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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Getting started guide
Online Documentation

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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: -

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Network connections

-Click on the "Network Status Monitor" at the bottom right of the screen, then -"Configure" and the network manager (netbox) will come up. You can then -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 -other networking options by 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 -

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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. And to have -a list of all installed packages, you can launch the package manager user interface -from the Lxpanel icon or by using the "System Tools" menu entry. To install any new packages, -you must have a network connection, the DVD of packages or an USB storage device -containing any downloaded packages. Naturally any package management -can also be done from the command line and tazpkg. -

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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 powerful -OpenOffice suite: just search for "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: 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". -

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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. -

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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 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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