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English Releases Notes for 1.0 (Thanks Paul and Spode)
| author | Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Sat Mar 22 01:09:59 2008 +0100 (2008-03-22) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/slitaz/relnotes.en.html Sat Mar 22 01:09:59 2008 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@ 1.4 +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 1.5 + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 1.6 +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="fr" lang="fr"> 1.7 +<head> 1.8 + <title>SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0 - Release Notes</title> 1.9 + <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> 1.10 + <meta name="description" content="slitaz doc system releases notes information cooking" /> 1.11 + <meta name="expires" content="never" /> 1.12 + <meta name="modified" content="2008-03-14 11:30:00" /> 1.13 + <meta name="publisher" content="www.slitaz.org" /> 1.14 + <meta name="author" content="Paul Issot"/> 1.15 + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> 1.16 + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="book.css" /> 1.17 +</head> 1.18 +<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> 1.19 + 1.20 +<!-- Header and quick navigation --> 1.21 +<div id="header"> 1.22 +<div align="right" id="quicknav"> 1.23 + <a name="top"></a> 1.24 + <a href="index.html">Index of /usr/share/doc/slitaz</a> | 1.25 + <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/doc/">www.slitaz.org/doc/</a> 1.26 +</div> 1.27 +<h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0</font></h1> 1.28 +</div> 1.29 + 1.30 +<!-- Content. --> 1.31 +<div id="content"> 1.32 +<div class="content-right"></div> 1.33 + 1.34 +<h2><font color="#DF8F06">Releases notes</font></h2> 1.35 + 1.36 +<ul> 1.37 + <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li> 1.38 + <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li> 1.39 + <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li> 1.40 + <li><a href="#install">Installation.</a></li> 1.41 + <li><a href="#kernel">Linux Kernel.</a></li> 1.42 + <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li> 1.43 + <li><a href="#desktop">Graphical Desktops.</a></li> 1.44 + <li><a href="#support">Support and Documentation.</a></li> 1.45 + <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li> 1.46 + <li><a href="#upgrade">From Cooking to Stable.</a></li> 1.47 + <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li> 1.48 +</ul> 1.49 + 1.50 +<a name="overview"></a> 1.51 +<h3><font color="#6c0023"></font>Overview</h3> 1.52 +<p> 1.53 +SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free, open source community project. Version 1.0 was 1.54 +released on March 22 2008 after two years of hard work. Slitaz comprises of 446 1.55 +software packages easily installed via the "Tazpkg" package manager. The LiveCD 1.56 +can be fully configured to taste, to easily create a custom distribution 1.57 +specificically for tasks such as multimedia, graphics or development. 1.58 +</p> 1.59 +<p> 1.60 +Slitaz can also be installed to your hard drive, or used with USB media - with 1.61 +"TazUSB" you are only a few simple commands away from a fully formatted and 1.62 +configured USB device, ready to boot. 1.63 +</p> 1.64 +<p> 1.65 +Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official 1.66 +forum. The "Slitaz Handbook" is an instructive manual on how to use and finely 1.67 +configure the system. Slitaz can be updated easily via the graphic installer or 1.68 +by using the simple fast text installer. 1.69 +</p> 1.70 + 1.71 +<a name="hardware"></a> 1.72 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Supported Hardware</font></h3> 1.73 +<p> 1.74 +SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on i486 or x86 Intel compatible 1.75 +processors. A minimum 128MB of memory is recommended to use the main LiveCD. 1.76 +64MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the 1.77 +"slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor. 1.78 +</p> 1.79 +<p> 1.80 +With the slitaz-loram flavour, the system is less responsive, but allows you to 1.81 +graphically install SliTaz on very old machines. Once installed, Slitaz works 1.82 +well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the 1.83 +web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example. 1.84 +</p> 1.85 +<p> 1.86 +Most network and sound card drivers are supported in the Kernel. Presently, 1.87 +power management is enabled by default with ACPI and support for laptops is 1.88 +enabled with the "ac" and "battery" modules. 1.89 +</p> 1.90 + 1.91 +<a name="livecd"></a> 1.92 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">LiveCD Flavors</font></h3> 1.93 +<p> 1.94 +SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD allowing you to 1.95 +graphically install to the hard drive and retain the use of your previous 1.96 +system including all settings, applications, documents etc. 1.97 +</p> 1.98 +<p> 1.99 +The project distributes an ISO image called "core", which is the body of the 1.100 +system, providing a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the web, 1.101 +listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation, developing (including 1.102 +PHP/SQL), editing ISOs or burning to optical media. It's just one click in the 1.103 +application menu to find software installed by category. 1.104 +</p> 1.105 +<p> 1.106 +The "core" LiveCD can also be customised and rebuilt both graphically or from 1.107 +the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one 1.108 +of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution 1.109 +with the "Tazlito" tool. 1.110 +</p> 1.111 + 1.112 +<a name="install"></a> 1.113 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Installation</font></h3> 1.114 +<p> 1.115 +The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text 1.116 +mode. The prerequisite material and other useful information can be found in the 1.117 +Manual and Handbook. 1.118 +</p> 1.119 +<p> 1.120 +If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly use 1.121 +Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning tool. At 1.122 +the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB" bootloader which 1.123 +is capable of starting almost all operating systems. This allows SliTaz to 1.124 +co-exist with a previously installed operating system, such as Windows. 1.125 +</p> 1.126 + 1.127 +<a name="kernel"></a> 1.128 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Linux Kernel</font></h3> 1.129 +<p> 1.130 +Slitaz GNU/Linux is distributed with the Linux Kernel 2.6.24.2, patched for 1.131 +LZMA compression support and display correction for the virtual console. The 1.132 +support for IDE and SCSI is integrated, as are the filesystems ext2 and ext3. 1.133 +</p> 1.134 +<p> 1.135 +Most network cards are supported either directly or as loadable modules with 1.136 +'modprobe'. Video capture, if needed, requires the ieee1394, raw1394 and 1.137 +oci1394 modules installed. The management of the sound card drivers is obtained 1.138 +with 'soundconf'. 1.139 +</p> 1.140 +<p> 1.141 +The configuration of startup modules is located in /etc/rcS.conf. In 1.142 +LiveCD/LiveUSB mode you can use 'modprobe=mod1, mod2' to load various modules 1.143 +at boot time. 1.144 +</p> 1.145 +<p> 1.146 +The Linux Kernel configuration of SliTaz is available in the compressed file 1.147 +/proc/config.gz and also in the Mercurial repositories. 1.148 +</p> 1.149 + 1.150 +<a name="packages"></a> 1.151 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Software Packages</font></h3> 1.152 +<p> 1.153 +The management of software packages is done with the custom package manager 1.154 +"Tazpkg". It's simple, fast, stable and offers an interactive mode. Among the 1.155 +446 packages available you will find anything you need to transform your 1.156 +machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a graphics studio with The Gimp 1.157 +or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino. You can experience the world wide 1.158 +web with instant messaging, VOIP, email and of course through a web browser. 1.159 +</p> 1.160 +<p> 1.161 +Slitaz is also designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable 1.162 +LightTPD/PHP package (installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl and Python. 1.163 +</p> 1.164 +<p> 1.165 +Rsync is used for incremental backup and iptables functions as the firewall. 1.166 +SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with the 1.167 +GCC 4.2.2 compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repostitories and all development 1.168 +libraries. Packages can be found through the search function of Tazpkg or via 1.169 +the website: http://www.slitaz.org/packages/ 1.170 +</p> 1.171 +<p> 1.172 +The binary packages on the mirror can all be compiled by using the "wok" or 1.173 +"Tazwok" to cook. All of the developer documentation is contained in the 1.174 +"SliTaz Cookbook" and is available online. 1.175 +</p> 1.176 + 1.177 +<a name="desktop"></a> 1.178 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Graphical Desktops</font></h3> 1.179 +<p> 1.180 +By default, the Slitaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable JWM window manager. 1.181 +The integration of the taskbar "LXpanel" makes it possible to dynamically 1.182 +provide a menu based on the Freedesktop standards. The principle is to have a 1.183 +small menu accessible via a screen click with the favourites, windows effects, 1.184 +LiveCD and LiveUSB tools, JWM configuration and system actions made available. 1.185 +Applications can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. 1.186 +</p> 1.187 +<p> 1.188 +Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can install 1.189 +the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the Openbox window manager. 1.190 +The different sessions can be selected via the F1 key when using the "Slim" 1.191 +login window. To change the default session you can use 'tazx' or manually edit 1.192 +the ~/.Xinitrc file. 1.193 +</p> 1.194 + 1.195 +<a name="support"></a> 1.196 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Support and Documentation</font></h3> 1.197 +<p></p> 1.198 +The SliTaz project offers various means of help and support to users of the 1.199 +system, using the mailing list, forum or IRC channel. User documentation 1.200 +is contained in the SliTaz Handbook, making it possible to configure SliTaz 1.201 +to some degree. The Handbook is also available on the web site. The manuals 1.202 +of the various tools are installed on the system and are available through the 1.203 +documentation menu - they describe all the various commands made possible by 1.204 +the tools. The development of the operating system and the use of the wok and 1.205 +receipts are described in the "Slitaz Cookbook". The books, manuals and memos 1.206 +are all available online: http://www.slitaz.org/doc/ 1.207 + 1.208 +<a name="security"></a> 1.209 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Security</font></h3> 1.210 +<p> 1.211 +For the benefit of a safe and secure system it's important to recharge and 1.212 +update packages regularly. The Firewall is provided by iptables, and the 1.213 +LightTPD server supports authentication by encrypted passwords and Dropbear 1.214 +provides a secure SSH client and server. The passwords for the users of the 1.215 +system are encrypted and only the root administrator can modify system files. 1.216 +For information about how to configure the firewall, you can refer to the 1.217 +Handbook. The packages related to security are all classified under the topic: 1.218 +Security. 1.219 +</p> 1.220 + 1.221 +<a name="upgrade"></a> 1.222 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">From Cooking to Stable</font></h3> 1.223 +<p> 1.224 +The installer of SLiTaz GNU/linux offers an update function allowing you to 1.225 +upgrade from a 'Cooking' to 'Stable' version. To upgrade the system you first 1.226 +need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then 1.227 +specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The 1.228 +installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not 1.229 +present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot 1.230 +with your new version of SliTaz. Note that this method can also be used to 1.231 +rebuild an already installed system, while retaining the selection of packages 1.232 +already installed. 1.233 +</p> 1.234 +<p> 1.235 +Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete 1.236 +archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install. 1.237 +</p> 1.238 + 1.239 +<a name="people"></a> 1.240 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">People of the Project</font></h3> 1.241 +<p> 1.242 +SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the 1.243 +project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website, 1.244 +develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing 1.245 +through Switzerland, France, Quebec, Algeria and England. 1.246 +</p> 1.247 +<ul> 1.248 + <li>Christophe Lincoln</li> 1.249 + <li>Pascal Bellard</li> 1.250 + <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li> 1.251 + <li>Julien Rabier</li> 1.252 + <li>Paul Issot</li> 1.253 + <li>Andrew Miller</li> 1.254 + <li>Serge Daigle</li> 1.255 + <li>Gauthier Bar</li> 1.256 + <li>Mohamed Jabara</li> 1.257 + <li>Gwenhaël Goavec-Merou</li> 1.258 + <li>Didier Bretin</li> 1.259 +</ul> 1.260 +<p> 1.261 +The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users 1.262 +who have taken the time to help advance the distribution. 1.263 +</p> 1.264 + 1.265 + 1.266 +<!-- End of content --> 1.267 +</div> 1.268 + 1.269 +<!-- Footer. --> 1.270 +<div id="footer"> 1.271 + <div class="footer-right"></div> 1.272 + <a href="#top">Haut de la page</a> | 1.273 + <a href="index.html">Index of /usr/share/doc/slitaz</a> 1.274 +</div> 1.275 + 1.276 +<div id="copy"> 1.277 + Copyright © 2008 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz</a> - 1.278 + <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>;<br /> 1.279 + Documentation published under 1.280 + <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a> 1.281 + and <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">xHTML 1.0 valid</a>. 1.282 +</div> 1.283 + 1.284 +</body> 1.285 +</html>