slitaz-doc rev 120
Add: SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes
| author | Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Tue Mar 27 14:22:13 2012 +0200 (2012-03-27) |
| parents | 360ccde415c6 |
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1.1 --- a/slitaz/index.en.html Thu Mar 22 01:10:24 2012 +0100 1.2 +++ b/slitaz/index.en.html Tue Mar 27 14:22:13 2012 +0200 1.3 @@ -40,25 +40,25 @@ 1.4 <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum</a>. 1.5 </p> 1.6 1.7 -<!--<p> 1.8 -The SliTaz GNU/Linux stable release is published with the project tools, 1.9 -manuals and <a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes</a> installed on 1.10 -the system. Manuals and this page are accessible through the standard menu. 1.11 -Please check the <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/">project page</a> for 1.12 -general information about SliTaz. To start to use and configure the system, 1.13 -you can read the <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:start">Handbook</a>. 1.14 -Support can be found on the SliTaz mailing list or the community 1.15 -<a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">Forum</a>. 1.16 -</p>--> 1.17 +<p> 1.18 + The SliTaz GNU/Linux stable release is published with the project tools, 1.19 + manuals and <a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes</a> installed on 1.20 + the system. Manuals and this page are accessible through the standard menu. 1.21 + Please check the <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/">project page</a> for 1.22 + general information about SliTaz. 1.23 + Support can be found on the SliTaz mailing list or the community 1.24 + <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">Forum</a>. 1.25 +</p> 1.26 1.27 <ul> 1.28 <li><a href="#start">Getting started guide</a></li> 1.29 - <!--<li><a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes for 3.0</a> - 1.30 - <a href="relnotes.cn.html">cn</a> | 1.31 - <a href="relnotes.en.html">en</a> | 1.32 - <a href="relnotes.es.html">es</a> | 1.33 - <a href="relnotes.fr.html">fr</a> | 1.34 - <a href="relnotes.pt.html">pt</a></li>--> 1.35 + <li><a href="relnotes.en.html">Release Notes for 4.0</a> 1.36 + <!-- - <a href="relnotes.cn.html">cn</a> | 1.37 + <a href="relnotes.en.html">en</a> | 1.38 + <a href="relnotes.es.html">es</a> | 1.39 + <a href="relnotes.fr.html">fr</a> | 1.40 + <a href="relnotes.pt.html">pt</a>--> 1.41 + </li> 1.42 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:start">Online Documentation</a></li> 1.43 </ul> 1.44 1.45 @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ 1.46 </div> 1.47 1.48 <div id="footer"> 1.49 - Copyright © 2011 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a> 1.50 + Copyright © 2012 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a> 1.51 </div> 1.52 1.53 </body>
2.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 2.2 +++ b/slitaz/relnotes.en.html Tue Mar 27 14:22:13 2012 +0200 2.3 @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ 2.4 +<!DOCTYPE html> 2.5 +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> 2.6 +<head> 2.7 + <meta charset="utf-8" /> 2.8 + <title>SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes</title> 2.9 + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> 2.10 + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> 2.11 +</head> 2.12 +<body> 2.13 + 2.14 +<!-- Header --> 2.15 +<div id="header"> 2.16 + <h1>SliTaz 4.0 Releases Notes</h1> 2.17 +</div> 2.18 + 2.19 +<!-- Languages --> 2.20 +<div id="lang"> 2.21 + <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/i18n.php"> 2.22 + <img src="images/locale.png" alt="locale.png" /></a> 2.23 + <a href="relnotes.en.html">en</a> 2.24 +</div> 2.25 + 2.26 +<!-- Content. --> 2.27 +<div id="content"> 2.28 + 2.29 +<h2>Release Notes (en)</h2> 2.30 + 2.31 +<p> 2.32 + Welcome to SliTaz 4.0! Modern, secure, stable, fast and flexible the 2.33 + new SliTaz stable version is now out for Desktops and servers in 2.34 + production use. 2.35 +</p> 2.36 + 2.37 +<ul> 2.38 + <li>More than 6500 commits in the wok</li> 2.39 + <li>More than 1000 packages added to database</li> 2.40 + <li>Boot in 10 seconds [or less?] on a very recent machine</li> 2.41 + <li>Centralized configuration with the new control panel</li> 2.42 + <li>New build tool which lets you create SliTaz packages in a minute</li> 2.43 + <li>New rolling release ISO is built after each package cook</li> 2.44 + <li>4 Distro in one on the LiveCD (The Russian dolls)</li> 2.45 + <li>New graphical installer and updater</li> 2.46 + <li>New GUI Boxes and tools to create Live systems</li> 2.47 + <li>Web boot improved: <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org/">boot.slitaz.org</a></li> 2.48 + <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:releases:4.0:errata">Errata for 4.0</a> 2.49 + on the Wiki</li> 2.50 +</ul> 2.51 + 2.52 +<h3>Toolchain and build tools</h3> 2.53 +<p> 2.54 + Slitaz 4.0 has been built with our new build tools aka cookutils. We 2.55 + have created new tools which handle the ~3300 packages dependencies 2.56 + in a simple and consistent way. The cookutils let you also create new 2.57 + Slitaz packages faster than ever. The tools are installed on each 2.58 + SliTaz system as well as any supporting documentation. 2.59 +</p> 2.60 + 2.61 +<h3>Supported Hardware</h3> 2.62 +<p> 2.63 + SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 supports all machines based on i486 or x86 Intel 2.64 + compatible processors. A minimum of 312MB of memory is recommended to 2.65 + use the core LiveCD and our new russian dolls system will automatically 2.66 + detect your memory to boot a low memory resource flavor if needed. The 2.67 + default LiveCD provides the Core system which is a fully featured desktop, 2.68 + a GTK only desktop, a flavor with just X windows and a text mode 2.69 + system which will run with only 48 MB RAM (but can still let you 2.70 + install a full desktop). 2.71 +</p> 2.72 + 2.73 + 2.74 +<h3>Live systems</h3> 2.75 +<p> 2.76 + SliTaz 4.0 core LiveCD provides in fact 4 versions and will use the one 2.77 + your hardware can support. The live CD holds several SliTaz nested subsets. 2.78 + The boot loader selects the most features that your computer memory can 2.79 + access. You can also select an image from the menu and hit [tab] to edit 2.80 + any options. A command line, the ability to webboot, help options and 2.81 + languages are also available from the menu. Now people with very little 2.82 + RAM can boot the Live CD, but probably in text mode. A full install can 2.83 + now be performed to hard disk directly from the Live CD using text mode 2.84 + with only 48MB ram. 2.85 +</p> 2.86 + 2.87 + 2.88 +<h3>Installation</h3> 2.89 +<p> 2.90 + The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in 2.91 + text mode. Tazinst is a lightweight SliTaz HDD installer. It installs 2.92 + SliTaz to a hard drive from a Live-CD, a LiveUSB key, a SliTaz 2.93 + ISO image, or from the web (using Tazpanel) by downloading a stable, 2.94 + cooking or rolling version. The prerequisite material and other useful 2.95 + information can be found in the Manual and Handbook. 2.96 +</p> 2.97 +<p> 2.98 + If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly 2.99 + use Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning 2.100 + tool. At the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB" 2.101 + bootloader which is capable of starting almost any operating system. 2.102 + This allows SliTaz to co-exist with a previously installed operating 2.103 + system, such as Windows. 2.104 +</p> 2.105 + 2.106 + 2.107 +<h3>Packages</h3> 2.108 +<p> 2.109 + Among the 3350 packages available in SliTaz 4.0 you will find anything you 2.110 + need to transform your machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a 2.111 + graphics studio with The Gimp or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino. 2.112 + You can experience the world wide web with instant messaging, VOIP, email 2.113 + and of course through a web browser. Packages can be found through the 2.114 + search function of Tazpkg, Tazpanel or via the website: 2.115 + <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">http://pkgs.slitaz.org/</a> 2.116 +</p> 2.117 +<p> 2.118 + SliTaz is designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable 2.119 + LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl 2.120 + and Python. Apache and Squid are also available. The ability to browse 2.121 + the web securely using the Tor network is also supported. 2.122 +</p> 2.123 +<p> 2.124 + SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with 2.125 + the GCC compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repositories and all development 2.126 + libraries. 2.127 +</p> 2.128 +<p> 2.129 + Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot: 2.130 + <a href="http://cook.slitaz.org/">http://cook.slitaz.org/</a> and are checked 2.131 + by Cookutils to ensure that FHS standards are followed. 2.132 +</p> 2.133 + 2.134 +<h3>Administration</h3> 2.135 +<p> 2.136 + The new way and tool to configure the system on SliTaz 4.0 is TazPanel. 2.137 + It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where 2.138 + you can control your entire system such as package management, adding 2.139 + or removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page 2.140 + provides a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system. 2.141 + To access the panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or 2.142 + this url: <a href="http://tazpanel:82">http://tazpanel:82</a> 2.143 +</p> 2.144 + 2.145 +<h3>Core Desktop</h3> 2.146 +<p> 2.147 + A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications 2.148 + are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (including icons, Openbox, 2.149 + GTK) has been created. 2.150 +</p> 2.151 +<p> 2.152 + By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox 2.153 + window manager. Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the 2.154 + ObConf utility. The integration of the taskbar “LXpanel” makes it 2.155 + possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the Freedesktop 2.156 + standards. The principle is to have a small menu accessible via a 2.157 + screen click with the favorites, windows effects, LiveCD and LiveUSB 2.158 + tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available. Applications 2.159 + can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The managment 2.160 + of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM. 2.161 +</p> 2.162 +<p> 2.163 + Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can 2.164 + install the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window 2.165 + managers XFCE, Pekwm, JWM and DWM. The different sessions can be 2.166 + selected via the F1 key when using the “Slim” login window. To change 2.167 + the default session you can use tazx; or manually edit the 2.168 + ~/.Xinitrc file. 2.169 +</p> 2.170 + 2.171 +<h3>SliTaz network</h3> 2.172 +<p> 2.173 + All services have been changed and improved since 3.0 and a SliTaz 2.174 + community network has been created to help users, contributors and 2.175 + developers come together to share ideas about the project. 2.176 + This includes a community board, wiki based documentation, a forum 2.177 + and a bug tracker. Now developers, artists, documentation writers, 2.178 + bug reporters and anybody with a good suggestion can help others, 2.179 + get involved and work together to improve the project. The SliTaz 2.180 + community network (SCN), website and repos all combine the same 2.181 + graphical layout for easy navigation. 2.182 +</p> 2.183 + 2.184 +<h3>From 3.0 to 4.0</h3> 2.185 +<p> 2.186 + A SliTaz GNU/Linux installer offers an update function allowing you 2.187 + to upgrade from a 3.0 to 4.0 version. To upgrade the system you 2.188 + first need to boot the Stable LiveCD, launch the installer from the 2.189 + command line or Tazpanel, select upgrade and then specify the 2.190 + partition or configuration file containing the system that you want 2.191 + to update. The installer will then clean out the system and reinstall 2.192 + all the packages not present on the CD from the mirror. When this has 2.193 + finished you can reboot with your new version of SliTaz. 2.194 +</p> 2.195 +<p> 2.196 + To upgrade a 3.0 to 4.0 it is also possible to use the package manager Tazpkg 2.197 + via the set-release function, but beware this is not yet proven and may 2.198 + require some manual intervention. 2.199 +</p> 2.200 + 2.201 +<h3>People of the Project</h3> 2.202 +<p> 2.203 + SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of 2.204 + the project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website, 2.205 + develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing 2.206 + through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England, 2.207 + and the U.S. 2.208 +</p> 2.209 + 2.210 +<ul> 2.211 + <li>Christophe Lincoln</li> 2.212 + <li>Pascal Bellard</li> 2.213 + <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li> 2.214 + <li>Paul Issott</li> 2.215 + <li>Claudinei Pereira</li> 2.216 + <li>Dominique Corbex</li> 2.217 + <li>Brenton Edgar Scott</li> 2.218 + <li>Christopher Rogers</li> 2.219 + <li>Aleksej Bobylev</li> 2.220 + <li>Samuel Trassare</li> 2.221 + <li>Christian Mesh</li> 2.222 + <li>Alexander Medvedev</li> 2.223 + <li>...</li> 2.224 +</ul> 2.225 + 2.226 +<!-- End of content --> 2.227 +</div> 2.228 + 2.229 +<div id="footer"> 2.230 + Copyright © 2012 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a> 2.231 +</div> 2.232 + 2.233 +</body> 2.234 +</html>