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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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24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0</font></h1>
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31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">Releases notes</font></h2>
33 <ul>
34 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
36 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
37 <li><a href="#install">Installation.</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#kernel">Linux Kernel.</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#desktop">Graphical Desktops.</a></li>
41 <li><a href="#support">Support and Documentation.</a></li>
42 <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li>
43 <li><a href="#upgrade">From Cooking to Stable.</a></li>
44 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
45 </ul>
47 <a name="overview"></a>
48 <h3><font color="#6c0023"></font>Overview</h3>
49 <p>
50 SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free, open source community project. Version 1.0 was
51 released on March 22 2008 after two years of hard work. Slitaz comprises of 446
52 software packages easily installed via the "Tazpkg" package manager. The LiveCD
53 can be fully configured to taste, to easily create a custom distribution
54 specificically for tasks such as multimedia, graphics or development.
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56 <p>
57 Slitaz can also be installed to your hard drive, or used with USB media - with
58 "TazUSB" you are only a few simple commands away from a fully formatted and
59 configured USB device, ready to boot.
60 </p>
61 <p>
62 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
63 forum. The "Slitaz Handbook" is an instructive manual on how to use and finely
64 configure the system. Slitaz can be updated easily via the graphic installer or
65 by using the simple fast text installer.
66 </p>
68 <a name="hardware"></a>
69 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Supported Hardware</font></h3>
70 <p>
71 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on i486 or x86 Intel compatible
72 processors. A minimum 128MB of memory is recommended to use the main LiveCD.
73 64MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
74 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
75 </p>
76 <p>
77 With the slitaz-loram flavour, the system is less responsive, but allows you to
78 graphically install SliTaz on very old machines. Once installed, Slitaz works
79 well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the
80 web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example.
81 </p>
82 <p>
83 Most network and sound card drivers are supported in the Kernel. Presently,
84 power management is enabled by default with ACPI and support for laptops is
85 enabled with the "ac" and "battery" modules.
86 </p>
88 <a name="livecd"></a>
89 <h3><font color="#6c0023">LiveCD Flavors</font></h3>
90 <p>
91 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD allowing you to
92 graphically install to the hard drive and retain the use of your previous
93 system including all settings, applications, documents etc.
94 </p>
95 <p>
96 The project distributes an ISO image called "core", which is the body of the
97 system, providing a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the web,
98 listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation, developing (including
99 PHP/SQL), editing ISOs or burning to optical media. It's just one click in the
100 application menu to find software installed by category.
101 </p>
102 <p>
103 The "core" LiveCD can also be customised and rebuilt both graphically or from
104 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
105 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
106 with the "Tazlito" tool.
107 </p>
109 <a name="install"></a>
110 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Installation</font></h3>
111 <p>
112 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
113 mode. The prerequisite material and other useful information can be found in the
114 Manual and Handbook.
115 </p>
116 <p>
117 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly use
118 Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning tool. At
119 the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB" bootloader which
120 is capable of starting almost all operating systems. This allows SliTaz to
121 co-exist with a previously installed operating system, such as Windows.
122 </p>
124 <a name="kernel"></a>
125 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Linux Kernel</font></h3>
126 <p>
127 Slitaz GNU/Linux is distributed with the Linux Kernel 2.6.24.2, patched for
128 LZMA compression support and display correction for the virtual console. The
129 support for IDE and SCSI is integrated, as are the filesystems ext2 and ext3.
130 </p>
131 <p>
132 Most network cards are supported either directly or as loadable modules with
133 'modprobe'. Video capture, if needed, requires the ieee1394, raw1394 and
134 oci1394 modules installed. The management of the sound card drivers is obtained
135 with 'soundconf'.
136 </p>
137 <p>
138 The configuration of startup modules is located in /etc/rcS.conf. In
139 LiveCD/LiveUSB mode you can use 'modprobe=mod1, mod2' to load various modules
140 at boot time.
141 </p>
142 <p>
143 The Linux Kernel configuration of SliTaz is available in the compressed file
144 /proc/config.gz and also in the Mercurial repositories.
145 </p>
147 <a name="packages"></a>
148 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Software Packages</font></h3>
149 <p>
150 The management of software packages is done with the custom package manager
151 "Tazpkg". It's simple, fast, stable and offers an interactive mode. Among the
152 446 packages available you will find anything you need to transform your
153 machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a graphics studio with The Gimp
154 or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino. You can experience the world wide
155 web with instant messaging, VOIP, email and of course through a web browser.
156 </p>
157 <p>
158 Slitaz is also designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
159 LightTPD/PHP package (installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl and Python.
160 </p>
161 <p>
162 Rsync is used for incremental backup and iptables functions as the firewall.
163 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with the
164 GCC 4.2.2 compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repostitories and all development
165 libraries. Packages can be found through the search function of Tazpkg or via
166 the website: http://www.slitaz.org/packages/
167 </p>
168 <p>
169 The binary packages on the mirror can all be compiled by using the "wok" or
170 "Tazwok" to cook. All of the developer documentation is contained in the
171 "SliTaz Cookbook" and is available online.
172 </p>
174 <a name="desktop"></a>
175 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Graphical Desktops</font></h3>
176 <p>
177 By default, the Slitaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable JWM window manager.
178 The integration of the taskbar "LXpanel" makes it possible to dynamically
179 provide a menu based on the Freedesktop standards. The principle is to have a
180 small menu accessible via a screen click with the favourites, windows effects,
181 LiveCD and LiveUSB tools, JWM configuration and system actions made available.
182 Applications can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel.
183 </p>
184 <p>
185 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can install
186 the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the Openbox window manager.
187 The different sessions can be selected via the F1 key when using the "Slim"
188 login window. To change the default session you can use 'tazx' or manually edit
189 the ~/.Xinitrc file.
190 </p>
192 <a name="support"></a>
193 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Support and Documentation</font></h3>
194 <p></p>
195 The SliTaz project offers various means of help and support to users of the
196 system, using the mailing list, forum or IRC channel. User documentation
197 is contained in the SliTaz Handbook, making it possible to configure SliTaz
198 to some degree. The Handbook is also available on the web site. The manuals
199 of the various tools are installed on the system and are available through the
200 documentation menu - they describe all the various commands made possible by
201 the tools. The development of the operating system and the use of the wok and
202 receipts are described in the "Slitaz Cookbook". The books, manuals and memos
203 are all available online: http://www.slitaz.org/doc/
205 <a name="security"></a>
206 <h3><font color="#6c0023">Security</font></h3>
207 <p>
208 For the benefit of a safe and secure system it's important to recharge and
209 update packages regularly. The Firewall is provided by iptables, and the
210 LightTPD server supports authentication by encrypted passwords and Dropbear
211 provides a secure SSH client and server. The passwords for the users of the
212 system are encrypted and only the root administrator can modify system files.
213 For information about how to configure the firewall, you can refer to the
214 Handbook. The packages related to security are all classified under the topic:
215 Security.
216 </p>
218 <a name="upgrade"></a>
219 <h3><font color="#6c0023">From Cooking to Stable</font></h3>
220 <p>
221 The installer of SLiTaz GNU/linux offers an update function allowing you to
222 upgrade from a 'Cooking' to 'Stable' version. To upgrade the system you first
223 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
224 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
225 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
226 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
227 with your new version of SliTaz. Note that this method can also be used to
228 rebuild an already installed system, while retaining the selection of packages
229 already installed.
230 </p>
231 <p>
232 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
233 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
234 </p>
236 <a name="people"></a>
237 <h3><font color="#6c0023">People of the Project</font></h3>
238 <p>
239 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
240 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
241 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
242 through Switzerland, France, Quebec, Algeria and England.
243 </p>
244 <ul>
245 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
246 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
247 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
248 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
249 <li>Paul Issot</li>
250 <li>Andrew Miller</li>
251 <li>Serge Daigle</li>
252 <li>Gauthier Bar</li>
253 <li>Mohamed Jabara</li>
254 <li>Gwenhaël Goavec-Merou</li>
255 <li>Didier Bretin</li>
256 </ul>
257 <p>
258 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
259 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
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