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English Releases Notes for 1.0 (Thanks Paul and Spode)
author Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org>
date Sat Mar 22 01:09:59 2008 +0100 (2008-03-22)
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pankso@8 24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0</font></h1>
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pankso@8 31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">Releases notes</font></h2>
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pankso@8 33 <ul>
pankso@8 34 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
pankso@8 35 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
pankso@8 36 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
pankso@8 37 <li><a href="#install">Installation.</a></li>
pankso@8 38 <li><a href="#kernel">Linux Kernel.</a></li>
pankso@8 39 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
pankso@8 40 <li><a href="#desktop">Graphical Desktops.</a></li>
pankso@8 41 <li><a href="#support">Support and Documentation.</a></li>
pankso@8 42 <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li>
pankso@8 43 <li><a href="#upgrade">From Cooking to Stable.</a></li>
pankso@8 44 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
pankso@8 45 </ul>
pankso@8 46
pankso@8 47 <a name="overview"></a>
pankso@8 48 <h3><font color="#6c0023"></font>Overview</h3>
pankso@8 49 <p>
pankso@8 50 SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free, open source community project. Version 1.0 was
pankso@8 51 released on March 22 2008 after two years of hard work. Slitaz comprises of 446
pankso@8 52 software packages easily installed via the "Tazpkg" package manager. The LiveCD
pankso@8 53 can be fully configured to taste, to easily create a custom distribution
pankso@8 54 specificically for tasks such as multimedia, graphics or development.
pankso@8 55 </p>
pankso@8 56 <p>
pankso@8 57 Slitaz can also be installed to your hard drive, or used with USB media - with
pankso@8 58 "TazUSB" you are only a few simple commands away from a fully formatted and
pankso@8 59 configured USB device, ready to boot.
pankso@8 60 </p>
pankso@8 61 <p>
pankso@8 62 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
pankso@8 63 forum. The "Slitaz Handbook" is an instructive manual on how to use and finely
pankso@8 64 configure the system. Slitaz can be updated easily via the graphic installer or
pankso@8 65 by using the simple fast text installer.
pankso@8 66 </p>
pankso@8 67
pankso@8 68 <a name="hardware"></a>
pankso@8 69 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Supported Hardware</font></h3>
pankso@8 70 <p>
pankso@8 71 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on i486 or x86 Intel compatible
pankso@8 72 processors. A minimum 128MB of memory is recommended to use the main LiveCD.
pankso@8 73 64MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
pankso@8 74 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
pankso@8 75 </p>
pankso@8 76 <p>
pankso@8 77 With the slitaz-loram flavour, the system is less responsive, but allows you to
pankso@8 78 graphically install SliTaz on very old machines. Once installed, Slitaz works
pankso@8 79 well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the
pankso@8 80 web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example.
pankso@8 81 </p>
pankso@8 82 <p>
pankso@8 83 Most network and sound card drivers are supported in the Kernel. Presently,
pankso@8 84 power management is enabled by default with ACPI and support for laptops is
pankso@8 85 enabled with the "ac" and "battery" modules.
pankso@8 86 </p>
pankso@8 87
pankso@8 88 <a name="livecd"></a>
pankso@8 89 <h3><font color="#6c0023">LiveCD Flavors</font></h3>
pankso@8 90 <p>
pankso@8 91 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD allowing you to
pankso@8 92 graphically install to the hard drive and retain the use of your previous
pankso@8 93 system including all settings, applications, documents etc.
pankso@8 94 </p>
pankso@8 95 <p>
pankso@8 96 The project distributes an ISO image called "core", which is the body of the
pankso@8 97 system, providing a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the web,
pankso@8 98 listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation, developing (including
pankso@8 99 PHP/SQL), editing ISOs or burning to optical media. It's just one click in the
pankso@8 100 application menu to find software installed by category.
pankso@8 101 </p>
pankso@8 102 <p>
pankso@8 103 The "core" LiveCD can also be customised and rebuilt both graphically or from
pankso@8 104 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
pankso@8 105 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
pankso@8 106 with the "Tazlito" tool.
pankso@8 107 </p>
pankso@8 108
pankso@8 109 <a name="install"></a>
pankso@8 110 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Installation</font></h3>
pankso@8 111 <p>
pankso@8 112 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
pankso@8 113 mode. The prerequisite material and other useful information can be found in the
pankso@8 114 Manual and Handbook.
pankso@8 115 </p>
pankso@8 116 <p>
pankso@8 117 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly use
pankso@8 118 Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning tool. At
pankso@8 119 the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB" bootloader which
pankso@8 120 is capable of starting almost all operating systems. This allows SliTaz to
pankso@8 121 co-exist with a previously installed operating system, such as Windows.
pankso@8 122 </p>
pankso@8 123
pankso@8 124 <a name="kernel"></a>
pankso@8 125 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Linux Kernel</font></h3>
pankso@8 126 <p>
pankso@8 127 Slitaz GNU/Linux is distributed with the Linux Kernel 2.6.24.2, patched for
pankso@8 128 LZMA compression support and display correction for the virtual console. The
pankso@8 129 support for IDE and SCSI is integrated, as are the filesystems ext2 and ext3.
pankso@8 130 </p>
pankso@8 131 <p>
pankso@8 132 Most network cards are supported either directly or as loadable modules with
pankso@8 133 'modprobe'. Video capture, if needed, requires the ieee1394, raw1394 and
pankso@8 134 oci1394 modules installed. The management of the sound card drivers is obtained
pankso@8 135 with 'soundconf'.
pankso@8 136 </p>
pankso@8 137 <p>
pankso@8 138 The configuration of startup modules is located in /etc/rcS.conf. In
pankso@8 139 LiveCD/LiveUSB mode you can use 'modprobe=mod1, mod2' to load various modules
pankso@8 140 at boot time.
pankso@8 141 </p>
pankso@8 142 <p>
pankso@8 143 The Linux Kernel configuration of SliTaz is available in the compressed file
pankso@8 144 /proc/config.gz and also in the Mercurial repositories.
pankso@8 145 </p>
pankso@8 146
pankso@8 147 <a name="packages"></a>
pankso@8 148 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Software Packages</font></h3>
pankso@8 149 <p>
pankso@8 150 The management of software packages is done with the custom package manager
pankso@8 151 "Tazpkg". It's simple, fast, stable and offers an interactive mode. Among the
pankso@8 152 446 packages available you will find anything you need to transform your
pankso@8 153 machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a graphics studio with The Gimp
pankso@8 154 or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino. You can experience the world wide
pankso@8 155 web with instant messaging, VOIP, email and of course through a web browser.
pankso@8 156 </p>
pankso@8 157 <p>
pankso@8 158 Slitaz is also designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
pankso@8 159 LightTPD/PHP package (installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl and Python.
pankso@8 160 </p>
pankso@8 161 <p>
pankso@8 162 Rsync is used for incremental backup and iptables functions as the firewall.
pankso@8 163 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with the
pankso@8 164 GCC 4.2.2 compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repostitories and all development
pankso@8 165 libraries. Packages can be found through the search function of Tazpkg or via
pankso@8 166 the website: http://www.slitaz.org/packages/
pankso@8 167 </p>
pankso@8 168 <p>
pankso@8 169 The binary packages on the mirror can all be compiled by using the "wok" or
pankso@8 170 "Tazwok" to cook. All of the developer documentation is contained in the
pankso@8 171 "SliTaz Cookbook" and is available online.
pankso@8 172 </p>
pankso@8 173
pankso@8 174 <a name="desktop"></a>
pankso@8 175 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Graphical Desktops</font></h3>
pankso@8 176 <p>
pankso@8 177 By default, the Slitaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable JWM window manager.
pankso@8 178 The integration of the taskbar "LXpanel" makes it possible to dynamically
pankso@8 179 provide a menu based on the Freedesktop standards. The principle is to have a
pankso@8 180 small menu accessible via a screen click with the favourites, windows effects,
pankso@8 181 LiveCD and LiveUSB tools, JWM configuration and system actions made available.
pankso@8 182 Applications can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel.
pankso@8 183 </p>
pankso@8 184 <p>
pankso@8 185 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can install
pankso@8 186 the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the Openbox window manager.
pankso@8 187 The different sessions can be selected via the F1 key when using the "Slim"
pankso@8 188 login window. To change the default session you can use 'tazx' or manually edit
pankso@8 189 the ~/.Xinitrc file.
pankso@8 190 </p>
pankso@8 191
pankso@8 192 <a name="support"></a>
pankso@8 193 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Support and Documentation</font></h3>
pankso@8 194 <p></p>
pankso@8 195 The SliTaz project offers various means of help and support to users of the
pankso@8 196 system, using the mailing list, forum or IRC channel. User documentation
pankso@8 197 is contained in the SliTaz Handbook, making it possible to configure SliTaz
pankso@8 198 to some degree. The Handbook is also available on the web site. The manuals
pankso@8 199 of the various tools are installed on the system and are available through the
pankso@8 200 documentation menu - they describe all the various commands made possible by
pankso@8 201 the tools. The development of the operating system and the use of the wok and
pankso@8 202 receipts are described in the "Slitaz Cookbook". The books, manuals and memos
pankso@8 203 are all available online: http://www.slitaz.org/doc/
pankso@8 204
pankso@8 205 <a name="security"></a>
pankso@8 206 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Security</font></h3>
pankso@8 207 <p>
pankso@8 208 For the benefit of a safe and secure system it's important to recharge and
pankso@8 209 update packages regularly. The Firewall is provided by iptables, and the
pankso@8 210 LightTPD server supports authentication by encrypted passwords and Dropbear
pankso@8 211 provides a secure SSH client and server. The passwords for the users of the
pankso@8 212 system are encrypted and only the root administrator can modify system files.
pankso@8 213 For information about how to configure the firewall, you can refer to the
pankso@8 214 Handbook. The packages related to security are all classified under the topic:
pankso@8 215 Security.
pankso@8 216 </p>
pankso@8 217
pankso@8 218 <a name="upgrade"></a>
pankso@8 219 <h3><font color="#6c0023">From Cooking to Stable</font></h3>
pankso@8 220 <p>
pankso@8 221 The installer of SLiTaz GNU/linux offers an update function allowing you to
pankso@8 222 upgrade from a 'Cooking' to 'Stable' version. To upgrade the system you first
pankso@8 223 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
pankso@8 224 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
pankso@8 225 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
pankso@8 226 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
pankso@8 227 with your new version of SliTaz. Note that this method can also be used to
pankso@8 228 rebuild an already installed system, while retaining the selection of packages
pankso@8 229 already installed.
pankso@8 230 </p>
pankso@8 231 <p>
pankso@8 232 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
pankso@8 233 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
pankso@8 234 </p>
pankso@8 235
pankso@8 236 <a name="people"></a>
pankso@8 237 <h3><font color="#6c0023">People of the Project</font></h3>
pankso@8 238 <p>
pankso@8 239 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
pankso@8 240 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
pankso@8 241 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
pankso@8 242 through Switzerland, France, Quebec, Algeria and England.
pankso@8 243 </p>
pankso@8 244 <ul>
pankso@8 245 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
pankso@8 246 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
pankso@8 247 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
pankso@8 248 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
pankso@8 249 <li>Paul Issot</li>
pankso@8 250 <li>Andrew Miller</li>
pankso@8 251 <li>Serge Daigle</li>
pankso@8 252 <li>Gauthier Bar</li>
pankso@8 253 <li>Mohamed Jabara</li>
pankso@8 254 <li>Gwenhaël Goavec-Merou</li>
pankso@8 255 <li>Didier Bretin</li>
pankso@8 256 </ul>
pankso@8 257 <p>
pankso@8 258 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
pankso@8 259 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
pankso@8 260 </p>
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