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author Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org>
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pankso@6 5 <title>SliTaz - About the project</title>
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pankso@6 26 <a href="../../about/" title="A propos de SliTaz en français">Français</a>
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pankso@6 31 <p id="titre">#!/GNU/Linux</p>
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pankso@6 35 <ul>
pankso@6 36 <li><a href="../about/" title="Informations about the SliTaz project">About the project</a></li>
pankso@6 37 <li><a href="../get/" title="Download - LiveCD ISO">Get SliTaz</a></li>
pankso@6 38 <li><a href="../doc/" title="LiveCD usage and howto">Documentation</a></li>
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pankso@6 62 <h1><font color="#3e1220">About</font></h1>
pankso@6 63 <h2><font color="#df8f06">SliTaz project</font></h2>
pankso@6 64
pankso@6 65 <p>
pankso@6 66 SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free operating system working completely in memory from
pankso@6 67 removeable media such as a cdrom or USB key. It is light, speedy and fully installable
pankso@6 68 on a hard drive. SliTaz is distributed in the form of a LiveCD that you can easily
pankso@6 69 burn to a cdrom and boot from. When the system is running you can eject the LiveCD
pankso@6 70 and use your CD drive for other tasks. The Live system provides a full-featured,
pankso@6 71 working graphical distro and lets you keep your data and personal settings on
pankso@9 72 persistent media. The system can be extended with the Tazpkg package manager and
pankso@6 73 security updates are provided for the cooking and stable versions.
pankso@6 74 </p>
pankso@6 75 <p>
pankso@6 76 SliTaz project provides free technical support to users through the
pankso@6 77 <a href="../mailing-list.html">Mailing list</a> (i18n list)
pankso@6 78 and the <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/#idx2">English Forum</a>.
pankso@6 79 You can also contact us for more information, suggestions, or comments,
pankso@6 80 using the list or directly by mail : &lt;devel at slitaz.org&gt;
pankso@6 81 </p>
pankso@6 82
pankso@6 83 <h3>Overview</h3>
pankso@6 84 <ul>
pankso@6 85 <li>Root filesystem taking about 80 Mb and ISO image less than 30 Mb.</li>
pankso@6 86 <li>Ready to use Web server powered by LightTPD with CGI and PHP support.</li>
pankso@6 87 <li>Browse the Web with Mozilla Firefox or Retawq in text mode.</li>
pankso@6 88 <li>Sound support provided by Alsa mixer, audio player and CD ripper/encoder.</li>
pankso@6 89 <li>Chat, mail and FTP clients.</li>
pankso@6 90 <li>SSH client and server powered by Dropbear.</li>
pankso@6 91 <li>Database engine with SQLite.</li>
pankso@9 92 <li>Generate a LiveUSB device.</li>
pankso@6 93 <li>Tools to create, edit or burn CD or DVD images.</li>
pankso@6 94 <li>Elegent desktop with JWM running on the top of Xvesa (X server).</li>
pankso@6 95 <li>Home made graphical boxes to command line utilities.</li>
pankso@6 96 <li>More than 440 packages easily installable from the mirror.</li>
pankso@6 97 <li>Active and friendly community.</li>
pankso@6 98 </ul>
pankso@6 99
pankso@6 100 <a name="website"></a>
pankso@6 101 <h3>Web sites &amp; i18n</h3>
pankso@6 102 <p>
pankso@6 103 SliTaz's Web site is also available in <a href="../../">French</a>, the system
pankso@6 104 has got full support for English. The distro can be used by anyone who knows
pankso@6 105 English and has some familiarity with Linux. You can check the
pankso@6 106 <a href="../doc/">documentation</a> area to learn how to use the SliTaz
pankso@6 107 LiveCD and configure the system.
pankso@6 108 </p>
pankso@6 109
pankso@30 110 <h3>Reviews</h3>
pankso@6 111 <p>
pankso@30 112 SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0 has been reviewed on:
pankso@6 113 </p>
pankso@30 114 <ul>
pankso@30 115 <li><a href="http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080331">Distrowatch</a>
pankso@30 116 - By Ladislav Bodnar.</li>
pankso@30 117 <li><a href="http://www.junauza.com/2008/03/slitaz-gnulinux-smallest-desktop-distro.html"
pankso@30 118 >Tech Source</a> - By Jun Auza.</li>
pankso@30 119 <li><a href="http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/03/31/07/04/42-a-quick-look-over-slitaz-1-0"
pankso@30 120 >Planet Béranger</a> - By Béranger.</li>
pankso@30 121 <li><a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/slitaz-10-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/"
pankso@30 122 >K.Mandla Blog</a> - By K.Mandla.</li>
pankso@30 123 <li><a href="http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/04/damn-minuscule-linux-first-look-at.html"
pankso@30 124 >Red Devil's Tech Blog</a> - By Steve Lawson.</li>
pankso@30 125 </ul>
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