# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Issott
-Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Its simpler, faster, customizable, mightier and yet
-incredibly tiny. The new SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of
-development.
+Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Small, fast, easy to use and customize, the new
+SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development.
Overview
-
+With the slitaz-loram flavor, the system is less responsive, but allows you to +graphically install SliTaz on very old machines with limited resources. Once installed, SliTaz works +well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the +web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example. +
+SliTaz 3.0 provides all needed drivers and tools such as 915resolution to have support for a wide range of netbooks (Eeepc, HP mini, Aspire One, etc).
--The slitaz-loram flavor allows to graphically install SliTaz on very old -machines with constrained resources. The liveCD may be less responsive, -but once installed, SliTaz works well with a minimum of 16MB memory. On -very old machines, you may be better off using a text based browser such -as 'links'. -
-@@ -112,8 +109,8 @@ with the "Tazlito" tool.
-The ISO image is now hydrid: it can also be copied on a USB stick without formating
-it (using dd
).
+The ISO image is now hydrid: it can also be copied onto an USB stick without formating
+(using dd
).
-SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system. With the tazx utility, you can reconfigure Xorg and +SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system (although we will always try to +provide a Xvesa flavor). With the tazx utility you can reconfigure Xorg and select the correct driver for your card. The xorg server comes with the vesa -driver by default which powers most cards. However, if you install some of the -other xorg video drivers, you may need to manually configure your xorg.conf. -We also hope that our growing community would be able to provide and support an official Xvesa flavor. +driver by default which powers most cards; although you may still need to +manually configure your xorg.conf to some degree if you install some of the +other drivers.
@@ -153,30 +151,30 @@The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text mode. The slitaz installer now lets you use a separate partition for -/home, configure the root password and chose the default user login. The installer also -now supports installation from a LiveUSB session. +/home, configure the root password and chose the default user login. +The installer also now supports installation from a LiveUSB session.
-Full USB install is also supported and some time is needed using rootdelay=10
-as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay will ensure the Kernel
-have detected the device before mounting it on / (root).
+Full USB install is also supported using rootdelay=10
+as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay ensures the Kernel
+has detected the device before mounting it on / (root).
SliTaz 3.0 has around 2300 packages in the database. A wide variety of packages -have been commited. Tazpkg package manager also supports converting -deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format -A lot of time was also spent maintaining many professionnal grade software +have been commited and the Tazpkg package manager can now convert +deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format (.tazpkg). +A lot of time was also spent maintaining professional grade software such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI.
On the update side, mostly all the packages have been updated, including -the kernel, the toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. Package format has -also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster package -downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed. -Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot: +the kernel, toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. The package format has +also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster +downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed +and packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot: bb.slitaz.org
@@ -190,18 +188,17 @@The core desktop provides a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the web, listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation and developing or -burning to optical media. One click application menu helps to find installed -software by categories. +burning to optical media. It's just one click in the application menu to find +installed software by category.
-Slitaz is more secured and robust now. Firewall rules have been updated. A -firewall can be installed using graphical tazhw box. The serverbox can help -to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto device with -devmapper. Mountbox packages dependencies: dmsetup linux-md devmapper. -Crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices. +Slitaz is more secure and robust now and the firewall rules have been updated. A +firewall can be installed using the graphical tazhw box, and serverbox can help +to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto devices with +devmapper and the crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices.