Talk:Zenwalk Linux

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[edit] Package Management

Added this section. Revisions and opinions are welcome. :)

[edit] Text removed

I removed the following in the belief that it is advertising - it reads like a brochure for the product and is NPOV.

Zenwalk Linux is a complete system out of the box. Feature enabled after install are browsing, mail, chat, video and music playback, programming in C, Perl, Python, Ruby, word processing, printing, scanning, burning CD and DVD. Also a full set of development utilities and libraries are installed for programmers. + Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware Linux based Linux distribution that focuses on Internet application, multimedia and programming tools.

- - == Zenwalk objectives == - - * Be simple and fast - * Provide one application for one task - * Be a complete development/desktop environment - * Be small so that it can be distributed on a single CD -

- == Zenwalk Versions == -

- Zenwalk (full version ~ 470MB iso download) is a complete system : out of the box, you will be able to browse, mail, chat, listen to music, program in C, Perl, Python, Ruby,.. watch videos in various formats, write documents, print, scan, burn CD and DVD, connect your camera and edit your photographs, without adding anything. Coders will like the full set of development libraries and interpreters. -

- Zenwalk Core (~ 230MB iso download) is a Zenwalk system without X applications. Zenwalk-core is intended to be used as a starting point to build a custom desktop system or a server system, and for users with limited space on their disk, or great perfectionists wanting to build their personal desktop system themselves. Colonel Tom 22:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GNU/Linux change

Hi there. I noticed that the Zenwalk web site mentions the distribution as GNU/Linux, not Linux. Perhaps we could rename the article and all subsequent errors?

No, it does not. Near the top of the zenwalk.org web site it says: "Zenwalk Linux - Overview". Then the first sentence starts with: "Zenwalk is a GNU/Linux operating system, ...". Most people would conclude from this that the name is either "Zenwalk" or "Zenwalk Linux". 80.126.109.170 16:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC) Tibors

[edit] Formal tone

Can someone please point me in the right direction regarding this problem? Sweetnsourbkr 15:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

This article is getting more detailed and well written everyday. Sweetnsourbkr and I have been specially active correcting and enriching it lately. I believe the days it needed a more "formal tone" are over. We are on the right track. Therefor I am deleting this notice. Antidrugue 15:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Release Announcements

I'm just not sure about this section at all. No other Linux distribution's articles (from what I saw) feature such a "Historical Release Announcements" section. Basically this section is a copy of the release announcements found on distrowatch.com.[1] I believe it is very lengthy, and that it doesn't sound like encyclopedia-worthy content. Let's take Open BSD article as a guide. Personally, I would loose the above mentioned section completely. Antidrugue 02:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I had been debating deleting the section myself. I'm glad someone agrees. Sweetnsourbkr 14:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

What about the "Zenwalk release history" table? Essentially it's a bunch of low-value date wikilinks, and clutters up the references with release announcement links that are easily available from zenwalk. Something better would be a brief outline of how it started as Minislack, when it switched to a 2.6 series kernel, etc. You know, like an encyclopedia article would be :) Ciotog 16:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I believe on the contrary that the Release History table was particularly appropriate. Every major Linux distribution articles on Wikipedia has one. Therefor I am putting it back, thus reverting the 3 last edits done by Ciotog. Antidrugue 16:59, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zenwalk release history

I removed the table and added a "History" section. The table was last available on this version of the page. Ciotog 03:45, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Different text?

I think that the first line's "was originally a Slackware-based Linux distribution founded by Jean-Philippe Guillemin." should be changed to "is a Slackware-based...". The current wording doesn't seem right, it's always been Slackware-based. It has changed much from Slackware, but the core is still quite close. Anyone else have any comments about it? Sega01 21:05, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Zenwalk-logo.png

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BetacommandBot 05:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Zenwalk has various names including Zenwalk, Zenwalk Linux and Zenwalk GNU/Linux. Zenwalk is most generic and seems most common.--Chealer 09:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't think there's enough of a reason to move a stable title, as both Zenwalk already redirects here. Ciotog 22:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Release history

Can we get the release history information into a similar table:

Altonbr (talk) 03:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from Jean-Philippe Guillemin

I think the article on Jean-Philippe Guillemin should be merged to this page. The article on Guillemin asserts that he is best known for Zenwalk Linux and does not do much to prove that he is known for anything else. --Jtalledo (talk) 02:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)