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The Cooking version doesn't provide any Release Notes, major changes are announced on the web site and the Labs provide fresh news about the project's activity. Like the stable version, you will find documentation on the web site and support on the community forum.

Getting started

Network connections

Click on the "Network Status Monitor" at the bottom right of the screen, "Configure" and then the network manager (netbox) should come up. You can go to the "DHCP" tab and click "Start", and Slitaz will send a DHCP request to the local router. You may also setup a static IP, PPPoE, PPP, VPN and more using their respective tabs. To configure a wireless connection you can use SliTaz wifibox by clicking "Wireless Manager" in the Network Manager or by using the "System Tools" menu entry -> "Wireless networks connections".

More detailed information can be found in the Handbook: Network configuration

Applications

To have a list of all graphical applications you can use the SliTaz menu button at the bottom left of the screen. To have a list of command line tools, you can open a terminal and double press on the tabulation button. And to have a list of all installed packages you can use the package manager user interface using the panel icon or from the "System Tools" menu. To install any new packages you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or an USB storage device with downloaded packages from another machine.

Office suite

The SliTaz packages database provides some lightweight office applications. All of these packages are easily installable in a few clicks through the packages manager. SliTaz also provides a simple way to install the famous and powerful OpenOffice suite: just search OpenOffice in the packages manager, double click on "get-OpenOffice3" and install the script with the Auto exec option enabled.

To have a lightweight office suite; use: Abiword as Word processor, Gnumeric as Spreadsheet and Homebank for Bank Accounting.

System information

You can get information on your system by clicking on "System information" in the System Tools menu, then "Summary". Clicking on the other options on the side brings you more information, and using the benchmarks gives you an idea on how fast your computer is. To have a list and control of all your current processes you can use the "Task Manager".

Becoming Root

By default, Slitaz doesn't have its desktop running as root administrator: it asks for a root password (default root) for any dangerous work. Therefore, it is safer and more secure. To become root in an xterm, simply type su, and enter the root password.

Installation

SliTaz can be installed to a hard disk or on an USB mass storage device using the "SliTaz Installer" from the "System Tools" menu. The installer makes a full HD install. SliTaz won't work in memory (RAM) anymore like in Live or Frugal mode and everything is persistent.

To generate a LiveUSB system you can use "Tazusb LiveUSB Tool" from the "System Tools" menu or tazusb from the command line. More information can be found in the SliTaz Handbook: LiveUSB media

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