# HG changeset patch
# User Christophe Lincoln
-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! Its simpler, faster, customizable, mightier and yet
+incredibly tiny. The new SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of
+development.
Overview
-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'. +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'.
--SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD as a normal system or you can -graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive. Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications and documents. +SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD +as a normal system or you can graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive. +Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications +and documents.
The LiveCD can also be customised and easily rebuilt both graphically or from @@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution with the "Tazlito" tool.
+
+The ISO image is now hydrid: it can be copied on a USB stick without formating
+it (using dd
).
+
SliTaz 3.0 has 2291 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 such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI. +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 +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: bb.slitaz.org +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: +bb.slitaz.org
@@ -179,16 +190,17 @@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. One click application menu helps to find installed +software by categories.
--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. +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.
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