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