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26 <h2>Release Notes (en)</h2>
28 <p>
29 Welcome to SliTaz 4.0! Modern, secure, stable, fast and flexible the
30 new SliTaz stable version is now out for Desktops and servers in
31 production use.
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34 <ul>
35 <li>More than 6500 commits in the wok</li>
36 <li>More than 1000 packages added to database</li>
37 <li>Boot in 10 seconds [or less?] on a very recent machine</li>
38 <li>Centralized configuration with the new control panel</li>
39 <li>New build tool which lets you create SliTaz packages in a minute</li>
40 <li>New rolling release ISO is built after each package cook</li>
41 <li>4 Distro in one on the LiveCD (The Russian dolls)</li>
42 <li>New graphical installer and updater</li>
43 <li>New GUI Boxes and tools to create Live systems</li>
44 <li>Web boot improved: <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org/">boot.slitaz.org</a></li>
45 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:releases:4.0:errata">Errata for 4.0</a>
46 on the Wiki</li>
47 </ul>
49 <h3>Toolchain and build tools</h3>
50 <p>
51 Slitaz 4.0 has been built with our new build tools aka cookutils. We
52 have created new tools which handle the ~3300 packages dependencies
53 in a simple and consistent way. The cookutils let you also create new
54 Slitaz packages faster than ever. The tools are installed on each
55 SliTaz system as well as any supporting documentation.
56 </p>
58 <h3>Supported Hardware</h3>
59 <p>
60 SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 supports most machines based on i486 or x86 Intel
61 compatible processors. A minimum of 312MB of memory is recommended to
62 use the core LiveCD and our new russian dolls system will automatically
63 detect your memory to boot a low memory resource flavor if needed. The
64 default LiveCD provides the Core system which is a fully featured desktop,
65 a GTK only desktop, a flavor with just X windows and a text mode
66 system which will run with only 48 MB RAM (but can still let you
67 install a full desktop).
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71 <h3>Live systems</h3>
72 <p>
73 SliTaz 4.0 core LiveCD provides in fact 4 versions and will use the one
74 your hardware can support. The live CD holds several SliTaz nested subsets.
75 The boot loader selects the most features that your computer memory can
76 access. You can also select an image from the menu and hit [tab] to edit
77 any options. A command line, the ability to webboot, help options and
78 languages are also available from the menu. Now people with very little
79 RAM can boot the Live CD, but probably in text mode. A full install can
80 now be performed to hard disk directly from the Live CD using text mode
81 with only 48MB ram.
82 </p>
85 <h3>Installation</h3>
86 <p>
87 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in
88 text mode. Tazinst is a lightweight SliTaz HDD installer. It installs
89 SliTaz to a hard drive from a Live-CD, a LiveUSB key, a SliTaz
90 ISO image, or from the web (using Tazpanel) by downloading a stable,
91 cooking or rolling version. The prerequisite material and other useful
92 information can be found in the Manual and Handbook.
93 </p>
94 <p>
95 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly
96 use Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning
97 tool. At the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB"
98 bootloader which is capable of starting almost any operating system.
99 This allows SliTaz to co-exist with a previously installed operating
100 system, such as Windows.
101 </p>
104 <h3>Packages</h3>
105 <p>
106 Among the 3350 packages available in SliTaz 4.0 you will find anything you
107 need to transform your machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a
108 graphics studio with The Gimp or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino.
109 You can experience the world wide web with instant messaging, VOIP, email
110 and of course through a web browser. Packages can be found through the
111 search function of Tazpkg, Tazpanel or via the website:
112 <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">http://pkgs.slitaz.org/</a>
113 </p>
114 <p>
115 SliTaz is designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
116 LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl
117 and Python. Apache and Squid are also available. The ability to browse
118 the web securely using the Tor network is also supported.
119 </p>
120 <p>
121 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with
122 the GCC compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repositories and all development
123 libraries.
124 </p>
125 <p>
126 Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
127 <a href="http://cook.slitaz.org/">http://cook.slitaz.org/</a> and are checked
128 by Cookutils to ensure that FHS standards are followed.
129 </p>
131 <h3>Administration</h3>
132 <p>
133 The new way and tool to configure the system on SliTaz 4.0 is TazPanel.
134 It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where
135 you can control your entire system such as package management, adding
136 or removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page
137 provides a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system.
138 To access the panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or
139 this url: <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a>
140 </p>
142 <h3>Core Desktop</h3>
143 <p>
144 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
145 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (including icons, Openbox,
146 GTK) has been created.
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148 <p>
149 By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox
150 window manager. Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the
151 ObConf utility. The integration of the taskbar “LXpanel” makes it
152 possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the Freedesktop
153 standards. The principle is to have a small menu accessible via a
154 screen click with the favorites, windows effects, LiveCD and LiveUSB
155 tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available. Applications
156 can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The managment
157 of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM.
158 </p>
159 <p>
160 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can
161 install the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window
162 managers XFCE, Pekwm, JWM and DWM. The different sessions can be
163 selected via the F1 key when using the “Slim” login window. To change
164 the default session you can use tazx; or manually edit the
165 ~/.Xinitrc file.
166 </p>
168 <h3>SliTaz network</h3>
169 <p>
170 All services have been changed and improved since 3.0 and a SliTaz
171 community network has been created to help users, contributors and
172 developers come together to share ideas about the project.
173 This includes a community board, wiki based documentation, a forum
174 and a bug tracker. Now developers, artists, documentation writers,
175 bug reporters and anybody with a good suggestion can help others,
176 get involved and work together to improve the project. The SliTaz
177 community network (SCN), website and repos all combine the same
178 graphical layout for easy navigation.
179 </p>
181 <h3>From 3.0 to 4.0</h3>
182 <p>
183 A SliTaz GNU/Linux installer offers an update function allowing you
184 to upgrade from a 3.0 to 4.0 version. To upgrade the system you
185 first need to boot the Stable LiveCD, launch the installer from the
186 command line or Tazpanel, select upgrade and then specify the
187 partition or configuration file containing the system that you want
188 to update. The installer will then clean out the system and reinstall
189 all the packages not present on the CD from the mirror. When this has
190 finished you can reboot with your new version of SliTaz.
191 </p>
192 <p>
193 To upgrade a 3.0 to 4.0 it is also possible to use the package manager Tazpkg
194 via the set-release function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
195 require some manual intervention.
196 </p>
198 <h3>People of the Project</h3>
199 <p>
200 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of
201 the project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
202 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
203 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, Ukraine,
204 England, and the U.S.
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207 <ul>
208 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
209 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
210 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
211 <li>Paul Issott</li>
212 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
213 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
214 <li>Brenton Edgar Scott</li>
215 <li>Christopher Rogers</li>
216 <li>Aleksej Bobylev</li>
217 <li>Samuel Trassare</li>
218 <li>Christian Mesh</li>
219 <li>Alexander Medvedev</li>
220 <li>...</li>
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