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13 <h1>SliTaz 4.0 Release Notes</h1>
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28
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29 <h2>Release Notes (en)</h2>
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30
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31 <p>
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32 Welcome to SliTaz 4.0! Modern, secure, stable, fast and flexible the
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33 new SliTaz stable version is now out for Desktops and servers in
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34 production use.
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36
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37 <ul>
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38 <li>More than 6500 commits in the wok</li>
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39 <li>More than 1000 packages added to database</li>
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40 <li>Boot in 10 seconds or less on a very recent machine</li>
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41 <li>Centralized configuration with the new control panel</li>
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42 <li>New build tool which lets you create SliTaz packages in a minute</li>
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43 <li>New rolling release ISO is built after each package cook</li>
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44 <li>4 Distros in one on the LiveCD (The Russian dolls)</li>
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45 <li>New graphical installer and updater</li>
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46 <li>New GUI Boxes and tools to create Live systems</li>
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47 <li>Web boot improved: <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">boot.slitaz.org</a></li>
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48 <li><a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/en:releases:4.0:errata" target="_blank">Errata for 4.0</a>
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49 on the Wiki</li>
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50 </ul>
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51
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52 <h3>Toolchain and build tools</h3>
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53 <p>
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54 Slitaz 4.0 has been built with our new build tools aka cookutils. We
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55 have created new tools which handle the ~3300 packages dependencies
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56 in a simple and consistent way. The cookutils let you also create new
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57 Slitaz packages faster than ever. The tools are installed on each
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58 SliTaz system as well as any supporting documentation.
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59 </p>
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60
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61 <h3>Supported Hardware</h3>
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62 <p>
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63 SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 supports most machines based on i486 or x86 Intel
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64 compatible processors. A minimum of 192MB of memory is recommended to
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65 use the core LiveCD and our new russian dolls system will automatically
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66 detect your memory to boot a low memory resource flavor if needed. The
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67 default LiveCD provides the Core system which is a fully featured desktop,
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68 a GTK only desktop, a flavor with just X windows and a text mode
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69 system which will run with only 48 MB RAM (but can still let you
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70 install a full desktop).
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71 </p>
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73
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74 <h3>Live systems</h3>
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75 <p>
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76 SliTaz 4.0 core LiveCD provides in fact 4 versions and will use the one
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77 your hardware can support. The live CD holds several SliTaz nested subsets.
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78 The boot loader selects the most features that your computer memory can
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79 access. You can also select an image from the menu and hit [tab] to edit
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80 any options. A command line, the ability to webboot, help options and
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81 languages are also available from the menu. Now people with very little
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82 RAM can boot the Live CD, but probably in text mode. A full install can
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83 now be performed to hard disk directly from the Live CD using text mode
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84 with only 48MB ram.
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85 </p>
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86
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87
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88 <h3>Installation</h3>
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89 <p>
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90 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in
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91 text mode. Tazinst is a lightweight SliTaz HDD installer. It installs
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92 SliTaz to a hard drive from a Live-CD, a LiveUSB key, a SliTaz
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93 ISO image, or from the web (using Tazpanel) by downloading a stable,
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94 cooking or rolling version. The prerequisite material and other useful
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95 information can be found in the Manual and Handbook.
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96 </p>
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97 <p>
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98 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly
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99 use Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning
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100 tool. At the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB"
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101 bootloader which is capable of starting almost any operating system.
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102 This allows SliTaz to co-exist with a previously installed operating
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103 system, such as Windows.
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104 </p>
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106
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107 <h3>Packages</h3>
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108 <p>
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109 Among the 3350 packages available in SliTaz 4.0 you will find anything you
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110 need to transform your machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a
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111 graphics studio with The Gimp or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino.
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112 You can experience the world wide web with instant messaging, VOIP, email
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113 and of course through a web browser. Packages can be found through the
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114 search function of Tazpkg, Tazpanel or via the website:
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115 <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">http://pkgs.slitaz.org/</a>
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116 </p>
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117 <p>
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118 SliTaz is designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
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119 LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl
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120 and Python. Apache and Squid are also available. The ability to browse
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121 the web securely using the Tor network is also supported.
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122 </p>
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123 <p>
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124 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with
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125 the GCC compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repositories and all development
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126 libraries.
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127 </p>
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128 <p>
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129 Packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
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130 <a href="http://cook.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">http://cook.slitaz.org/</a> and are checked
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131 by Cookutils to ensure that FHS standards are followed.
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132 </p>
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133
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134 <h3>Administration</h3>
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135 <p>
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136 The new way and tool to configure the system on SliTaz 4.0 is TazPanel.
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137 It is a CGI/web interface with a themable user interface from where
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138 you can control your entire system such as package management, adding
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139 or removing users, creating Live systems and much more. Each page
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140 provides a small description to help you manage your SliTaz system.
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141 To access the panel you can use the menu entry in “System Tools” or
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142 this url: <a href="http://tazpanel:82" target="_blank">http://tazpanel:82</a>
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143 </p>
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144
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145 <h3>Core Desktop</h3>
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146 <p>
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147 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
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148 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (including icons, Openbox,
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149 GTK) has been created.
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150 </p>
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151 <p>
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152 By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox
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153 window manager. Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the
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154 ObConf utility. The integration of the taskbar “LXpanel” makes it
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155 possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the Freedesktop
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156 standards. The principle is to have a small menu accessible via a
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157 screen click with the favorites, windows effects, LiveCD and LiveUSB
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158 tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available. Applications
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159 can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The managment
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160 of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM.
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161 </p>
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162 <p>
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163 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can
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164 install the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window
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165 managers XFCE, Pekwm, JWM and DWM. The different sessions can be
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166 selected via the F1 key when using the “Slim” login window. To change
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167 the default session you can use tazx; or manually edit the
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168 ~/.Xinitrc file.
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169 </p>
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170
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171 <h3>SliTaz network</h3>
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172 <p>
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173 All services have been changed and improved since 3.0 and a SliTaz
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174 community network has been created to help users, contributors and
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175 developers come together to share ideas about the project.
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176 This includes a community board, wiki based documentation, a forum
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177 and a bug tracker. Now developers, artists, documentation writers,
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178 bug reporters and anybody with a good suggestion can help others,
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179 get involved and work together to improve the project. The SliTaz
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180 community network (SCN), website and repos all combine the same
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181 graphical layout for easy navigation.
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182 </p>
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183
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184 <h3>From 3.0 to 4.0</h3>
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185 <p>
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186 A SliTaz GNU/Linux installer offers an update function allowing you
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187 to upgrade from a 3.0 to 4.0 version. To upgrade the system you
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188 first need to boot the Stable LiveCD, launch the installer from the
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189 command line or Tazpanel, select upgrade and then specify the
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190 partition or configuration file containing the system that you want
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191 to update. The installer will then clean out the system and reinstall
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192 all the packages not present on the CD from the mirror. When this has
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193 finished you can reboot with your new version of SliTaz.
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194 </p>
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195 <p>
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196 To upgrade a 3.0 to 4.0 it is also possible to use the package manager Tazpkg
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197 via the set-release function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
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198 require some manual intervention.
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199 </p>
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200
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201 <h3>People of the Project</h3>
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202 <p>
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203 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of
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204 the project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
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205 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
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206 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, Ukraine,
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207 England, and the U.S.
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208 </p>
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211 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
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212 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
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213 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
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214 <li>Paul Issott</li>
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215 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
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216 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
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217 <li>Brenton Edgar Scott</li>
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218 <li>Christopher Rogers</li>
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219 <li>Aleksej Bobylev</li>
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220 <li>Samuel Trassare</li>
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221 <li>Christian Mesh</li>
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222 <li>Alexander Medvedev</li>
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223 <li>...</li>
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229 <div id="footer">
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230 Copyright © 2012 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/" target="_blank">SliTaz GNU/Linux</a>
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