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18 <h1>SliTaz 3.0 Release Notes</h1>
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33
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34 <h2>Releases notes</h2>
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35
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36 <ul>
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37 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
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38 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
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39 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
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40 <li><a href="#toolchain">Kernel and toolchain.</a></li>
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41 <li><a href="#utf-8">UTF-8 support.</a></li>
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42 <li><a href="#xorg">Xorg server.</a></li>
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43 <li><a href="#install">HD Install and LiveUSB.</a></li>
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44 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
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45 <li><a href="#desktop">Core Desktop.</a></li>
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46 <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li>
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47 <li><a href="#upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0.</a></li>
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48 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
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49 </ul>
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50
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51 <h3 id="overview">Overview</h3>
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52
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53 <p>
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54 Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Small, fast, easy to use and customize, the new
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55 SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development.
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56 </p>
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57 <ul>
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58 <li>Boot scripts rewritten and faster (super-fast booting)</li>
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59 <li>All home-made boxes improved (tazctrlbox, tazhw, wifibox, burnbox, mountbox, netbox, serverbox, installer)</li>
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60 <li>Switch to Xorg from Xvesa</li>
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61 <li>Switch to Midori as the default web browser</li>
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62 <li>Better hardware support - wifi cards, webcams, 3G-modems, printers, scanners</li>
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63 <li>Better themes and desktop integration</li>
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64 <li>Faster virtualization with lguest</li>
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65 <li>SliTaz pro: OpenERP, LAMP, GLPI and more</li>
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66 <li>Easier to customize LiveCD and LiveUSB (tazlitobox and tazusbbox)</li>
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67 <li>Tazpkg supports new features including the conversion of deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format</li>
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68 <li>Packages are now automatically built by a build bot (Tazbb)</li>
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69 <li>More contributors and stronger community</li>
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70 <li>900 packages added to the database and many updates</li>
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71 <li>More than 2800 commits by contributors</li>
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72 </ul>
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73 <p>
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74 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
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75 forum: <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum.slitaz.org</a>
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76 </p>
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77
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78 <h3 id="hardware">Supported Hardware</h3>
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79
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80 <p>
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81 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible
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82 processors. A minimum 192MB of memory is recommended to use the core LiveCD.
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83 80MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
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84 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
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85 </p>
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86 <p>
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87 With the slitaz-loram flavor, the system is less responsive, but allows you to
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88 graphically install SliTaz on very old machines with limited resources. Once installed, SliTaz works
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89 well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the
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90 web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example.
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91 </p>
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92 <p>
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93 SliTaz 3.0 provides all needed drivers and tools such as 915resolution to
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94 have support for a wide range of netbooks (Eeepc, HP mini, Aspire One, etc).
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95 </p>
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96
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97 <h3 id="livecd">LiveCD Flavors</h3>
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99 <p>
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100 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD
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101 as a normal system or you can graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive.
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102 Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications
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103 and documents.
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104 </p>
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105 <p>
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106 The LiveCD can also be customised and easily rebuilt both graphically or from
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107 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
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108 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
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109 with the "Tazlito" tool.
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110 </p>
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111 <p>
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112 The ISO image now uses a 'hybrid' system: it can also be copied onto an USB stick
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113 without formating it (using <code>dd</code>).
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114 </p>
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115
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116 <h3 id="toolchain">Kernel and toolchain</h3>
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117
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118 <p>
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119 SliTaz 3.0 comes with a new but very well tested 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel and a complete new
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120 build toolchain from which the whole system has been built. The 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel is
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121 separated into several linux-packages for supporting additional drivers and features. This time
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122 we have also built-in some more drivers to have a faster kernel boot.
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123 </p>
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124 <p>
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125 The new toolchain comprises of: Binutils 2.19.1, GCC 4.4.1, Glibc 2.10.1
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126 </p>
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127
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128 <h3 id="utf-8">UTF-8 support</h3>
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131 With this release, the Slitaz community can enjoy full UTF-8 support.
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132 SliTaz uses standard PO files for the translation of all SliTaz related tools, boxes and utilities.
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133 With better internationalization support (russian, portuguese, chinese, and many more),
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134 contributors can now use graphical tools such as poedit to make translations using GNU gettext standards.
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135 The labs also have an i18n project to easily upload files to be included in the distribution.
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136 The locale packs have more translated application messages for the core system and
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137 some extra packages for applications such as Gimp, Abiword, Gnumeric, etc.
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138 </p>
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139
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142 <p>
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143 SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system (although we will always try to
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144 provide a Xvesa flavor). With the tazx utility you can reconfigure Xorg and
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145 select the correct driver for your card. The xorg server comes with the vesa
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146 driver by default which powers most cards; although you may still need to
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147 manually configure your xorg.conf to some degree if you install some of the
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148 other drivers.
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149 </p>
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150
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151 <h3 id="install">HD install and LiveUSB</h3>
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153 <p>
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154 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
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155 mode. The slitaz installer now lets you use a separate partition for
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156 /home, configure the root password and chose the default user login.
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157 The installer also now supports installation from a LiveUSB session.
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158 </p>
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159 <p>
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160 Full USB install is also supported using <code>rootdelay=10</code>
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161 as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay ensures the Kernel
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162 has detected the device before mounting it on / (root).
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163 </p>
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164
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167 <p>
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168 SliTaz 3.0 has around 2300 packages in the database. A wide variety of packages
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169 have been commited and the Tazpkg package manager can now convert
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170 deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format (.tazpkg).
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171 A lot of time was also spent maintaining professional grade software
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172 such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI.
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173 </p>
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174 <p>
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175 On the update side, mostly all the packages have been updated, including
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176 the kernel, toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. The package format has
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177 also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster
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178 downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed
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179 and packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
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180 <a href="http://bb.slitaz.org/">bb.slitaz.org</a>
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181 </p>
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182
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183 <h3 id="desktop">Core Desktop</h3>
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184
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185 <p>
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186 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
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187 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (icons, Openbox, GTK) has
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188 been created.
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189 </p>
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190 <p>
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191 The core desktop provides a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the
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192 web, listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation and developing or
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193 burning to optical media. It's just one click in the application menu to find
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194 installed software by category.
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195 </p>
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196
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197 <h3 id="security">Security</h3>
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198
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199 <p>
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200 Slitaz is more secure and robust now and the firewall rules have been updated. A
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201 firewall can be installed using the graphical tazhw box, and serverbox can help
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202 to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto devices with
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203 devmapper and the crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices.
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204 </p>
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205
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206 <h3 id="upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0</h3>
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207
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208 <p>
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209 The SliTaz GNU/linux installer offers an update function allowing you to
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210 upgrade from a '2.0' to '3.0' version. To upgrade the system you first
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211 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
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212 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
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213 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
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214 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
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215 with your new version of SliTaz.
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216 </p>
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217 <p>
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218 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
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219 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
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220 </p>
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221 <p>
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222 To upgrade a 2.0 to 3.0 it is also possible to use the package manager "Tazpkg"
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223 via the 'set-release' function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
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224 require some manual intervention. If you choose this method you must first
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225 install 'tazpkg' from 3.0, because the package format has changed.
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226 </p>
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227
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228 <h3 id="people">People of the Project</h3>
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229
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230 <p>
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231 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
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232 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
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233 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
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234 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England,
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235 and the U.S.
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236 </p>
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237 <ul>
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238 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
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239 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
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240 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
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241 <li>Paul Issott</li>
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242 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
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243 <li>Rohit Joshi</li>
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244 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
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245 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
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246 <li>Mallory Mollo</li>
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247 <li>Mike D. Smith</li>
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248 <li>Allan Pinto</li>
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249 <li>Matthew Sheets</li>
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250 <li>Liu Peng</li>
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251 <li>Alice Ayanami</li>
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252 <li>F. Steiner</li>
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253 <li>Chen Yufei</li>
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254 <li>Jesse Lehman</li>
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255 <li>Bill Nagel</li>
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256 <li>Michael Dupont</li>
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257 <li>Franco Azzano</li>
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258 <li>Fabrice Thiroux</li>
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259 <li>Eduardo Suarez-Santana</li>
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260 <li>Tom Frankland</li>
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261 <li>Sandeep Srinivasa</li>
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262 <li>David Ozura</li>
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263 <li>Pierre Romillon</li>
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264 <li>...</li>
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265 </ul>
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266 <p>
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267 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
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268 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
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269 </p>
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276 Copyright © <span class="year"></span> <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz</a> -
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277 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>;<br />
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278 Documentation under
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