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26 <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">Forum</a>
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34
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35 <h2><font color="#df8f06">Releases notes</font></h2>
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36
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37 <ul>
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38 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
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39 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
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40 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
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41 <li><a href="#toolchain">Kernel and toolchain.</a></li>
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42 <li><a href="#utf-8">UTF-8 support.</a></li>
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43 <li><a href="#xorg">Xorg server.</a></li>
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44 <li><a href="#install">HD Install and LiveUSB.</a></li>
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45 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
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46 <li><a href="#desktop">Core Desktop.</a></li>
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47 <li><a href="#upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0.</a></li>
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48 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
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51 <a name="overview"></a>
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52 <h3><font color="#6c0023"></font>Overview</h3>
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53 <p>
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54 Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Its simpler, faster, customizable, mightier and yet
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55 incredibly tiny. The new SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of
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56 development.
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57 </p>
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58 <ul>
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59 <li>Boot scripts rewritten and supports super-fast booting</li>
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60 <li>Many new features included in all home-made boxes (tazctrlbox, tazhw, wifibox, burnbox, mountbox, netbox, serverbox, sliTaz installer)</li>
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61 <li>Switch to Xorg from Xvesa</li>
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62 <li>Switch to Midori as the default web browser</li>
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63 <li>Better hardware support - wifi cards, webcams, 3G-modems, printers, scanners</li>
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64 <li>Better themes and desktop integration</li>
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65 <li>Faster virtualization with lguest</li>
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66 <li>SliTaz pro: OpenERP, LAMP, GLPI and more</li>
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67 <li>Easier to customize liveCD and liveUSB with tazlitobox and tazusbbox</li>
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68 <li>Tazpkg supports new features including the conversion of deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format</li>
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69 <li>Packages are now automatically built by a build bot (Tazbb)</li>
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70 <li>More contributors and stronger community</li>
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71 <li>900 packages added to the database and many updates</li>
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72 <li>More than 2800 commits by contributors</li>
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73 </ul>
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74 <p>
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75 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
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76 forum: <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum.slitaz.org</a>
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77 </p>
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78
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80 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Supported Hardware</font></h3>
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81 <p>
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82 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible
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83 processors. A minimum 192MB of memory is recommended to use the core LiveCD.
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84 64MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
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85 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
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86 </p>
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87 <p>
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88 SliTaz 3.0 provides all needed drivers and tools such as 915resolution to
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89 have support for a wide range of netbooks (Eeepc, HP mini, Aspire One, etc).
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91
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92 <p>
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93 The slitaz-loram flavor allows to graphically install SliTaz on very old
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94 machines with constrained resources. The liveCD may be less responsive,
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95 but once installed, SliTaz works well with a minimum of 16MB memory. On
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96 very old machines, you may be better off using a text based browser such
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97 as 'links'.
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98 </p>
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99
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101 <h3><font color="#6c0023">LiveCD Flavors</font></h3>
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102 <p>
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103 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD
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104 as a normal system or you can graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive.
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105 Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications
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106 and documents.
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108 <p>
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109 The LiveCD can also be customised and easily rebuilt both graphically or from
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110 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
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111 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
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112 with the "Tazlito" tool.
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113 </p>
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114 <p>
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115 The ISO image is now hydrid: it can be copied on a USB stick without formating
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116 it (using <code>dd</code>).
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117 </p>
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118
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119 <a name="toolchain"></a>
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120 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Kernel and toolchain</font></h3>
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121 <p>
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122 SliTaz 3.0 comes with a new but very well tested 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel and a complete new
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123 build toolchain from which the whole system has been built. The 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel is
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124 separated into several linux-packages for supporting additional drivers and features. This time
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125 we have also built-in some more drivers to have a faster kernel boot.
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126 </p>
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127 <p>
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128 The new toolchain comprises of: Binutils 2.19.1, GCC 4.4.1, Glibc 2.10.1
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129 </p>
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130
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131 <a name="utf-8"></a>
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132 <h3><font color="#6c0023">UTF-8 support</font></h3>
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133 With this release, Slitaz community can enjoy full UTF-8 support.
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134 It uses standard PO files for the translation of all SliTaz related tools, boxes and utilities.
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135 With better internationalization support (russian, portuguese, chinese, arabic and many more),
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136 contributors can now use graphical tools such as poedit to make translations using GNU gettext standards.
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137 The labs also have a i18n project to easily upload files to be included in the distribution.
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138 The locale packs have more translated application(s) messages for the core system and
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139 some extra packages for applications such as Gimp, Abiword, Gnumeric, etc.
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141 <a name="xorg"></a>
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142 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Xorg server</font></h3>
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143 <p>
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144 SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system. With the tazx utility, you can reconfigure Xorg and
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145 select the correct driver for your card. The xorg server comes with the vesa
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146 driver by default which powers most cards. However, if you install some of the
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147 other xorg video drivers, you may need to manually configure your xorg.conf.
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148 We also hope that our growing community would be able to provide and support an official Xvesa flavor.
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149 </p>
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152 <h3><font color="#6c0023">HD install and LiveUSB</font></h3>
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153 <p>
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154 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
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155 mode. The slitaz installer now lets you use a separate partition for
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156 /home, configure the root password and chose the default user login. The installer also
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157 now supports installation from a LiveUSB session.
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160 Full USB install is also supported and some time is needed using <code>rootdelay=10</code>
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161 as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay will ensure the Kernel
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162 have detected the device before mounting it on / (root).
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166 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Software Packages</font></h3>
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168 SliTaz 3.0 has 2291 packages in the database. A wide variety of packages
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169 have been commited. Tazpkg package manager also supports converting
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170 deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format
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171 A lot of time was also spent maintaining many professionnal grade software
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172 such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI.
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175 On the update side, mostly all the packages have been updated, including
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176 the kernel, the toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. Package format has
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177 also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster package
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178 downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed.
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179 Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
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180 <a href="http://bb.slitaz.org/">bb.slitaz.org</a>
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184 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Core Desktop</font></h3>
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186 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
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187 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (icons, Openbox, GTK) has
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191 The core desktop provides a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the
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192 web, listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation and developing or
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193 burning to optical media. One click application menu helps to find installed
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198 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Security</font></h3>
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200 Slitaz is more secured and robust now. Firewall rules have been updated. A
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201 firewall can be installed using graphical tazhw box. The serverbox can help
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202 to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto device with
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203 devmapper. Mountbox packages dependencies: dmsetup linux-md devmapper.
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204 Crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices.
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208 <h3><font color="#6c0023">From 2.0 to 3.0</font></h3>
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210 The SliTaz GNU/linux installer offers an update function allowing you to
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211 upgrade from a '2.0' to '3.0' version. To upgrade the system you first
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212 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
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213 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
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214 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
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215 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
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216 with your new version of SliTaz.
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217 </p>
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218 <p>
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219 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
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220 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
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221 </p>
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222 <p>
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223 To upgrade a 2.0 to 3.0 it is also possible to use the package manager "Tazpkg"
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224 via the 'set-release' function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
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225 require some manual intervention. If you choose this method you must first
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226 install 'tazpkg' from 3.0, because the package format has changed.
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227 </p>
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228
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229 <a name="people"></a>
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230 <h3><font color="#6c0023">People of the Project</font></h3>
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231 <p>
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232 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
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233 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
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234 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
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235 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England,
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236 and the U.S.
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239 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
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240 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
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241 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
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242 <li>Paul Issott</li>
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243 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
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244 <li>Rohit Joshi</li>
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245 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
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246 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
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247 <li>Mallory Mollo</li>
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248 <li>Mike D. Smith</li>
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249 <li>Allan Pinto</li>
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250 <li>Alice Ayanami</li>
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251 <li>F. Steiner</li>
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252 <li>Chen Yufei</li>
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253 <li>Bill Nagel</li>
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254 <li>Michael Dupont</li>
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255 <li>Franco Azzano</li>
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256 <li>Fabrice Thiroux</li>
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257 <li>Eduardo Suarez-Santana</li>
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258 <li>Tom Frankland</li>
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259 <li>Sandeep Srinivasa</li>
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260 <li>David Ozura</li>
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261 <li>Pierre Romillon</li>
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262 <li>...</li>
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263 </ul>
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264 <p>
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265 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
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266 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
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