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| date | Tue Apr 10 19:27:55 2012 +0300 (2012-04-10) |
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34 <h2>Releases notes</h2>
36 <ul>
37 <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#toolchain">Kernel and toolchain.</a></li>
41 <li><a href="#utf-8">UTF-8 support.</a></li>
42 <li><a href="#xorg">Xorg server.</a></li>
43 <li><a href="#install">HD Install and LiveUSB.</a></li>
44 <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li>
45 <li><a href="#desktop">Core Desktop.</a></li>
46 <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li>
47 <li><a href="#upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0.</a></li>
48 <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li>
49 </ul>
51 <h3 id="overview">Overview</h3>
53 <p>
54 Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Small, fast, easy to use and customize, the new
55 SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development.
56 </p>
57 <ul>
58 <li>Boot scripts rewritten and faster (super-fast booting)</li>
59 <li>All home-made boxes improved (tazctrlbox, tazhw, wifibox, burnbox, mountbox, netbox, serverbox, installer)</li>
60 <li>Switch to Xorg from Xvesa</li>
61 <li>Switch to Midori as the default web browser</li>
62 <li>Better hardware support - wifi cards, webcams, 3G-modems, printers, scanners</li>
63 <li>Better themes and desktop integration</li>
64 <li>Faster virtualization with lguest</li>
65 <li>SliTaz pro: OpenERP, LAMP, GLPI and more</li>
66 <li>Easier to customize LiveCD and LiveUSB (tazlitobox and tazusbbox)</li>
67 <li>Tazpkg supports new features including the conversion of deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format</li>
68 <li>Packages are now automatically built by a build bot (Tazbb)</li>
69 <li>More contributors and stronger community</li>
70 <li>900 packages added to the database and many updates</li>
71 <li>More than 2800 commits by contributors</li>
72 </ul>
73 <p>
74 Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official
75 forum: <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum.slitaz.org</a>
76 </p>
78 <h3 id="hardware">Supported Hardware</h3>
80 <p>
81 SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible
82 processors. A minimum 192MB of memory is recommended to use the core LiveCD.
83 80MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the
84 "slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor.
85 </p>
86 <p>
87 With the slitaz-loram flavor, the system is less responsive, but allows you to
88 graphically install SliTaz on very old machines with limited resources. Once installed, SliTaz works
89 well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the
90 web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example.
91 </p>
92 <p>
93 SliTaz 3.0 provides all needed drivers and tools such as 915resolution to
94 have support for a wide range of netbooks (Eeepc, HP mini, Aspire One, etc).
95 </p>
97 <h3 id="livecd">LiveCD Flavors</h3>
99 <p>
100 SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD
101 as a normal system or you can graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive.
102 Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications
103 and documents.
104 </p>
105 <p>
106 The LiveCD can also be customised and easily rebuilt both graphically or from
107 the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one
108 of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution
109 with the "Tazlito" tool.
110 </p>
111 <p>
112 The ISO image now uses a 'hybrid' system: it can also be copied onto an USB stick
113 without formating it (using <code>dd</code>).
114 </p>
116 <h3 id="toolchain">Kernel and toolchain</h3>
118 <p>
119 SliTaz 3.0 comes with a new but very well tested 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel and a complete new
120 build toolchain from which the whole system has been built. The 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel is
121 separated into several linux-packages for supporting additional drivers and features. This time
122 we have also built-in some more drivers to have a faster kernel boot.
123 </p>
124 <p>
125 The new toolchain comprises of: Binutils 2.19.1, GCC 4.4.1, Glibc 2.10.1
126 </p>
128 <h3 id="utf-8">UTF-8 support</h3>
130 <p>
131 With this release, the Slitaz community can enjoy full UTF-8 support.
132 SliTaz uses standard PO files for the translation of all SliTaz related tools, boxes and utilities.
133 With better internationalization support (russian, portuguese, chinese, and many more),
134 contributors can now use graphical tools such as poedit to make translations using GNU gettext standards.
135 The labs also have an i18n project to easily upload files to be included in the distribution.
136 The locale packs have more translated application messages for the core system and
137 some extra packages for applications such as Gimp, Abiword, Gnumeric, etc.
138 </p>
140 <h3 id="xorg">Xorg server</h3>
142 <p>
143 SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system (although we will always try to
144 provide a Xvesa flavor). With the tazx utility you can reconfigure Xorg and
145 select the correct driver for your card. The xorg server comes with the vesa
146 driver by default which powers most cards; although you may still need to
147 manually configure your xorg.conf to some degree if you install some of the
148 other drivers.
149 </p>
151 <h3 id="install">HD install and LiveUSB</h3>
153 <p>
154 The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text
155 mode. The slitaz installer now lets you use a separate partition for
156 /home, configure the root password and chose the default user login.
157 The installer also now supports installation from a LiveUSB session.
158 </p>
159 <p>
160 Full USB install is also supported using <code>rootdelay=10</code>
161 as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay ensures the Kernel
162 has detected the device before mounting it on / (root).
163 </p>
165 <h3 id="packages">Software Packages</h3>
167 <p>
168 SliTaz 3.0 has around 2300 packages in the database. A wide variety of packages
169 have been commited and the Tazpkg package manager can now convert
170 deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format (.tazpkg).
171 A lot of time was also spent maintaining professional grade software
172 such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI.
173 </p>
174 <p>
175 On the update side, mostly all the packages have been updated, including
176 the kernel, toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. The package format has
177 also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster
178 downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed
179 and packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot:
180 <a href="http://bb.slitaz.org/">bb.slitaz.org</a>
181 </p>
183 <h3 id="desktop">Core Desktop</h3>
185 <p>
186 A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications
187 are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (icons, Openbox, GTK) has
188 been created.
189 </p>
190 <p>
191 The core desktop provides a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the
192 web, listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation and developing or
193 burning to optical media. It's just one click in the application menu to find
194 installed software by category.
195 </p>
197 <h3 id="security">Security</h3>
199 <p>
200 Slitaz is more secure and robust now and the firewall rules have been updated. A
201 firewall can be installed using the graphical tazhw box, and serverbox can help
202 to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto devices with
203 devmapper and the crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices.
204 </p>
206 <h3 id="upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0</h3>
208 <p>
209 The SliTaz GNU/linux installer offers an update function allowing you to
210 upgrade from a '2.0' to '3.0' version. To upgrade the system you first
211 need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then
212 specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The
213 installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not
214 present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot
215 with your new version of SliTaz.
216 </p>
217 <p>
218 Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete
219 archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install.
220 </p>
221 <p>
222 To upgrade a 2.0 to 3.0 it is also possible to use the package manager "Tazpkg"
223 via the 'set-release' function, but beware this is not yet proven and may
224 require some manual intervention. If you choose this method you must first
225 install 'tazpkg' from 3.0, because the package format has changed.
226 </p>
228 <h3 id="people">People of the Project</h3>
230 <p>
231 SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the
232 project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website,
233 develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing
234 through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England,
235 and the U.S.
236 </p>
237 <ul>
238 <li>Christophe Lincoln</li>
239 <li>Pascal Bellard</li>
240 <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li>
241 <li>Paul Issott</li>
242 <li>Julien Rabier</li>
243 <li>Rohit Joshi</li>
244 <li>Claudinei Pereira</li>
245 <li>Dominique Corbex</li>
246 <li>Mallory Mollo</li>
247 <li>Mike D. Smith</li>
248 <li>Allan Pinto</li>
249 <li>Matthew Sheets</li>
250 <li>Liu Peng</li>
251 <li>Alice Ayanami</li>
252 <li>F. Steiner</li>
253 <li>Chen Yufei</li>
254 <li>Jesse Lehman</li>
255 <li>Bill Nagel</li>
256 <li>Michael Dupont</li>
257 <li>Franco Azzano</li>
258 <li>Fabrice Thiroux</li>
259 <li>Eduardo Suarez-Santana</li>
260 <li>Tom Frankland</li>
261 <li>Sandeep Srinivasa</li>
262 <li>David Ozura</li>
263 <li>Pierre Romillon</li>
264 <li>...</li>
265 </ul>
266 <p>
267 The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users
268 who have taken the time to help advance the distribution.
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