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al@1025 5 <title>SliTaz - About the project</title>
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pankso@1200 22 <h2>About SliTaz</h2>
pankso@1200 23 <p>
pankso@1200 24 Small, fast, stable and easy to use!
pankso@1200 25 </p>
pankso@1200 26 <ul>
pankso@1200 27 <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
pankso@1222 28 <li><a href="#spec">SliTaz Specifications</a></li>
pankso@1200 29 <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
pankso@1200 30 <li><a href="#website">Web site &amp; i18n</a></li>
pankso@1200 31 <li><a href="#reviews">Reviews</a></li>
pankso@1200 32 <li><a href="../asso/">Association</a></li>
pankso@1200 33 </ul>
pankso@921 34
al@1025 35 <h2 id="intro">Introduction to the project</h2>
al@1025 36
pankso@921 37 <p>
pankso@921 38 SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free operating system working completely in memory from
al@1277 39 removable media such as a CD-ROM or USB key. It is light, speedy and fully installable
pankso@921 40 on a hard drive. SliTaz is distributed in the form of a LiveCD that you can easily
pankso@921 41 burn to a cdrom and boot from. When the system is running you can eject the LiveCD
pankso@921 42 and use your CD drive for other tasks. The Live system provides a fully-featured,
pankso@921 43 working graphical distro and lets you keep your data and personal settings on
pankso@921 44 persistent media. The system can be extended with the Tazpkg package manager and
pankso@921 45 security updates are provided for the cooking and stable versions.
pankso@921 46 </p>
pankso@921 47 <p>
pankso@921 48 SliTaz project provides free technical support to users through the
pankso@921 49 <a href="../mailing-list.php">Mailing list</a> (i18n list)
pankso@921 50 and the <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">English Forum</a>.
paul@1148 51 You can also contact us for more information, suggestions, or comments
sinanovicha@1118 52 using the list or directly by mail: &lt;devel at slitaz.org&gt;
pankso@921 53 </p>
pankso@921 54
paul@1223 55 <h2 id="spec">SliTaz Specifications</h2>
pankso@1222 56
pankso@1222 57 <p>
pankso@1222 58 The default ISO image provides 4 flavors: base, just-x, gtk-only and the
pankso@1222 59 full desktop. SliTaz can also be booted from the web, customized to match
pankso@1222 60 any needs and installed on a wide range of devices from old computers, to
pankso@1222 61 powerful servers and small ARM devices such as the Raspberry Pi.
pankso@1222 62 </p>
pankso@1222 63 <p>
paul@1223 64 SliTaz is easy to use for Linux beginners: we provide a fully featured
paul@1223 65 and modern desktop following the Freedesktop standards with home made
paul@1223 66 tools that lets users graphically configure the entire system. The full
paul@1223 67 system can even be controlled remotely with our web based configuration
pankso@1222 68 panel.
pankso@1222 69 </p>
pankso@1222 70
pankso@1222 71 <p>
paul@1223 72 We provide a base system and a stripped down X system from where you can
paul@1223 73 build your own customized distro. The custom system can then be used
al@1277 74 from a CD-ROM, USB stick, SD Card, installed to HD or booted from the web.
pankso@1222 75 </p>
pankso@1222 76 <p>
al@1277 77 Follow UNIX philosophy: i.e. everything is a text file. Our packages manager
pankso@1222 78 and all system settings are stored in simple text files for easy
paul@1223 79 customization and human readable configurations. SHell scripting is
paul@1223 80 used for most tools, again for easy customization and development.
pankso@1222 81 </p>
pankso@1222 82 <p>
paul@1223 83 Radically simple way to boot using 4 scripts to configure the entire
pankso@1222 84 system, handle boot options, manage networking and run local commands.
paul@1223 85 SliTaz loads the minimal resources and lets users control everything else.
pankso@1222 86 </p>
pankso@1222 87 <p>
al@1277 88 Be able to run completely in RAM memory from a LiveCD, a USB stick or
al@1277 89 frugal HD install. This mode allows you to save documents on a mounted
paul@1223 90 partition while the system stays super fast and responsive.
pankso@1222 91 </p>
pankso@1222 92 <p>
paul@1223 93 Structured network with deep SliTaz integration for easy navigation
paul@1223 94 between all sites. Structured development with Mercurial and custom
pankso@1222 95 tools such as the bug tracker and the cookutils.
pankso@1222 96 </p>
pankso@1222 97
al@1025 98 <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
al@1025 99
pankso@921 100 <ul>
pankso@1200 101 <li>Root filesystem taking up about 100 MB and ISO image of less than 40 MB.</li>
pankso@1200 102 <li>Ready to use Web/FTP server powered by Busybox with CGI support.</li>
paul@1201 103 <li>Browse the Web with Midori, Firefox or Lynx in text mode.</li>
pankso@921 104 <li>Sound support provided by Alsa mixer, audio player and CD ripper/encoder.</li>
pankso@921 105 <li>Chat, mail and FTP clients.</li>
pankso@921 106 <li>SSH client and server powered by Dropbear.</li>
pankso@921 107 <li>Database engine with SQLite.</li>
pankso@921 108 <li>Generate a LiveUSB device.</li>
pankso@921 109 <li>Tools to create, edit or burn CD or DVD images.</li>
pankso@921 110 <li>Elegant desktop with Openbox running on the top of Xorg/Xvesa (X server).</li>
pankso@921 111 <li>Homemade graphical boxes to command line utilities.</li>
al@1277 112 <li>4967 packages easily installable from the mirror.</li>
pankso@921 113 <li>Active and friendly community.</li>
pankso@921 114 </ul>
pankso@921 115
al@1025 116 <h2 id="website">Website &amp; i18n</h2>
al@1025 117
pankso@921 118 <p>
pankso@921 119 SliTaz's Web site is also available in several languages and is
al@1025 120 part of the <a href="/i18n.php">internationalization project</a>.
pankso@921 121 The web site allows you to <a href="../get/">download</a> the SliTaz
pankso@921 122 LiveCD and help us to develop the project. You can check the
pankso@921 123 <a href="../doc/">documentation</a> area to learn how to use the SliTaz
pankso@921 124 LiveCD and configure the system.
pankso@921 125 </p>
pankso@921 126
al@1025 127 <h2 id="reviews">Reviews</h2>
al@1025 128
pankso@921 129 <p>
pankso@921 130 SliTaz GNU/Linux has been reviewed on several web sites. Thanks to
pankso@921 131 everyone for support.
pankso@921 132 </p>
pankso@921 133
paul@1091 134 <h3>4.0 - April 2012</h3>
paul@1091 135
paul@1091 136 <ul>
paul@1091 137 <li><a href="http://badalhocando.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/slitaz-40-review-small-but-fierce.html"
paul@1091 138 >Blogspot</a> - By Klaus Zimmermann.</li>
paul@1091 139 <li><a href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/04/slitaz-40-light-and-stable.html"
paul@1091 140 >DarkDuck</a> - By Dmitry.</li>
paul@1151 141 <li><a href="http://frederic.bezies.free.fr/blog/?p=8760"
paul@1151 142 >Weblog</a> (fr) - By Frederic Bezies.</li>
paul@1091 143 </ul>
paul@1091 144
pankso@921 145 <h3>3.0 - March 2010 &amp; Cooking - Jan 2010</h3>
al@1025 146
pankso@921 147 <ul>
pankso@921 148 <li><a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/greetings-from-slitaz-3-0/"
pankso@921 149 >Wordpress</a> - By K.Mandla.</li>
pankso@921 150 <li><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/spotlight-linux-slitaz-gnulinux-30"
pankso@921 151 >Linux Journal</a> - By Susan Linton.</li>
pankso@921 152 <li><a href="http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100111#feature"
pankso@921 153 >Distrowatch</a> - By Jesse Smith (Cooking just before 3.0).</li>
pankso@921 154 </ul>
pankso@921 155
pankso@921 156 <h3>2.0 - April 2009</h3>
al@1025 157
pankso@921 158 <ul>
pankso@921 159 <li><a href="http://www.gdhpress.com.br/blog/slitaz"
pankso@921 160 >Gdhpress</a> (pt) - By Carlos Morimoto.</li>
pankso@921 161 <li><a href="http://www.frlinux.net/?section=distributions&amp;article=237"
pankso@921 162 >FRLinux</a> (fr) - By Steph.</li>
pankso@921 163 <li><a href="http://www.junauza.com/2009/07/slitaz-20-simple-speedy-and-secure.html"
pankso@921 164 >Tech Source</a> - By Jun Auza.</li>
pankso@921 165 <li><a href="http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slitaz-2.html"
pankso@921 166 >Dedoimedo</a> - By Dedoimedo.</li>
pankso@921 167 <li><a href="http://linuxologist.com/reviews/slitaz-linux-zero-to-distro-in-30-mb/"
pankso@921 168 >Linuxologist</a> - By Brie Gordon.</li>
pankso@921 169 </ul>
pankso@921 170
pankso@921 171 <h3>1.0 - March 2008</h3>
al@1025 172
pankso@921 173 <ul>
pankso@921 174 <li><a href="http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080331"
pankso@921 175 >Distrowatch</a> - By Ladislav Bodnar.</li>
pankso@921 176 <li><a href="http://www.junauza.com/2008/03/slitaz-gnulinux-smallest-desktop-distro.html"
pankso@921 177 >Tech Source</a> - By Jun Auza.</li>
pankso@921 178 <li><a href="http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&amp;2008/03/31/07/04/42-a-quick-look-over-slitaz-1-0"
al@1006 179 >Planet Béranger</a> - By Béranger.</li>
pankso@921 180 <li><a href="http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/slitaz-10-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/"
pankso@921 181 >Wordpress</a> - By K.Mandla.</li>
pankso@921 182 <li><a href="http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/04/damn-minuscule-linux-first-look-at.html"
pankso@921 183 >Red Devil's Tech Blog</a> - By Steve Lawson.</li>
pankso@921 184 <li><a href="http://www.linuxinfusion.com/slitaz-a-light-weight-gnulinux-distribution"
pankso@921 185 >Linux Infusion</a> - By Moparx.</li>
pankso@921 186 <li><a href="http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/06/a-second-look-at-slitaz-10.html"
pankso@921 187 >Dailynews Blog</a> - By Steven Rosenberg.</li>
pankso@921 188 <li><a href="http://www.linux.com/feature/140573">Linux.com</a> - By Dennis L. Ericson.</li>
pankso@921 189 <li><a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/slitaz_live_cd_small_beautifully_marked"
pankso@921 190 >Free Software Magazine</a> - By Gary Richmond.</li>
pankso@921 191 <li><a href="http://www.linux-magazine.com/issues/2008/97/slitaz"
pankso@921 192 >Linux Pro Magazine</a> - By Dimitri Popov.</li>
pankso@921 193 <li><a href="http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slitaz.html"
pankso@921 194 >Dedoimedo</a> - By Dedoimedo.</li>
pankso@921 195 </ul>
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