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pankso@98 1 <!DOCTYPE html>
al@149 2 <html lang="en">
pankso@30 3 <head>
al@149 4 <meta charset="UTF-8">
al@153 5 <title>SliTaz - System doc</title>
al@149 6 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
al@149 7 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../slitaz-doc.css">
pankso@30 8 </head>
pankso@98 9 <body>
pankso@30 10
al@137 11 <header>
pankso@98 12 <h1>SliTaz - System doc</h1>
al@137 13 </header>
pankso@38 14
pankso@98 15 <!-- Languages -->
pankso@98 16 <div id="lang">
pankso@98 17 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/i18n.php">
al@137 18 <img src="images/locale.png" alt="Locale:" /></a>
pankso@98 19 <a href="index.cn.html">cn</a>
pankso@98 20 <a href="index.de.html">de</a>
al@137 21 <strong>en</strong>
pankso@98 22 <a href="index.fr.html">fr</a>
pankso@98 23 <a href="index.hu.html">hu</a>
claudinei@134 24 <a href="index.pt.html">pt</a>
al@110 25 <a href="index.ru.html">ru</a>
pankso@30 26 </div>
pankso@30 27
pankso@30 28 <!-- Content. -->
pankso@30 29 <div id="content">
pankso@30 30
al@153 31 <h2>Documentation</h2>
pankso@88 32
pankso@141 33 <!--<p>
pankso@99 34 The Cooking version doesn't provide any Release Notes, major changes are
pankso@99 35 announced on the web site and the <a href="http://scn.slitaz.org/">Blog</a>
paul@100 36 provides fresh news about the project's activity. Like the stable version,
paul@136 37 you can find <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/">documentation</a> on the
pankso@99 38 wiki site and support on the community
pankso@99 39 <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum</a>.
pankso@141 40 </p>-->
pankso@30 41
pankso@120 42 <p>
pankso@120 43 The SliTaz GNU/Linux stable release is published with the project tools,
pankso@120 44 manuals and <a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes</a> installed on
pankso@120 45 the system. Manuals and this page are accessible through the standard menu.
pankso@120 46 Please check the <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/">project page</a> for
pankso@120 47 general information about SliTaz.
pankso@120 48 Support can be found on the SliTaz mailing list or the community
pankso@120 49 <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">Forum</a>.
pankso@120 50 </p>
pankso@30 51
pankso@54 52 <ul>
pankso@54 53 <li><a href="#start">Getting started guide</a></li>
al@153 54 <li><a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes for 5.0</a></li>
pankso@64 55 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:start">Online Documentation</a></li>
pankso@54 56 </ul>
pankso@54 57
pankso@38 58
al@137 59 <h2 id="start">Getting started</h2>
al@137 60
al@137 61
al@137 62 <h3 id="tazpanel">SliTaz Panel</h3>
pankso@102 63 <p>
paul@104 64 From spring 2011 the new way (and tool) to configure the system is TazPanel.
pankso@102 65 It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where you
paul@107 66 can control your entire system, this includes package management, adding or
paul@104 67 removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page provides
paul@104 68 a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system. To access the
al@153 69 panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or this URL:
pankso@102 70 </p>
pankso@102 71 <p>
pankso@102 72 <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a>
pankso@102 73 </p>
al@153 74 <p>
paul@155 75 While some actions in the panel are available to the user, others require
al@153 76 administrator rights. On the right side of the TazPanel menu you can find
al@153 77 an icon, prompting the current operating mode:
al@153 78 </p>
al@153 79 <ul>
al@153 80 <li><span style="color:#859900"></span> for user mode;</li>
al@153 81 <li><span style="color:#cb4b16"></span> for administration mode.</li>
al@153 82 </ul>
al@153 83 <p>
paul@155 84 Please point the mouse cursor over the icon to show more information; then click the icon
paul@155 85 to log into TazPanel as a different user or as root administrator.
al@153 86 </p>
al@153 87
pankso@102 88
al@137 89
al@137 90 <h3 id="network">Network connections</h3>
al@137 91
pankso@38 92 <p>
al@153 93 Open Tazpanel and click the “Network” →
al@153 94 “<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi">Summary</a>” menu entry.
al@153 95 This shows a basic overview of your networking interfaces and their states.
al@153 96 </p>
al@153 97 <p>
al@153 98 To configure your Ethernet device, click the “Network” →
al@153 99 “<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?eth">Ethernet</a>”.
paul@155 100 From here you can configure (with administrator privileges) your device
al@153 101 to use DHCP or a static address.
al@153 102 </p>
al@153 103 <p>
al@153 104 To configure Wireless devices, click the “Network” →
al@153 105 “<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?wifi">Wireless</a>”.
paul@155 106 Here you can select a network to connect to (with administrator privileges).
al@153 107 When you click on the desired network, the Connection box underneath will be
al@153 108 appropriately filled in.
al@153 109 Next, enter your passphrase or leave the field blank for none.
al@153 110 Finally, click the Configure button to apply settings.
al@153 111 </p>
al@153 112 <p>
al@153 113 More detailed information can be found in the Handbook:
al@153 114 <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:networkconf">Network configuration</a>.
pankso@38 115 </p>
pankso@30 116
al@137 117
al@137 118 <h3 id="apps">Applications</h3>
al@137 119
pankso@38 120 <p>
paul@97 121 To have a list of all graphical applications, you can use the SliTaz menu button
pascal@150 122 at the top left of the screen. To have a list of command line tools, you
al@153 123 can open a terminal and double press on the tabulation button.
al@153 124 </p>
al@153 125 <p>
al@153 126 Tazpanel provides
Christian@112 127 a nice GUI for package management through the
Christian@112 128 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi">Packages</a> tab. To retrieve a list of all
Christian@112 129 installed packages, open Tazpanel and navigate to the
al@153 130 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi?list">My Packages</a> page.
al@153 131 </p>
al@153 132 <p>
al@153 133 To install new
Christian@112 134 packages, you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or a USB storage
Christian@112 135 device containing any downloaded packages. Naturally any package management
Christian@112 136 can also be done from the command line using <code>tazpkg</code>.
pankso@38 137 </p>
al@153 138 <p>
paul@155 139 Another option to query the packages database online is to use
paul@155 140 <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">pkgs.slitaz.org</a> in a graphical web browser
al@153 141 on any of your devices. You can see screenshots of applications and even install
paul@155 142 or remove a package if the site is opened in SliTaz.
al@153 143 </p>
pankso@38 144
al@137 145
al@137 146 <h3 id="office">Office suite</h3>
al@137 147
pankso@38 148 <p>
Christian@113 149 The SliTaz packages database provides a variety of lightweight office applications.
paul@40 150 All of these packages are easily installable in a few clicks through the packages
Christian@113 151 manager in Tazpanel. SliTaz also provides a simple way to install the powerful
al@153 152 LibreOffice suite: just search for “LibreOffice” in the packages manager, click
al@153 153 on “get-LibreOffice”, and click Install (to install and remove packages you
paul@155 154 need administrator privileges).
pankso@38 155 </p>
pankso@38 156 <p>
pascal@152 157 To have a lightweight office suite: just use
pascal@152 158 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=abiword">Abiword</a>
pascal@152 159 as the Word processor,
pascal@152 160 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=gnumeric">Gnumeric</a>
paul@155 161 as a spreadsheet and
pascal@152 162 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=homebank">Homebank</a>
pascal@152 163 for Bank Accounting.
pankso@38 164 </p>
pankso@38 165
al@137 166
al@137 167 <h3 id="multimedia">Multimedia</h3>
al@137 168
pankso@44 169 <p>
pankso@44 170 Most SliTaz flavors include a wide range of sound card drivers, a volume
paul@45 171 mixer and a light audio player to easily listen to any MP3 or OGG files. The Sound
paul@45 172 card is autodetected at boot time and audio support works out-of-the-box
paul@45 173 on many systems. If you manually add a new user and can't listen to audio, please
paul@96 174 check that the user belongs to the <code>audio</code> group. For any other trouble, please
pascal@150 175 check the full documentation and/or use the <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum</a>.
pankso@44 176 </p>
pankso@44 177 <p>
pascal@150 178 Videos using common HTML5 codecs such as WEBM or MPEG4 can be watched out-of-the-box.
pascal@150 179 Other videos can be watched by installing one single package or using a dedicated
paul@45 180 LiveCD or LiveUSB system. The SliTaz team have packaged some of the best video players
pascal@151 181 available under GNU/Linux:
al@153 182 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=mplayer">MPlayer</a>,
al@153 183 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=xine-ui">Xine-UI</a> and
al@153 184 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=vlc">VLC</a>.
pankso@44 185 </p>
pankso@44 186
al@137 187
al@137 188 <h3 id="root">Becoming Root</h3>
al@137 189
pankso@38 190 <p>
al@149 191 By default, SliTaz doesn't have its desktop running as root administrator:
paul@51 192 it asks for a root password (default <code>root</code>) for any superuser work.
al@153 193 Therefore, it is safer and more secure.
al@153 194 </p>
al@153 195 <p>
al@153 196 To become root in an xterm, simply type <code>su</code> and enter the root password.
al@153 197 To run a graphical application as root, use <code>subox</code>.
al@153 198 For example, to run leafpad as root you would run <code>subox leafpad</code>.
pankso@38 199 </p>
pankso@38 200
al@137 201
al@137 202 <h3 id="install">Installation</h3>
al@137 203
pankso@38 204 <p>
paul@40 205 SliTaz can be installed to a hard disk or on an USB mass storage device using the
al@153 206 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/installer.cgi">SliTaz Installer</a> in Tazpanel.
al@153 207 The installer makes a full HD install.
paul@96 208 SliTaz won't function in memory (RAM) anymore like in Live or Frugal mode and
paul@41 209 everything is persistent.
pankso@38 210 </p>
pankso@38 211 <p>
al@153 212 To generate a LiveUSB system, you can use the “Tazusb LiveUSB Tool” from
al@153 213 the “System Tools” menu or <code>tazusb</code> from the command line. More
pankso@141 214 information can be found in the SliTaz Handbook:
al@153 215 <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:liveusb">LiveUSB media</a>.
pankso@38 216 </p>
pankso@39 217
pankso@30 218 <!-- End of content -->
pankso@30 219 </div>
pankso@30 220
al@137 221 <footer>
pankso@141 222 Copyright © <span class="year"></span>
pankso@141 223 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a>
al@137 224 </footer>
pankso@30 225
pankso@30 226 </body>
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