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| author | Aleksej Bobylev <al.bobylev@gmail.com> |
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| date | Sun May 29 14:46:20 2016 +0300 (2016-05-29) |
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1.1 --- a/slitaz/index.en.html Sun May 29 10:12:46 2016 +0200 1.2 +++ b/slitaz/index.en.html Sun May 29 14:46:20 2016 +0300 1.3 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 1.4 <html lang="en"> 1.5 <head> 1.6 <meta charset="UTF-8"> 1.7 - <title>SliTaz - System doc (en)</title> 1.8 + <title>SliTaz - System doc</title> 1.9 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> 1.10 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../slitaz-doc.css"> 1.11 </head> 1.12 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 1.13 <!-- Content. --> 1.14 <div id="content"> 1.15 1.16 -<h2>Documentation (en)</h2> 1.17 +<h2>Documentation</h2> 1.18 1.19 <!--<p> 1.20 The Cooking version doesn't provide any Release Notes, major changes are 1.21 @@ -51,13 +51,7 @@ 1.22 1.23 <ul> 1.24 <li><a href="#start">Getting started guide</a></li> 1.25 - <li><a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes for 5.0</a> 1.26 - - <a href="relnotes.cn.html">cn</a> | 1.27 - <a href="relnotes.en.html">en</a> | 1.28 - <a href="relnotes.es.html">es</a> | 1.29 - <a href="relnotes.fr.html">fr</a> | 1.30 - <a href="relnotes.pt.html">pt</a> 1.31 - </li> 1.32 + <li><a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes for 5.0</a></li> 1.33 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:start">Online Documentation</a></li> 1.34 </ul> 1.35 1.36 @@ -72,31 +66,52 @@ 1.37 can control your entire system, this includes package management, adding or 1.38 removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page provides 1.39 a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system. To access the 1.40 - panel you can use the menu entry in "System Tools” or this url: 1.41 + panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or this URL: 1.42 </p> 1.43 <p> 1.44 <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a> 1.45 </p> 1.46 +<p> 1.47 + While some actions in the panel are available to the user, other require 1.48 + administrator rights. On the right side of the TazPanel menu you can find 1.49 + an icon, prompting the current operating mode: 1.50 +</p> 1.51 +<ul> 1.52 + <li><span style="color:#859900"></span> for user mode;</li> 1.53 + <li><span style="color:#cb4b16"></span> for administration mode.</li> 1.54 +</ul> 1.55 +<p> 1.56 + Please, point mouse cursor over icon to show more information; click icon 1.57 + to log into TazPanel as different user or root administrator. 1.58 +</p> 1.59 + 1.60 1.61 1.62 <h3 id="network">Network connections</h3> 1.63 1.64 -<p>Open Tazpanel and go to the 1.65 -<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi">Network</a> tab. This shows a basic 1.66 -overview of your networking interfaces and their states. To configure your 1.67 -Ethernet device, mouse over the Network tab and select 1.68 -<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?eth">Ethernet</a>. From here you can 1.69 -configure your device to use DHCP or a static address. To configure Wireless 1.70 -devices, mouse over the Network tab and select 1.71 -<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?wifi">Wireless</a>. Here you can select 1.72 -a network to connect to. When you click on the desired network, the Connection 1.73 -box underneath will be appropriately filled in. Next, enter your passphrase or 1.74 -leave the field blank for none. Finally, click the Configure button to apply 1.75 -settings.</p> 1.76 <p> 1.77 -More detailed information can be found in the Handbook: 1.78 -<a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:networkconf" 1.79 - >Network configuration</a> 1.80 + Open Tazpanel and click the “Network” → 1.81 + “<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi">Summary</a>” menu entry. 1.82 + This shows a basic overview of your networking interfaces and their states. 1.83 +</p> 1.84 +<p> 1.85 + To configure your Ethernet device, click the “Network” → 1.86 + “<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?eth">Ethernet</a>”. 1.87 + From here you can configure (with administrator permissions) your device 1.88 + to use DHCP or a static address. 1.89 +</p> 1.90 +<p> 1.91 + To configure Wireless devices, click the “Network” → 1.92 + “<a href="http://tazpanel:82/network.cgi?wifi">Wireless</a>”. 1.93 + Here you can select a network to connect to (with administrator permissions). 1.94 + When you click on the desired network, the Connection box underneath will be 1.95 + appropriately filled in. 1.96 + Next, enter your passphrase or leave the field blank for none. 1.97 + Finally, click the Configure button to apply settings. 1.98 +</p> 1.99 +<p> 1.100 + More detailed information can be found in the Handbook: 1.101 + <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:networkconf">Network configuration</a>. 1.102 </p> 1.103 1.104 1.105 @@ -105,15 +120,27 @@ 1.106 <p> 1.107 To have a list of all graphical applications, you can use the SliTaz menu button 1.108 at the top left of the screen. To have a list of command line tools, you 1.109 -can open a terminal and double press on the tabulation button. Tazpanel provides 1.110 +can open a terminal and double press on the tabulation button. 1.111 +</p> 1.112 +<p> 1.113 +Tazpanel provides 1.114 a nice GUI for package management through the 1.115 <a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi">Packages</a> tab. To retrieve a list of all 1.116 installed packages, open Tazpanel and navigate to the 1.117 -<a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi?list">My Packages</a> page. To install new 1.118 +<a href="http://tazpanel:82/pkgs.cgi?list">My Packages</a> page. 1.119 +</p> 1.120 +<p> 1.121 +To install new 1.122 packages, you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or a USB storage 1.123 device containing any downloaded packages. Naturally any package management 1.124 can also be done from the command line using <code>tazpkg</code>. 1.125 </p> 1.126 +<p> 1.127 +Another option to query packages database online is to use 1.128 +<a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">pkgs.slitaz.org</a> in graphical web browser 1.129 +on any of your devices. You can see screenshots of applications and even install 1.130 +or remove a package, if the site is opened in SliTaz. 1.131 +</p> 1.132 1.133 1.134 <h3 id="office">Office suite</h3> 1.135 @@ -122,9 +149,9 @@ 1.136 The SliTaz packages database provides a variety of lightweight office applications. 1.137 All of these packages are easily installable in a few clicks through the packages 1.138 manager in Tazpanel. SliTaz also provides a simple way to install the powerful 1.139 -LibreOffice suite: just search for "LibreOffice” in the packages manager, double click 1.140 -on "get-LibreOffice”, select the "Auto install non free package” checkbox, and click 1.141 -Install. 1.142 +LibreOffice suite: just search for “LibreOffice” in the packages manager, click 1.143 +on “get-LibreOffice”, and click Install (to install and remove packages you 1.144 +need an administrator permissions). 1.145 </p> 1.146 <p> 1.147 To have a lightweight office suite: just use 1.148 @@ -152,9 +179,9 @@ 1.149 Other videos can be watched by installing one single package or using a dedicated 1.150 LiveCD or LiveUSB system. The SliTaz team have packaged some of the best video players 1.151 available under GNU/Linux: 1.152 -<a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=mplayer">mplayer</a>, 1.153 -<a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=xine-ui">xine-ui</a> and 1.154 -<a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=vlc">vlc</a>. 1.155 +<a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=mplayer">MPlayer</a>, 1.156 +<a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=xine-ui">Xine-UI</a> and 1.157 +<a href="http://127.0.0.1:82/user/pkgs.cgi?info=vlc">VLC</a>. 1.158 </p> 1.159 1.160 1.161 @@ -163,10 +190,12 @@ 1.162 <p> 1.163 By default, SliTaz doesn't have its desktop running as root administrator: 1.164 it asks for a root password (default <code>root</code>) for any superuser work. 1.165 -Therefore, it is safer and more secure. To become root in an xterm, simply 1.166 -type <code>su</code> and enter the root password. To run a graphical application 1.167 -as root, use <code>subox</code>. For example, to run leafpad as root you 1.168 -would run <code>subox leafpad</code>. 1.169 +Therefore, it is safer and more secure. 1.170 +</p> 1.171 +<p> 1.172 +To become root in an xterm, simply type <code>su</code> and enter the root password. 1.173 +To run a graphical application as root, use <code>subox</code>. 1.174 +For example, to run leafpad as root you would run <code>subox leafpad</code>. 1.175 </p> 1.176 1.177 1.178 @@ -174,15 +203,16 @@ 1.179 1.180 <p> 1.181 SliTaz can be installed to a hard disk or on an USB mass storage device using the 1.182 -<a href="http://tazpanel:82/installer.cgi">SliTaz Installer</a> in Tazpanel. The installer makes a full HD install. 1.183 +<a href="http://tazpanel:82/installer.cgi">SliTaz Installer</a> in Tazpanel. 1.184 +The installer makes a full HD install. 1.185 SliTaz won't function in memory (RAM) anymore like in Live or Frugal mode and 1.186 everything is persistent. 1.187 </p> 1.188 <p> 1.189 -To generate a LiveUSB system, you can use the "Tazusb LiveUSB Tool” from 1.190 -the "System Tools” menu or <code>tazusb</code> from the command line. More 1.191 +To generate a LiveUSB system, you can use the “Tazusb LiveUSB Tool” from 1.192 +the “System Tools” menu or <code>tazusb</code> from the command line. More 1.193 information can be found in the SliTaz Handbook: 1.194 -<a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:liveusb">LiveUSB media</a> 1.195 +<a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:liveusb">LiveUSB media</a>. 1.196 </p> 1.197 1.198 <!-- End of content -->