicks through the packages
Christian@113 126 manager in Tazpanel. SliTaz also provides a simple way to install the powerful
Christian@113 127 LibreOffice suite: just search for "LibreOffice" in the packages manager, double click
Christian@113 128 on "get-LibreOffice", select the "Auto install non free package" checkbox, and click
Christian@113 129 Install.
pankso@38 130 </p>
pankso@38 131 <p>
paul@107 132 To have a lightweight office suite: just use Abiword as the Word processor, Gnumeric as a
pankso@38 133 Spreadsheet and Homebank for Bank Accounting.
pankso@38 134 </p>
pankso@38 135
pankso@44 136 <a name="multimedia"></a>
pankso@44 137 <h3>Multimedia</h3>
pankso@44 138 <p>
pankso@44 139 Most SliTaz flavors include a wide range of sound card drivers, a volume
paul@45 140 mixer and a light audio player to easily listen to any MP3 or OGG files. The Sound
paul@45 141 card is autodetected at boot time and audio support works out-of-the-box
paul@45 142 on many systems. If you manually add a new user and can't listen to audio, please
paul@96 143 check that the user belongs to the <code>audio</code> group. For any other trouble, please
paul@94 144 check the full documentation and/or use the forum.
pankso@44 145 </p>
pankso@44 146 <p>
pankso@44 147 Videos can be watched by installing one single package or using a dedicated
paul@45 148 LiveCD or LiveUSB system. The SliTaz team have packaged some of the best video players
paul@96 149 available under GNU/Linux: <code>mplayer</code>, <code>xine-ui</code> and <code>vlc</code>.
pankso@44 150 </p>
pankso@44 151
pankso@38 152 <a name="info"></a>
pankso@38 153 <h3>System information</h3>
pankso@38 154 <p>
pankso@38 155 You can get information on your system by clicking on "System information"
paul@52 156 in the System Tools menu, then "Summary". Clicking on the other
paul@96 157 buttons offers you more information, and using the benchmarks can
paul@94 158 give you an idea on how fast your computer is. To have a list and control
paul@118 159 of all your current processes, you can use the "Task Manager" available in
paul@118 160 the same menu.
pankso@38 161 </p>
pankso@38 162
pankso@38 163 <a name="root"></a>
pankso@38 164 <h3>Becoming Root</h3>
pankso@38 165 <p>
paul@40 166 By default, Slitaz doesn't have its desktop running as root administrator:
paul@51 167 it asks for a root password (default <code>root</code>) for any superuser work.
pankso@38 168 Therefore, it is safer and more secure. To become root in an xterm, simply
Christian@115 169 type <code>su</code> and enter the root password. To run a graphical application
Christian@115 170 as root, use <code>subox</code>. For example, to run leafpad as root you
Christian@115 171 would run <code>subox leafpad</code>.
pankso@38 172 </p>
pankso@38 173
pankso@44 174 <a name="install"></a>
pankso@38 175 <h3>Installation</h3>
pankso@38 176 <p>
paul@40 177 SliTaz can be installed to a hard disk or on an USB mass storage device using the
Christian@116 178 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/installer.cgi">SliTaz Installer</a> in Tazpanel. The installer makes a full HD install.
paul@96 179 SliTaz won't function in memory (RAM) anymore like in Live or Frugal mode and
paul@41 180 everything is persistent.
pankso@38 181 </p>
pankso@38 182 <p>
paul@97 183 To generate a LiveUSB system, you can use the "Tazusb LiveUSB Tool" from the "System Tools"
paul@40 184 menu or <code>tazusb</code> from the command line. More information can be found in the SliTaz
claudinei@65 185 Handbook: <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:liveusb">LiveUSB media</a>
pankso@38 186 </p>
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