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pankso@53 35 <h2><font color="#df8f06">Releases notes</font></h2>
pankso@53 36
pankso@53 37 <ul>
pankso@53 38 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
pankso@53 39 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
pankso@53 40 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
pankso@53 41 <li><a href="#toolchain">Kernel and toolchain.</a></li>
pankso@53 42 <li><a href="#utf-8">UTF-8 support.</a></li>
pankso@53 43 <li><a href="#xorg">Xorg server.</a></li>
pankso@53 44 <li><a href="#install">HD Install and LiveUSB.</a></li>
pankso@53 45 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
pankso@53 46 <li><a href="#desktop">Core Desktop.</a></li>
pankso@53 47 <li><a href="#upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0.</a></li>
pankso@53 48 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
pankso@53 49 </ul>
pankso@53 50
pankso@53 51 <a name="overview"></a>
pankso@53 52 <h3><font color="#6c0023"></font>Overview</h3>
pankso@53 53 <p>
paul@68 54 Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Small, fast, easy to use and customize, the new
paul@68 55 SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development.
pankso@53 56 </p>
pankso@53 57 <ul>
paul@68 58 <li>Boot scripts rewritten and faster (super-fast booting)</li>
paul@68 59 <li>All home-made boxes improved (tazctrlbox, tazhw, wifibox, burnbox, mountbox, netbox, serverbox, installer)</li>
tux@62 60 <li>Switch to Xorg from Xvesa</li>
paul@58 61 <li>Switch to Midori as the default web browser</li>
tux@62 62 <li>Better hardware support - wifi cards, webcams, 3G-modems, printers, scanners</li>
tux@62 63 <li>Better themes and desktop integration</li>
paul@58 64 <li>Faster virtualization with lguest</li>
pankso@63 65 <li>SliTaz pro: OpenERP, LAMP, GLPI and more</li>
paul@68 66 <li>Easier to customize LiveCD and LiveUSB (tazlitobox and tazusbbox)</li>
tux@62 67 <li>Tazpkg supports new features including the conversion of deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format</li>
tux@62 68 <li>Packages are now automatically built by a build bot (Tazbb)</li>
pankso@53 69 <li>More contributors and stronger community</li>
paul@58 70 <li>900 packages added to the database and many updates</li>
paul@58 71 <li>More than 2800 commits by contributors</li>
pankso@53 72 </ul>
pankso@53 73 <p>
pankso@53 74 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
pankso@53 75 forum: <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum.slitaz.org</a>
pankso@53 76 </p>
pankso@53 77
pankso@53 78 <a name="hardware"></a>
pankso@53 79 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Supported Hardware</font></h3>
pankso@53 80 <p>
paul@58 81 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible
pankso@53 82 processors. A minimum 192MB of memory is recommended to use the core LiveCD.
pankso@53 83 64MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
pankso@53 84 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
pankso@53 85 </p>
pankso@53 86 <p>
paul@68 87 With the slitaz-loram flavor, the system is less responsive, but allows you to
paul@68 88 graphically install SliTaz on very old machines with limited resources. Once installed, SliTaz works
paul@68 89 well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the
paul@68 90 web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example.
paul@68 91 </p>
paul@68 92 <p>
paul@58 93 SliTaz 3.0 provides all needed drivers and tools such as 915resolution to
paul@58 94 have support for a wide range of netbooks (Eeepc, HP mini, Aspire One, etc).
pankso@53 95 </p>
pankso@53 96
pankso@53 97 <a name="livecd"></a>
pankso@53 98 <h3><font color="#6c0023">LiveCD Flavors</font></h3>
pankso@53 99 <p>
pankso@63 100 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD
pankso@63 101 as a normal system or you can graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive.
pankso@63 102 Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications
pankso@63 103 and documents.
pankso@53 104 </p>
pankso@53 105 <p>
pankso@53 106 The LiveCD can also be customised and easily rebuilt both graphically or from
pankso@53 107 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
pankso@53 108 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
pankso@53 109 with the "Tazlito" tool.
pankso@53 110 </p>
pankso@63 111 <p>
paul@69 112 The ISO image now uses a 'hybrid' system: it can also be copied onto an USB stick
paul@69 113 without formating it (using <code>dd</code>).
pankso@63 114 </p>
pankso@53 115
pankso@53 116 <a name="toolchain"></a>
pankso@53 117 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Kernel and toolchain</font></h3>
pankso@53 118 <p>
tux@62 119 SliTaz 3.0 comes with a new but very well tested 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel and a complete new
tux@62 120 build toolchain from which the whole system has been built. The 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel is
tux@62 121 separated into several linux-packages for supporting additional drivers and features. This time
paul@58 122 we have also built-in some more drivers to have a faster kernel boot.
pankso@53 123 </p>
pankso@53 124 <p>
paul@58 125 The new toolchain comprises of: Binutils 2.19.1, GCC 4.4.1, Glibc 2.10.1
pankso@53 126 </p>
pankso@53 127
pankso@53 128 <a name="utf-8"></a>
pankso@53 129 <h3><font color="#6c0023">UTF-8 support</font></h3>
paul@68 130 With this release, the Slitaz community can enjoy full UTF-8 support.
paul@68 131 SliTaz uses standard PO files for the translation of all SliTaz related tools, boxes and utilities.
jozee@67 132 With better internationalization support (russian, portuguese, chinese, and many more),
tux@62 133 contributors can now use graphical tools such as poedit to make translations using GNU gettext standards.
paul@68 134 The labs also have an i18n project to easily upload files to be included in the distribution.
paul@68 135 The locale packs have more translated application messages for the core system and
tux@62 136 some extra packages for applications such as Gimp, Abiword, Gnumeric, etc.
pankso@53 137
pankso@53 138 <a name="xorg"></a>
pankso@53 139 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Xorg server</font></h3>
paul@61 140 <p>
paul@68 141 SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system (although we will always try to
paul@68 142 provide a Xvesa flavor). With the tazx utility you can reconfigure Xorg and
paul@61 143 select the correct driver for your card. The xorg server comes with the vesa
paul@68 144 driver by default which powers most cards; although you may still need to
paul@68 145 manually configure your xorg.conf to some degree if you install some of the
paul@68 146 other drivers.
paul@61 147 </p>
pankso@53 148
pankso@53 149 <a name="install"></a>
pankso@53 150 <h3><font color="#6c0023">HD install and LiveUSB</font></h3>
pankso@53 151 <p>
pankso@53 152 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
tux@62 153 mode. The slitaz installer now lets you use a separate partition for
paul@68 154 /home, configure the root password and chose the default user login.
paul@68 155 The installer also now supports installation from a LiveUSB session.
pankso@53 156 </p>
pankso@63 157 <p>
paul@68 158 Full USB install is also supported using <code>rootdelay=10</code>
paul@68 159 as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay ensures the Kernel
paul@68 160 has detected the device before mounting it on / (root).
pankso@63 161 </p>
pankso@53 162
pankso@53 163 <a name="packages"></a>
pankso@53 164 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Software Packages</font></h3>
pankso@53 165 <p>
jozee@67 166 SliTaz 3.0 has around 2300 packages in the database. A wide variety of packages
paul@68 167 have been commited and the Tazpkg package manager can now convert
paul@68 168 deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format (.tazpkg).
paul@68 169 A lot of time was also spent maintaining professional grade software
pankso@63 170 such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI.
pankso@53 171 </p>
pankso@53 172 <p>
tux@62 173 On the update side, mostly all the packages have been updated, including
paul@68 174 the kernel, toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. The package format has
paul@68 175 also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster
paul@68 176 downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed
paul@68 177 and packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
pankso@63 178 <a href="http://bb.slitaz.org/">bb.slitaz.org</a>
pankso@53 179 </p>
pankso@53 180
pankso@53 181 <a name="desktop"></a>
pankso@53 182 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Core Desktop</font></h3>
pankso@53 183 <p>
tux@62 184 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
paul@58 185 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (icons, Openbox, GTK) has
paul@58 186 been created.
pankso@53 187 </p>
tux@62 188 <p>
tux@62 189 The core desktop provides a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the
tux@62 190 web, listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation and developing or
paul@68 191 burning to optical media. It's just one click in the application menu to find
paul@68 192 installed software by category.
tux@62 193 </p>
tux@62 194
pankso@53 195 <a name="security"></a>
pankso@53 196 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Security</font></h3>
pankso@53 197 <p>
paul@68 198 Slitaz is more secure and robust now and the firewall rules have been updated. A
paul@68 199 firewall can be installed using the graphical tazhw box, and serverbox can help
paul@68 200 to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto devices with
paul@68 201 devmapper and the crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices.
pankso@53 202 </p>
pankso@53 203
pankso@53 204 <a name="upgrade"></a>
paul@58 205 <h3><font color="#6c0023">From 2.0 to 3.0</font></h3>
pankso@53 206 <p>
pankso@53 207 The SliTaz GNU/linux installer offers an update function allowing you to
pankso@53 208 upgrade from a '2.0' to '3.0' version. To upgrade the system you first
pankso@53 209 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
pankso@53 210 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
pankso@53 211 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
pankso@53 212 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
pankso@53 213 with your new version of SliTaz.
pankso@53 214 </p>
pankso@53 215 <p>
pankso@53 216 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
pankso@53 217 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
pankso@53 218 </p>
pankso@53 219 <p>
pankso@53 220 To upgrade a 2.0 to 3.0 it is also possible to use the package manager "Tazpkg"
pankso@53 221 via the 'set-release' function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
paul@58 222 require some manual intervention. If you choose this method you must first
paul@58 223 install 'tazpkg' from 3.0, because the package format has changed.
pankso@53 224 </p>
pankso@53 225
pankso@53 226 <a name="people"></a>
pankso@53 227 <h3><font color="#6c0023">People of the Project</font></h3>
pankso@53 228 <p>
pankso@53 229 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
pankso@53 230 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
pankso@53 231 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
tux@62 232 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England,
pankso@53 233 and the U.S.
pankso@53 234 </p>
pankso@53 235 <ul>
pankso@53 236 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
pankso@53 237 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
pankso@53 238 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
pankso@53 239 <li>Paul Issott</li>
pankso@53 240 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
pankso@53 241 <li>Rohit Joshi</li>
pankso@53 242 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
pankso@53 243 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
pankso@53 244 <li>Mallory Mollo</li>
pankso@53 245 <li>Mike D. Smith</li>
pankso@53 246 <li>Allan Pinto</li>
jozee@67 247 <li>Matthew Sheets</li>
jozee@67 248 <li>Liu Peng</li>
pankso@53 249 <li>Alice Ayanami</li>
pankso@53 250 <li>F. Steiner</li>
pankso@53 251 <li>Chen Yufei</li>
jozee@67 252 <li>Jesse Lehman</li>
pankso@53 253 <li>Bill Nagel</li>
pankso@53 254 <li>Michael Dupont</li>
pankso@53 255 <li>Franco Azzano</li>
pankso@53 256 <li>Fabrice Thiroux</li>
pankso@53 257 <li>Eduardo Suarez-Santana</li>
pankso@53 258 <li>Tom Frankland</li>
pankso@53 259 <li>Sandeep Srinivasa</li>
pankso@53 260 <li>David Ozura</li>
pankso@53 261 <li>Pierre Romillon</li>
pankso@53 262 <li>...</li>
pankso@53 263 </ul>
pankso@53 264 <p>
pankso@53 265 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
pankso@53 266 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
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