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35 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">Documentation (en)</font></h2>
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39 The Cooking version doesn't provide any Release Notes, major changes are
40 announced on the web site and the <a href="http://labs.slitaz.org/">Labs</a>
41 provide fresh news about the project's activity. Like the stable version, you
42 will find <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/">documentation</a> on the wiki site
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52 general information about SliTaz. To start to use and configure the system,
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70 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">Getting started</font></h2>
72 <a name="network"></a>
73 <h3>Network connections</h3>
74 <p>
75 Click on the "Network Status Monitor" at the bottom right of the screen, then
76 "Configure" and the network manager (netbox) will come up. You can then
77 go to the "DHCP" tab and click "Start", and Slitaz will send a DHCP request
78 to the local router. You may also setup a static IP, PPPoE, PPP, VPN and
79 other networking options by using their respective tabs. To configure a wireless
80 connection, you can use SliTaz wifibox by clicking "Wireless Manager" in the
81 Network Manager or by using the "System Tools" menu entry -> "Wireless networks
82 connections".
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85 More detailed information can be found in the Handbook:
86 <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:networkconf"
87 >Network configuration</a>
88 </p>
90 <a name="apps"></a>
91 <h3>Applications</h3>
92 <p>
93 To have a list of all graphical applications, you can use the SliTaz menu button
94 at the bottom left of the screen. To have a list of command line tools, you
95 can open a terminal and double press on the tabulation button. And to have
96 a list of all installed packages, you can launch the package manager user interface
97 from the Lxpanel icon or by using the "System Tools" menu entry. To install any new packages,
98 you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or an USB storage device
99 containing any downloaded packages. Naturally any package management
100 can also be done from the command line and <code>tazpkg</code>.
101 </p>
103 <a name="office"></a>
104 <h3>Office suite</h3>
105 <p>
106 The SliTaz packages database provides some lightweight office applications.
107 All of these packages are easily installable in a few clicks through the packages
108 manager. SliTaz also provides a simple way to install the powerful
109 OpenOffice suite: just search for "OpenOffice" in the packages manager, double click
110 on "get-OpenOffice3" and install the script with the <code>Auto exec</code> option
111 enabled.
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113 <p>
114 To have a lightweight office suite: just use Abiword for the Word processor, Gnumeric as a
115 Spreadsheet and Homebank for Bank Accounting.
116 </p>
118 <a name="multimedia"></a>
119 <h3>Multimedia</h3>
120 <p>
121 Most SliTaz flavors include a wide range of sound card drivers, a volume
122 mixer and a light audio player to easily listen to any MP3 or OGG files. The Sound
123 card is autodetected at boot time and audio support works out-of-the-box
124 on many systems. If you manually add a new user and can't listen to audio, please
125 check that the user belongs to the <code>audio</code> group. For any other trouble, please
126 check the full documentation and/or use the forum.
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128 <p>
129 Videos can be watched by installing one single package or using a dedicated
130 LiveCD or LiveUSB system. The SliTaz team have packaged some of the best video players
131 available under GNU/Linux: <code>mplayer</code>, <code>xine-ui</code> and <code>vlc</code>.
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134 <a name="info"></a>
135 <h3>System information</h3>
136 <p>
137 You can get information on your system by clicking on "System information"
138 in the System Tools menu, then "Summary". Clicking on the other
139 buttons offers you more information, and using the benchmarks can
140 give you an idea on how fast your computer is. To have a list and control
141 of all your current processes, you can use the "Task Manager".
142 </p>
144 <a name="root"></a>
145 <h3>Becoming Root</h3>
146 <p>
147 By default, Slitaz doesn't have its desktop running as root administrator:
148 it asks for a root password (default <code>root</code>) for any superuser work.
149 Therefore, it is safer and more secure. To become root in an xterm, simply
150 type <code>su</code> and enter the root password.
151 </p>
153 <a name="install"></a>
154 <h3>Installation</h3>
155 <p>
156 SliTaz can be installed to a hard disk or on an USB mass storage device using the
157 "SliTaz Installer" from the "System Tools" menu. The installer makes a full HD install.
158 SliTaz won't function in memory (RAM) anymore like in Live or Frugal mode and
159 everything is persistent.
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161 <p>
162 To generate a LiveUSB system, you can use the "Tazusb LiveUSB Tool" from the "System Tools"
163 menu or <code>tazusb</code> from the command line. More information can be found in the SliTaz
164 Handbook: <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:liveusb">LiveUSB media</a>
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