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| author | Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Tue Mar 27 14:22:13 2012 +0200 (2012-03-27) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/slitaz/relnotes.en.html Tue Mar 27 14:22:13 2012 +0200 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ 1.4 +<!DOCTYPE html> 1.5 +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> 1.6 +<head> 1.7 + <meta charset="utf-8" /> 1.8 + <title>SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes</title> 1.9 + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> 1.10 + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> 1.11 +</head> 1.12 +<body> 1.13 + 1.14 +<!-- Header --> 1.15 +<div id="header"> 1.16 + <h1>SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes</h1> 1.17 +</div> 1.18 + 1.19 +<!-- Languages --> 1.20 +<div id="lang"> 1.21 + <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/i18n.php"> 1.22 + <img src="images/locale.png" alt="locale.png" /></a> 1.23 + <a href="relnotes.en.html">en</a> 1.24 +</div> 1.25 + 1.26 +<!-- Content. --> 1.27 +<div id="content"> 1.28 + 1.29 +<h2>Release Notes (en)</h2> 1.30 + 1.31 +<p> 1.32 + Welcome to SliTaz 4.0! Modern, secure, stable, fast and flexible the 1.33 + new SliTaz stable version is now out for Desktops and servers in 1.34 + production use. 1.35 +</p> 1.36 + 1.37 +<ul> 1.38 + <li>More than 6500 commits in the wok</li> 1.39 + <li>More than 1000 packages added to database</li> 1.40 + <li>Boot in 10 seconds [or less?] on a very recent machine</li> 1.41 + <li>Centralized configuration with the new control panel</li> 1.42 + <li>New build tool which lets you create SliTaz packages in a minute</li> 1.43 + <li>New rolling release ISO is built after each package cook</li> 1.44 + <li>4 Distro in one on the LiveCD (The Russian dolls)</li> 1.45 + <li>New graphical installer and updater</li> 1.46 + <li>New GUI Boxes and tools to create Live systems</li> 1.47 + <li>Web boot improved: <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org/">boot.slitaz.org</a></li> 1.48 + <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:releases:4.0:errata">Errata for 4.0</a> 1.49 + on the Wiki</li> 1.50 +</ul> 1.51 + 1.52 +<h3>Toolchain and build tools</h3> 1.53 +<p> 1.54 + Slitaz 4.0 has been built with our new build tools aka cookutils. We 1.55 + have created new tools which handle the ~3300 packages dependencies 1.56 + in a simple and consistent way. The cookutils let you also create new 1.57 + Slitaz packages faster than ever. The tools are installed on each 1.58 + SliTaz system as well as any supporting documentation. 1.59 +</p> 1.60 + 1.61 +<h3>Supported Hardware</h3> 1.62 +<p> 1.63 + SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 supports all machines based on i486 or x86 Intel 1.64 + compatible processors. A minimum of 312MB of memory is recommended to 1.65 + use the core LiveCD and our new russian dolls system will automatically 1.66 + detect your memory to boot a low memory resource flavor if needed. The 1.67 + default LiveCD provides the Core system which is a fully featured desktop, 1.68 + a GTK only desktop, a flavor with just X windows and a text mode 1.69 + system which will run with only 48 MB RAM (but can still let you 1.70 + install a full desktop). 1.71 +</p> 1.72 + 1.73 + 1.74 +<h3>Live systems</h3> 1.75 +<p> 1.76 + SliTaz 4.0 core LiveCD provides in fact 4 versions and will use the one 1.77 + your hardware can support. The live CD holds several SliTaz nested subsets. 1.78 + The boot loader selects the most features that your computer memory can 1.79 + access. You can also select an image from the menu and hit [tab] to edit 1.80 + any options. A command line, the ability to webboot, help options and 1.81 + languages are also available from the menu. Now people with very little 1.82 + RAM can boot the Live CD, but probably in text mode. A full install can 1.83 + now be performed to hard disk directly from the Live CD using text mode 1.84 + with only 48MB ram. 1.85 +</p> 1.86 + 1.87 + 1.88 +<h3>Installation</h3> 1.89 +<p> 1.90 + The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in 1.91 + text mode. Tazinst is a lightweight SliTaz HDD installer. It installs 1.92 + SliTaz to a hard drive from a Live-CD, a LiveUSB key, a SliTaz 1.93 + ISO image, or from the web (using Tazpanel) by downloading a stable, 1.94 + cooking or rolling version. The prerequisite material and other useful 1.95 + information can be found in the Manual and Handbook. 1.96 +</p> 1.97 +<p> 1.98 + If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly 1.99 + use Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning 1.100 + tool. At the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB" 1.101 + bootloader which is capable of starting almost any operating system. 1.102 + This allows SliTaz to co-exist with a previously installed operating 1.103 + system, such as Windows. 1.104 +</p> 1.105 + 1.106 + 1.107 +<h3>Packages</h3> 1.108 +<p> 1.109 + Among the 3350 packages available in SliTaz 4.0 you will find anything you 1.110 + need to transform your machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a 1.111 + graphics studio with The Gimp or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino. 1.112 + You can experience the world wide web with instant messaging, VOIP, email 1.113 + and of course through a web browser. Packages can be found through the 1.114 + search function of Tazpkg, Tazpanel or via the website: 1.115 + <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">http://pkgs.slitaz.org/</a> 1.116 +</p> 1.117 +<p> 1.118 + SliTaz is designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable 1.119 + LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl 1.120 + and Python. Apache and Squid are also available. The ability to browse 1.121 + the web securely using the Tor network is also supported. 1.122 +</p> 1.123 +<p> 1.124 + SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with 1.125 + the GCC compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repositories and all development 1.126 + libraries. 1.127 +</p> 1.128 +<p> 1.129 + Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot: 1.130 + <a href="http://cook.slitaz.org/">http://cook.slitaz.org/</a> and are checked 1.131 + by Cookutils to ensure that FHS standards are followed. 1.132 +</p> 1.133 + 1.134 +<h3>Administration</h3> 1.135 +<p> 1.136 + The new way and tool to configure the system on SliTaz 4.0 is TazPanel. 1.137 + It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where 1.138 + you can control your entire system such as package management, adding 1.139 + or removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page 1.140 + provides a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system. 1.141 + To access the panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or 1.142 + this url: <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a> 1.143 +</p> 1.144 + 1.145 +<h3>Core Desktop</h3> 1.146 +<p> 1.147 + A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications 1.148 + are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (including icons, Openbox, 1.149 + GTK) has been created. 1.150 +</p> 1.151 +<p> 1.152 + By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox 1.153 + window manager. Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the 1.154 + ObConf utility. The integration of the taskbar “LXpanel” makes it 1.155 + possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the Freedesktop 1.156 + standards. The principle is to have a small menu accessible via a 1.157 + screen click with the favorites, windows effects, LiveCD and LiveUSB 1.158 + tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available. Applications 1.159 + can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The managment 1.160 + of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM. 1.161 +</p> 1.162 +<p> 1.163 + Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can 1.164 + install the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window 1.165 + managers XFCE, Pekwm, JWM and DWM. The different sessions can be 1.166 + selected via the F1 key when using the “Slim” login window. To change 1.167 + the default session you can use tazx; or manually edit the 1.168 + ~/.Xinitrc file. 1.169 +</p> 1.170 + 1.171 +<h3>SliTaz network</h3> 1.172 +<p> 1.173 + All services have been changed and improved since 3.0 and a SliTaz 1.174 + community network has been created to help users, contributors and 1.175 + developers come together to share ideas about the project. 1.176 + This includes a community board, wiki based documentation, a forum 1.177 + and a bug tracker. Now developers, artists, documentation writers, 1.178 + bug reporters and anybody with a good suggestion can help others, 1.179 + get involved and work together to improve the project. The SliTaz 1.180 + community network (SCN), website and repos all combine the same 1.181 + graphical layout for easy navigation. 1.182 +</p> 1.183 + 1.184 +<h3>From 3.0 to 4.0</h3> 1.185 +<p> 1.186 + A SliTaz GNU/Linux installer offers an update function allowing you 1.187 + to upgrade from a 3.0 to 4.0 version. To upgrade the system you 1.188 + first need to boot the Stable LiveCD, launch the installer from the 1.189 + command line or Tazpanel, select upgrade and then specify the 1.190 + partition or configuration file containing the system that you want 1.191 + to update. The installer will then clean out the system and reinstall 1.192 + all the packages not present on the CD from the mirror. When this has 1.193 + finished you can reboot with your new version of SliTaz. 1.194 +</p> 1.195 +<p> 1.196 + To upgrade a 3.0 to 4.0 it is also possible to use the package manager Tazpkg 1.197 + via the set-release function, but beware this is not yet proven and may 1.198 + require some manual intervention. 1.199 +</p> 1.200 + 1.201 +<h3>People of the Project</h3> 1.202 +<p> 1.203 + SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of 1.204 + the project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website, 1.205 + develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing 1.206 + through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England, 1.207 + and the U.S. 1.208 +</p> 1.209 + 1.210 +<ul> 1.211 + <li>Christophe Lincoln</li> 1.212 + <li>Pascal Bellard</li> 1.213 + <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li> 1.214 + <li>Paul Issott</li> 1.215 + <li>Claudinei Pereira</li> 1.216 + <li>Dominique Corbex</li> 1.217 + <li>Brenton Edgar Scott</li> 1.218 + <li>Christopher Rogers</li> 1.219 + <li>Aleksej Bobylev</li> 1.220 + <li>Samuel Trassare</li> 1.221 + <li>Christian Mesh</li> 1.222 + <li>Alexander Medvedev</li> 1.223 + <li>...</li> 1.224 +</ul> 1.225 + 1.226 +<!-- End of content --> 1.227 +</div> 1.228 + 1.229 +<div id="footer"> 1.230 + Copyright © 2012 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a> 1.231 +</div> 1.232 + 1.233 +</body> 1.234 +</html>