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18 <h1>SliTaz 2.0 Release Notes</h1>
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24 <h2>Releases notes</h2>
26 <ul>
27 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#gpxe">Network startup (gPXE).</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#install">Installation.</a></li>
32 <li><a href="#kernel">Linux Kernel.</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#desktop">Graphical Desktops.</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#support">Support and Documentation.</a></li>
36 <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li>
37 <li><a href="#upgrade">From 1.0 to 2.0.</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
39 </ul>
41 <h3 id="overview">Overview</h3>
43 <p>
44 SliTaz GNU/Linux Version 2.0 was released on April 16 2009 after a year
45 of hard work. Based on Version 1.0 (published 22 March 2008), SliTaz comprises
46 of 1400 (up 900) software packages easily installable via the "Tazpkg"
47 package manager. The LiveCD can be fully configured to taste, to easily
48 create a custom distribution specifically for tasks such as multimedia,
49 graphics or development. Some of the new features in this release include:
50 </p>
51 <ul>
52 <li>Better hardware support for wifi, windows drivers, NTFS and low
53 memory systems (through flavors)</li>
54 <li>Easier customization to roll your own distro</li>
55 <li>Web Boot support</li>
56 <li>Openbox replaces JWM as the window manager</li>
57 <li>More tiny graphical utilities for administration, setting preferences,
58 system upgrade, etc</li>
59 </ul>
60 <p>
61 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
62 forum. The "SliTaz Handbook" is an instructive manual on how to use and finely
63 configure the system. SliTaz can be updated easily via the graphic installer or
64 by using the simple and fast text installer.
65 SliTaz can also be installed to your hard drive, or used with USB media
66 - with "TazUSB" or the GUI "TazUSBbox" you are only a few simple commands
67 away from a fully formatted and configured USB device, ready to boot.
68 </p>
69 <p>
70 The system is now configurable via a graphical control center and
71 packages can be managed with the "Tazpkgbox" GUI package manager. The
72 project has also created several different GUIs to command line tools to
73 facilitate the use of the system.
74 </p>
75 <p>
76 The distribution is available in English, German, French and Portuguese -
77 in all 26 keymappings are available. The project website and documentation
78 are also available in different languages and other language packs (locale)
79 can be installed via the package manager.
80 </p>
81 <p>
82 SliTaz is published as a LiveCD or bootable cdrom, all software packages
83 are available via a direct download or DVD image. SliTaz 2.0 offers a fast,
84 simple, elegant desktop respecting the standards of Freedesktop.org. The
85 system was built from the GNU toolchain: glibc-2.7, gcc-4.2.3,
86 binutils-2.17.50 and offers the Linux 2.6.25.5 kernel. The core
87 of the LiveCD proposes replacing PHP with Perl as the programming
88 language. Hardinfo system tools and LXTask provide knowledge and
89 monitoring equipment. NTFS support is also included on the cdrom and Windows
90 drives can be easily browsed through the file manager.
91 </p>
93 <h3 id="hardware">Supported Hardware</h3>
95 <p>
96 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on i486 or x86 Intel compatible
97 processors. A minimum 256MB of memory is recommended to use the main LiveCD.
98 64MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
99 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
100 </p>
101 <p>
102 With the slitaz-loram flavor, the system is less responsive, but allows you to
103 graphically install SliTaz on very old machines. Once installed, SliTaz works
104 well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the
105 web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example.
106 </p>
107 <p>
108 SliTaz 2.0 provides partial support for wireless network cards (WiFi), some
109 cards work directly with a kernel module and others need non-free firmware
110 and additional drivers. These can easily be automatically
111 installed using a GUI created for the distribution.
112 </p>
113 <p>
114 Most network and sound card drivers are supported in the Kernel. Presently,
115 power management is enabled by default with ACPI and support for laptops is
116 enabled with the "ac" and "battery" modules ("thermal", "processor" and "dock"
117 are built into the kernel; "fan" and "button" are also available as modules).
118 </p>
120 <h3 id="livecd">LiveCD Flavors</h3>
122 <p>
123 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD allowing you to
124 graphically install to the hard drive and retain the use of your previous
125 system including all settings, applications, documents, etc.
126 </p>
127 <p>
128 The project distributes an ISO image called "core", which is the body of the
129 system, providing a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the web,
130 listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation, developing (including
131 PHP/SQL), editing ISOs or burning to optical media. It's just one click in the
132 application menu to find software installed by category.
133 </p>
134 <p>
135 The official flavors of SliTaz can be directly downloaded from the mirrors
136 of the project. The base flavor (~6MB) provides a minimal system in text mode
137 and the JustX flavor (~14 MB) offers a minimal graphical desktop respecting
138 standard drag and drop with GTK2 libraries and tools for installing additional
139 applications with a few clicks of the mouse.
140 </p>
141 <p>
142 The "core" LiveCD can also be customised and rebuilt both graphically or from
143 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
144 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
145 with the "Tazlito" tool.
146 </p>
148 <h3 id="gpxe">Network startup (gPXE)</h3>
150 <p>
151 SliTaz is able to boot from the internet, launching the system into RAM during
152 system startup. This feature allows you to boot computers with no hard drive
153 as a thin client. Full instructions for using this service are available at:
154 <a href="http://boot.slitaz.org">http://boot.slitaz.org</a>
155 </p>
157 <h3 id="install">Installation</h3>
159 <p>
160 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
161 mode. The prerequisite material and other useful information can be found in the
162 Manual and Handbook.
163 </p>
164 <p>
165 If you want to partition a disk before installation, you can quickly use
166 Gparted in LiveCD mode or use a flavor containing the partitioning tool. At
167 the end of the installation it is possible to setup the "GRUB" bootloader which
168 is capable of starting almost all operating systems. This allows SliTaz to
169 co-exist with a previously installed operating system, such as Windows.
170 </p>
172 <h3 id="kernel">Linux Kernel</h3>
174 <p>
175 SliTaz GNU/Linux 2.0 is distributed with the Linux Kernel 2.6.25.5, patched for
176 LZMA compression support and display correction for the virtual console. The
177 support for IDE and SCSI is integrated, as are the filesystems ext2 and ext3.
178 The kernel in SliTaz 2.0 is split into several different packages, this allows
179 you to install only the specific modules required for the machine on which
180 SliTaz operates. All packages can be installed via the package manager and
181 dependancies are handled automatically.
182 </p>
183 <p>
184 Most network cards are supported either directly or as loadable modules with
185 'modprobe'. Video capture, if needed, requires the ieee1394, raw1394 and
186 ohci1394 modules installed. The management of the sound card drivers is obtained
187 with 'soundconf'.
188 </p>
189 <p>
190 The configuration of startup modules is located in /etc/rcS.conf. In
191 LiveCD/LiveUSB mode you can use 'modprobe=mod1, mod2' to load various modules
192 at boot time.
193 </p>
194 <p>
195 The Linux Kernel configuration of SliTaz is available in the compressed file
196 /proc/config.gz and also in the Mercurial repositories.
197 </p>
199 <h3 id="packages">Software Packages</h3>
201 <p>
202 The management of software packages is done with the custom package manager
203 "Tazpkg". It's simple, fast, stable and offers an interactive mode. Among the
204 1400 packages available you will find anything you need to transform your
205 machine to a complete graphical desktop (e17), a graphics studio with The Gimp
206 or Inkscape, or to a video editor with Kino. You can experience the world wide
207 web with instant messaging, VOIP, email and of course through a web browser.
208 </p>
209 <p>
210 SliTaz is also designed to function as a powerful web server, using the stable
211 LightTPD/PHP package (not installed by default), supporting CGI, Perl and Python.
212 Apache and Squid are also available.
213 </p>
214 <p>
215 Rsync is used for incremental backup and iptables functions as the firewall.
216 SliTaz can of course also provide a complete development environment with the
217 GCC 4.2.3 compiler, Geany IDE, Mercurial Repostitories and all development
218 libraries. Packages can be found through the search function of Tazpkg or via
219 the website: <a href="/en/packages/">www.slitaz.org/en/packages/</a>
220 </p>
221 <p>
222 The binary packages on the mirror can all be compiled by using the "wok" or
223 "Tazwok" to cook. All of the developer documentation is contained in the
224 "SliTaz Cookbook" and is available online.
225 </p>
227 <h3 id="desktop">Graphical Desktops</h3>
229 <p>
230 By default, the SliTaz LiveCD uses the very light and stable Openbox window manager.
231 Openbox is widely themeable and configurable using the ObConf utility.
232 The integration of the taskbar "LXpanel" makes it possible to dynamically
233 provide a menu based on the Freedesktop standards. The principle is to have a
234 small menu accessible via a screen click with the favorites, windows effects,
235 LiveCD and LiveUSB tools, Openbox configuration and system actions made available.
236 Applications can also be accessed through the menu supplied by LXpanel. The
237 managment of the Desktop and icons are entrusted to the file manager PCmanFM.
238 </p>
239 <p>
240 Through the support of a LiveCD flavor or an installed system you can install
241 the Enlightenment (e17) desktop environment or the window managers JWM and DWM .
242 The different sessions can be selected via the F1 key when using the "Slim"
243 login window. To change the default session you can use 'tazx' or manually edit
244 the ~/.Xinitrc file.
245 </p>
247 <h3 id="support">Support and Documentation</h3>
249 <p>
250 The SliTaz project offers various means of help and support to users of the
251 system, using the mailing list, forum or IRC channel. User documentation
252 is contained in the SliTaz Handbook, making it possible to configure SliTaz
253 to some degree. The Handbook is also available on the web site. The manuals
254 of the standard tools are installed on the system and are available through the
255 documentation menu - they describe all the various commands made possible by
256 the tools. The development of the operating system and the use of the wok and
257 receipts are described in the "SliTaz Cookbook". The books, manuals and release notes
258 are all available online:
259 <a href="/en/doc/">www.slitaz.org/en/doc/</a>
260 </p>
262 <h3 id="security">Security</h3>
264 <p>
265 The stable versions enjoy security updates,
266 for the benefit of a safe and secure system it's important to recharge and
267 update packages regularly. The Firewall is provided by iptables, and the
268 LightTPD and Apache servers support authentication by encrypted passwords and Dropbear
269 provides a secure SSH client and server. The passwords for the users of the
270 system are encrypted and only the root administrator can modify system files.
271 For information about how to configure the firewall, you can refer to the
272 Handbook. The packages related to security are all classified under the topic:
273 Security.
274 </p>
276 <h3 id="upgrade">From 1.0 to 2.0</h3>
278 <p>
279 The SliTaz GNU/linux installer offers an update function allowing you to
280 upgrade from a '1.0' to '2.0' version. To upgrade the system you first
281 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
282 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
283 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
284 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
285 with your new version of SliTaz. Note that this method can also be used to
286 rebuild an already installed system, while retaining the selection of packages
287 already installed.
288 </p>
289 <p>
290 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
291 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
292 </p>
293 <p>
294 To upgrade a 1.0 to 2.0 it is also possible to use the package manager "Tazpkg"
295 via the 'set-release' function, but beware this is not yet proven and may require some
296 manual intervention.
297 </p>
299 <h3 id="people">People of the Project</h3>
301 <p>
302 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
303 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
304 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
305 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, Russia, England,
306 and the U.S.
307 </p>
308 <ul>
309 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
310 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
311 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
312 <li>Paul Issott</li>
313 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
314 <li>Pierre-Jean Fichet</li>
315 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
316 <li>Mallory Mollo</li>
317 <li>Mike D. Smith</li>
318 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
319 <li>Allan Pinto</li>
320 <li>Alice Ayanami</li>
321 <li>F. Steiner</li>
322 <li>Chen Yufei</li>
323 <li>Bill Nagel</li>
324 <li>Michael Dupont</li>
325 <li>Franco Azzano</li>
326 <li>Fabrice Thiroux</li>
327 <li>Eduardo Suarez-Santana</li>
328 <li>Tom Frankland</li>
329 <li>Sandeep Srinivasa</li>
330 <li>David Ozura</li>
331 <li>Pierre Romillon</li>
332 <li>Rohit Joshi </li>
333 </ul>
334 <p>
335 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
336 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
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