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author Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com>
date Wed Mar 28 13:56:58 2012 +0300 (2012-03-28)
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pankso@120 13 <h1>SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes</h1>
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pankso@120 26 <h2>Release Notes (en)</h2>
pankso@120 27
pankso@120 28 <p>
pankso@120 29 Welcome to SliTaz 4.0! Modern, secure, stable, fast and flexible the
pankso@120 30 new SliTaz stable version is now out for Desktops and servers in
pankso@120 31 production use.
pankso@120 32 </p>
pankso@120 33
pankso@120 34 <ul>
pankso@120 35 <li>More than 6500 commits in the wok</li>
pankso@120 36 <li>More than 1000 packages added to database</li>
pankso@120 37 <li>Boot in 10 seconds [or less?] on a very recent machine</li>
pankso@120 38 <li>Centralized configuration with the new control panel</li>
pankso@120 39 <li>New build tool which lets you create SliTaz packages in a minute</li>
pankso@120 40 <li>New rolling release ISO is built after each package cook</li>
pankso@120 41 <li>4 Distro in one on the LiveCD (The Russian dolls)</li>
pankso@120 42 <li>New graphical installer and updater</li>
pankso@120 43 <li>New GUI Boxes and tools to create Live systems</li>
pankso@120 44 <li>Web boot improved: <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org/">boot.slitaz.org</a></li>
pankso@120 45 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:releases:4.0:errata">Errata for 4.0</a>
pankso@120 46 on the Wiki</li>
pankso@120 47 </ul>
pankso@120 48
pankso@120 49 <h3>Toolchain and build tools</h3>
pankso@120 50 <p>
pankso@120 51 Slitaz 4.0 has been built with our new build tools aka cookutils. We
pankso@120 52 have created new tools which handle the ~3300 packages dependencies
pankso@120 53 in a simple and consistent way. The cookutils let you also create new
pankso@120 54 Slitaz packages faster than ever. The tools are installed on each
pankso@120 55 SliTaz system as well as any supporting documentation.
pankso@120 56 </p>
pankso@120 57
pankso@120 58 <h3>Supported Hardware</h3>
pankso@120 59 <p>
erjo@121 60 SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 supports most machines based on i486 or x86 Intel
pankso@120 61 compatible processors. A minimum of 312MB of memory is recommended to
pankso@120 62 use the core LiveCD and our new russian dolls system will automatically
pankso@120 63 detect your memory to boot a low memory resource flavor if needed. The
pankso@120 64 default LiveCD provides the Core system which is a fully featured desktop,
pankso@120 65 a GTK only desktop, a flavor with just X windows and a text mode
pankso@120 66 system which will run with only 48 MB RAM (but can still let you
pankso@120 67 install a full desktop).
pankso@120 68 </p>
pankso@120 69
pankso@120 70
pankso@120 71 <h3>Live systems</h3>
pankso@120 72 <p>
pankso@120 73 SliTaz 4.0 core LiveCD provides in fact 4 versions and will use the one
pankso@120 74 your hardware can support. The live CD holds several SliTaz nested subsets.
pankso@120 75 The boot loader selects the most features that your computer memory can
pankso@120 76 access. You can also select an image from the menu and hit [tab] to edit
pankso@120 77 any options. A command line, the ability to webboot, help options and
pankso@120 78 languages are also available from the menu. Now people with very little
pankso@120 79 RAM can boot the Live CD, but probably in text mode. A full install can
pankso@120 80 now be performed to hard disk directly from the Live CD using text mode
pankso@120 81 with only 48MB ram.
pankso@120 82 </p>
pankso@120 83
pankso@120 84
pankso@120 85 <h3>Installation</h3>
pankso@120 86 <p>
pankso@120 87 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in
pankso@120 88 text mode. Tazinst is a lightweight SliTaz HDD installer. It installs
pankso@120 89 SliTaz to a hard drive from a Live-CD, a LiveUSB key, a SliTaz
pankso@120 90 ISO image, or from the web (using Tazpanel) by downloading a stable,
pankso@120 91 cooking or rolling version. The prerequisite material and other useful
pankso@120 92 information can be found in the Manual and Handbook.
pankso@120 93 </p>
pankso@120 94 <p>
pankso@120 95 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly
pankso@120 96 use Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning
pankso@120 97 tool. At the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB"
pankso@120 98 bootloader which is capable of starting almost any operating system.
pankso@120 99 This allows SliTaz to co-exist with a previously installed operating
pankso@120 100 system, such as Windows.
pankso@120 101 </p>
pankso@120 102
pankso@120 103
pankso@120 104 <h3>Packages</h3>
pankso@120 105 <p>
pankso@120 106 Among the 3350 packages available in SliTaz 4.0 you will find anything you
pankso@120 107 need to transform your machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a
pankso@120 108 graphics studio with The Gimp or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino.
pankso@120 109 You can experience the world wide web with instant messaging, VOIP, email
pankso@120 110 and of course through a web browser. Packages can be found through the
pankso@120 111 search function of Tazpkg, Tazpanel or via the website:
pankso@120 112 <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">http://pkgs.slitaz.org/</a>
pankso@120 113 </p>
pankso@120 114 <p>
pankso@120 115 SliTaz is designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
pankso@120 116 LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl
pankso@120 117 and Python. Apache and Squid are also available. The ability to browse
pankso@120 118 the web securely using the Tor network is also supported.
pankso@120 119 </p>
pankso@120 120 <p>
pankso@120 121 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with
pankso@120 122 the GCC compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repositories and all development
pankso@120 123 libraries.
pankso@120 124 </p>
pankso@120 125 <p>
pankso@120 126 Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
pankso@120 127 <a href="http://cook.slitaz.org/">http://cook.slitaz.org/</a> and are checked
pankso@120 128 by Cookutils to ensure that FHS standards are followed.
pankso@120 129 </p>
pankso@120 130
pankso@120 131 <h3>Administration</h3>
pankso@120 132 <p>
pankso@120 133 The new way and tool to configure the system on SliTaz 4.0 is TazPanel.
pankso@120 134 It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where
pankso@120 135 you can control your entire system such as package management, adding
pankso@120 136 or removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page
pankso@120 137 provides a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system.
pankso@120 138 To access the panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or
pankso@120 139 this url: <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a>
pankso@120 140 </p>
pankso@120 141
pankso@120 142 <h3>Core Desktop</h3>
pankso@120 143 <p>
pankso@120 144 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
pankso@120 145 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (including icons, Openbox,
pankso@120 146 GTK) has been created.
pankso@120 147 </p>
pankso@120 148 <p>
pankso@120 149 By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox
pankso@120 150 window manager. Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the
pankso@120 151 ObConf utility. The integration of the taskbar “LXpanel” makes it
pankso@120 152 possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the Freedesktop
pankso@120 153 standards. The principle is to have a small menu accessible via a
pankso@120 154 screen click with the favorites, windows effects, LiveCD and LiveUSB
pankso@120 155 tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available. Applications
pankso@120 156 can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The managment
pankso@120 157 of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM.
pankso@120 158 </p>
pankso@120 159 <p>
pankso@120 160 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can
pankso@120 161 install the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window
pankso@120 162 managers XFCE, Pekwm, JWM and DWM. The different sessions can be
pankso@120 163 selected via the F1 key when using the “Slim” login window. To change
pankso@120 164 the default session you can use tazx; or manually edit the
pankso@120 165 ~/.Xinitrc file.
pankso@120 166 </p>
pankso@120 167
pankso@120 168 <h3>SliTaz network</h3>
pankso@120 169 <p>
pankso@120 170 All services have been changed and improved since 3.0 and a SliTaz
pankso@120 171 community network has been created to help users, contributors and
pankso@120 172 developers come together to share ideas about the project.
pankso@120 173 This includes a community board, wiki based documentation, a forum
pankso@120 174 and a bug tracker. Now developers, artists, documentation writers,
pankso@120 175 bug reporters and anybody with a good suggestion can help others,
pankso@120 176 get involved and work together to improve the project. The SliTaz
pankso@120 177 community network (SCN), website and repos all combine the same
pankso@120 178 graphical layout for easy navigation.
pankso@120 179 </p>
pankso@120 180
pankso@120 181 <h3>From 3.0 to 4.0</h3>
pankso@120 182 <p>
pankso@120 183 A SliTaz GNU/Linux installer offers an update function allowing you
pankso@120 184 to upgrade from a 3.0 to 4.0 version. To upgrade the system you
pankso@120 185 first need to boot the Stable LiveCD, launch the installer from the
pankso@120 186 command line or Tazpanel, select upgrade and then specify the
pankso@120 187 partition or configuration file containing the system that you want
pankso@120 188 to update. The installer will then clean out the system and reinstall
pankso@120 189 all the packages not present on the CD from the mirror. When this has
pankso@120 190 finished you can reboot with your new version of SliTaz.
pankso@120 191 </p>
pankso@120 192 <p>
pankso@120 193 To upgrade a 3.0 to 4.0 it is also possible to use the package manager Tazpkg
pankso@120 194 via the set-release function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
pankso@120 195 require some manual intervention.
pankso@120 196 </p>
pankso@120 197
pankso@120 198 <h3>People of the Project</h3>
pankso@120 199 <p>
pankso@120 200 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of
pankso@120 201 the project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
pankso@120 202 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
al@122 203 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, Ukraine,
al@122 204 England, and the U.S.
pankso@120 205 </p>
pankso@120 206
pankso@120 207 <ul>
pankso@120 208 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
pankso@120 209 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
pankso@120 210 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
pankso@120 211 <li>Paul Issott</li>
pankso@120 212 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
pankso@120 213 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
pankso@120 214 <li>Brenton Edgar Scott</li>
pankso@120 215 <li>Christopher Rogers</li>
pankso@120 216 <li>Aleksej Bobylev</li>
pankso@120 217 <li>Samuel Trassare</li>
pankso@120 218 <li>Christian Mesh</li>
pankso@120 219 <li>Alexander Medvedev</li>
pankso@120 220 <li>...</li>
pankso@120 221 </ul>
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pankso@120 227 Copyright &copy; 2012 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a>
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