SliTaz - System doc (en)

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Documentation (en)

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

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+ The SliTaz GNU/Linux stable release is published with the project tools, + manuals and Release Notes installed on + the system. Manuals and this page are accessible through the standard menu. + Please check the project page for + general information about SliTaz. + Support can be found on the SliTaz mailing list or the community + Forum. +

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Getting started

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SliTaz Panel

+ From spring 2011 the new way (and tool) to configure the system is TazPanel. + It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where you + can control your entire system, this includes package management, adding or + removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page provides + a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system. To access the + panel you can use the menu entry in "System Tools" or this url: +

+ http://tazpanel:82 +

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Network connections

+Open Tazpanel and go to the +Network + tab. +This shows a basic overview of your networking interfaces and their states. To configure +your Ethernet device, mouse over the Network tab and select +Ethernet +. From here you +can configure your device to use DHCP or a static address. To configure Wireless devices, +mouse over the Network tab and select +Wireless. + Here you can select a network to connect to. +When you click on the desired network, the Connection box underneath will be appropriately +filled in. Next, enter your passphrase or leave the field blank for none. Finally, +click the Configure button to apply settings. +

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

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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. Tazpanel provides +a nice GUI for package management through the +Packages tab. To retrieve a list of all +installed packages, open Tazpanel and navigate to the +My Packages page. To install new +packages, you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or a USB storage +device containing any downloaded packages. Naturally any package management +can also be done from the command line using tazpkg. +

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Office suite

+The SliTaz packages database provides a variety of lightweight office applications. +All of these packages are easily installable in a few clicks through the packages +manager in Tazpanel. SliTaz also provides a simple way to install the powerful +LibreOffice suite: just search for "LibreOffice" in the packages manager, double click +on "get-LibreOffice", select the "Auto install non free package" checkbox, and click +Install. +

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

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Multimedia

+Most SliTaz flavors include a wide range of sound card drivers, a volume +mixer and a light audio player to easily listen to any MP3 or OGG files. The Sound +card is autodetected at boot time and audio support works out-of-the-box +on many systems. If you manually add a new user and can't listen to audio, please +check that the user belongs to the audio group. For any other trouble, please +check the full documentation and/or use the forum. +

+Videos can be watched by installing one single package or using a dedicated +LiveCD or LiveUSB system. The SliTaz team have packaged some of the best video players +available under GNU/Linux: mplayer, xine-ui and vlc. +

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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 +buttons offers you more information, and using the benchmarks can +give 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" available in +the same menu. +

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Becoming Root

+By default, Slitaz doesn't have its desktop running as root administrator: +it asks for a root password (default root) for any superuser work. +Therefore, it is safer and more secure. To become root in an xterm, simply +type su and enter the root password. To run a graphical application +as root, use subox. For example, to run leafpad as root you +would run subox leafpad. +

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Installation

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

+To generate a LiveUSB system, you can use the "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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