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pankso@120 13 <h1>SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes</h1>
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pankso@120 29 <h2>Release Notes (en)</h2>
pankso@120 30
pankso@120 31 <p>
pankso@120 32 Welcome to SliTaz 4.0! Modern, secure, stable, fast and flexible the
pankso@120 33 new SliTaz stable version is now out for Desktops and servers in
pankso@120 34 production use.
pankso@120 35 </p>
pankso@120 36
pankso@120 37 <ul>
pankso@120 38 <li>More than 6500 commits in the wok</li>
pankso@120 39 <li>More than 1000 packages added to database</li>
paul@124 40 <li>Boot in 10 seconds or less on a very recent machine</li>
pankso@120 41 <li>Centralized configuration with the new control panel</li>
pankso@120 42 <li>New build tool which lets you create SliTaz packages in a minute</li>
pankso@120 43 <li>New rolling release ISO is built after each package cook</li>
paul@124 44 <li>4 Distros in one on the LiveCD (The Russian dolls)</li>
pankso@120 45 <li>New graphical installer and updater</li>
pankso@120 46 <li>New GUI Boxes and tools to create Live systems</li>
al@128 47 <li>Web boot improved: <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">boot.slitaz.org</a></li>
al@128 48 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:releases:4.0:errata" target="_blank">Errata for 4.0</a>
pankso@120 49 on the Wiki</li>
pankso@120 50 </ul>
pankso@120 51
pankso@120 52 <h3>Toolchain and build tools</h3>
pankso@120 53 <p>
pankso@120 54 Slitaz 4.0 has been built with our new build tools aka cookutils. We
pankso@120 55 have created new tools which handle the ~3300 packages dependencies
pankso@120 56 in a simple and consistent way. The cookutils let you also create new
pankso@120 57 Slitaz packages faster than ever. The tools are installed on each
pankso@120 58 SliTaz system as well as any supporting documentation.
pankso@120 59 </p>
pankso@120 60
pankso@120 61 <h3>Supported Hardware</h3>
pankso@120 62 <p>
erjo@121 63 SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 supports most machines based on i486 or x86 Intel
pascal@126 64 compatible processors. A minimum of 192MB of memory is recommended to
pankso@120 65 use the core LiveCD and our new russian dolls system will automatically
pankso@120 66 detect your memory to boot a low memory resource flavor if needed. The
pankso@120 67 default LiveCD provides the Core system which is a fully featured desktop,
pankso@120 68 a GTK only desktop, a flavor with just X windows and a text mode
pankso@120 69 system which will run with only 48 MB RAM (but can still let you
pankso@120 70 install a full desktop).
pankso@120 71 </p>
pankso@120 72
pankso@120 73
pankso@120 74 <h3>Live systems</h3>
pankso@120 75 <p>
pankso@120 76 SliTaz 4.0 core LiveCD provides in fact 4 versions and will use the one
pankso@120 77 your hardware can support. The live CD holds several SliTaz nested subsets.
pankso@120 78 The boot loader selects the most features that your computer memory can
pankso@120 79 access. You can also select an image from the menu and hit [tab] to edit
pankso@120 80 any options. A command line, the ability to webboot, help options and
pankso@120 81 languages are also available from the menu. Now people with very little
pankso@120 82 RAM can boot the Live CD, but probably in text mode. A full install can
pankso@120 83 now be performed to hard disk directly from the Live CD using text mode
pankso@120 84 with only 48MB ram.
pankso@120 85 </p>
pankso@120 86
pankso@120 87
pankso@120 88 <h3>Installation</h3>
pankso@120 89 <p>
pankso@120 90 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in
pankso@120 91 text mode. Tazinst is a lightweight SliTaz HDD installer. It installs
pankso@120 92 SliTaz to a hard drive from a Live-CD, a LiveUSB key, a SliTaz
pankso@120 93 ISO image, or from the web (using Tazpanel) by downloading a stable,
pankso@120 94 cooking or rolling version. The prerequisite material and other useful
pankso@120 95 information can be found in the Manual and Handbook.
pankso@120 96 </p>
pankso@120 97 <p>
pankso@120 98 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly
pankso@120 99 use Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning
pankso@120 100 tool. At the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB"
pankso@120 101 bootloader which is capable of starting almost any operating system.
pankso@120 102 This allows SliTaz to co-exist with a previously installed operating
pankso@120 103 system, such as Windows.
pankso@120 104 </p>
pankso@120 105
pankso@120 106
pankso@120 107 <h3>Packages</h3>
pankso@120 108 <p>
pankso@120 109 Among the 3350 packages available in SliTaz 4.0 you will find anything you
pankso@120 110 need to transform your machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a
pankso@120 111 graphics studio with The Gimp or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino.
pankso@120 112 You can experience the world wide web with instant messaging, VOIP, email
pankso@120 113 and of course through a web browser. Packages can be found through the
pankso@120 114 search function of Tazpkg, Tazpanel or via the website:
al@128 115 <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">http://pkgs.slitaz.org/</a>
pankso@120 116 </p>
pankso@120 117 <p>
pankso@120 118 SliTaz is designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
pankso@120 119 LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl
pankso@120 120 and Python. Apache and Squid are also available. The ability to browse
pankso@120 121 the web securely using the Tor network is also supported.
pankso@120 122 </p>
pankso@120 123 <p>
pankso@120 124 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with
pankso@120 125 the GCC compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repositories and all development
pankso@120 126 libraries.
pankso@120 127 </p>
pankso@120 128 <p>
pankso@120 129 Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
al@128 130 <a href="http://cook.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">http://cook.slitaz.org/</a> and are checked
pankso@120 131 by Cookutils to ensure that FHS standards are followed.
pankso@120 132 </p>
pankso@120 133
pankso@120 134 <h3>Administration</h3>
pankso@120 135 <p>
pankso@120 136 The new way and tool to configure the system on SliTaz 4.0 is TazPanel.
pankso@120 137 It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where
pankso@120 138 you can control your entire system such as package management, adding
pankso@120 139 or removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page
pankso@120 140 provides a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system.
pankso@120 141 To access the panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or
al@128 142 this url: <a href="http://tazpanel:82" target="_blank">http://tazpanel:82</a>
pankso@120 143 </p>
pankso@120 144
pankso@120 145 <h3>Core Desktop</h3>
pankso@120 146 <p>
pankso@120 147 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
pankso@120 148 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (including icons, Openbox,
pankso@120 149 GTK) has been created.
pankso@120 150 </p>
pankso@120 151 <p>
pankso@120 152 By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox
pankso@120 153 window manager. Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the
pankso@120 154 ObConf utility. The integration of the taskbar “LXpanel” makes it
pankso@120 155 possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the Freedesktop
pankso@120 156 standards. The principle is to have a small menu accessible via a
pankso@120 157 screen click with the favorites, windows effects, LiveCD and LiveUSB
pankso@120 158 tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available. Applications
pankso@120 159 can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The managment
pankso@120 160 of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM.
pankso@120 161 </p>
pankso@120 162 <p>
pankso@120 163 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can
pankso@120 164 install the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window
pankso@120 165 managers XFCE, Pekwm, JWM and DWM. The different sessions can be
pankso@120 166 selected via the F1 key when using the “Slim” login window. To change
pankso@120 167 the default session you can use tazx; or manually edit the
pankso@120 168 ~/.Xinitrc file.
pankso@120 169 </p>
pankso@120 170
pankso@120 171 <h3>SliTaz network</h3>
pankso@120 172 <p>
pankso@120 173 All services have been changed and improved since 3.0 and a SliTaz
pankso@120 174 community network has been created to help users, contributors and
pankso@120 175 developers come together to share ideas about the project.
pankso@120 176 This includes a community board, wiki based documentation, a forum
pankso@120 177 and a bug tracker. Now developers, artists, documentation writers,
pankso@120 178 bug reporters and anybody with a good suggestion can help others,
pankso@120 179 get involved and work together to improve the project. The SliTaz
pankso@120 180 community network (SCN), website and repos all combine the same
pankso@120 181 graphical layout for easy navigation.
pankso@120 182 </p>
pankso@120 183
pankso@120 184 <h3>From 3.0 to 4.0</h3>
pankso@120 185 <p>
pankso@120 186 A SliTaz GNU/Linux installer offers an update function allowing you
pankso@120 187 to upgrade from a 3.0 to 4.0 version. To upgrade the system you
pankso@120 188 first need to boot the Stable LiveCD, launch the installer from the
pankso@120 189 command line or Tazpanel, select upgrade and then specify the
pankso@120 190 partition or configuration file containing the system that you want
pankso@120 191 to update. The installer will then clean out the system and reinstall
pankso@120 192 all the packages not present on the CD from the mirror. When this has
pankso@120 193 finished you can reboot with your new version of SliTaz.
pankso@120 194 </p>
pankso@120 195 <p>
pankso@120 196 To upgrade a 3.0 to 4.0 it is also possible to use the package manager Tazpkg
pankso@120 197 via the set-release function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
pankso@120 198 require some manual intervention.
pankso@120 199 </p>
pankso@120 200
pankso@120 201 <h3>People of the Project</h3>
pankso@120 202 <p>
pankso@120 203 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of
pankso@120 204 the project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
pankso@120 205 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
al@122 206 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, Ukraine,
al@122 207 England, and the U.S.
pankso@120 208 </p>
pankso@120 209
pankso@120 210 <ul>
pankso@120 211 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
pankso@120 212 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
pankso@120 213 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
pankso@120 214 <li>Paul Issott</li>
pankso@120 215 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
pankso@120 216 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
pankso@120 217 <li>Brenton Edgar Scott</li>
pankso@120 218 <li>Christopher Rogers</li>
pankso@120 219 <li>Aleksej Bobylev</li>
pankso@120 220 <li>Samuel Trassare</li>
pankso@120 221 <li>Christian Mesh</li>
pankso@120 222 <li>Alexander Medvedev</li>
mojo@132 223 <li>Richard Dunbar</li>
pankso@120 224 <li>...</li>
pankso@120 225 </ul>
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