SliTaz

SliTaz GNU/Linux
Company / developer The SliTaz GNU/Linux Association; Slitaz.org / Christophe Lincoln
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Initial release 22 March 2008 [1]
Latest stable release 3.0 / March 28, 2010; 22 months ago (2010-03-28) [2]
Latest unstable release cooking / May 31, 2011; 8 months ago (2011-05-31)
Package manager Tazpkg
Supported platforms x86
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface LXDE, JWM
License GNU GPL and various others
Official website slitaz.org

SliTaz GNU/Linux is a community-based software project started in 2006 by Christophe Lincoln. It is a Linux distribution with a root filesystem that takes up approximately 100 MB of disk space, and its ISO image installation media is around 30 MB.[3][4][5] This makes it suitable for use on older hardware, or as a backup Linux LiveCD environment.[6] SliTaz, which stands for Simple Light Incredible Temporary Autonomous Zone,[7] boots from either a CD or a USB key, into an Openbox desktop, and uses BusyBox for many of its core functions. It has a wide range of desktop and rescue software available and can be loaded entirely into RAM, or installed to a hard drive.[8]

Contents

History

After 1 year of community development, SliTaz 3.0 was released on March 28, 2010. SliTaz shares many common goals with Damn Small Linux, but is smaller (30 MB ISO) and keeps its Linux kernel up to date (kernel 2.6.30.6 as of March 28, 2010).

System requirements

SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible processors. The "core" LiveCD environment requires 192 MB of RAM to run efficiently. Additionally, there is a reduced functionality graphical installer LiveCD environment titled "loram-slitaz" which requires 80 MB to run efficiently. Finally, there is the "loram-slitaz-cdrom" flavor, which is a simple text-based installer, and it requires 16 MB. Regardless of installation method, however, SliTaz requires at least 16 MB of RAM to run efficiently.[9]

The low system requirements make SliTaz particularly suited to Netbook computers. As such, SliTaz includes support for a wide range of Netbooks.[9]

Applications

Features

SliTaz boots from:

System Tools

SliTaz has its own original tools:

Release history

Version Release date Stability
1.0 23 March 2008 Stable version
2.0 16 April 2009 Stable version
3.0 28 March 2010 Current stable version
31 May 2011 Current cooking version


Flavors

Apart from the LiveCD, other versions include:

Pizza

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ slitaz.org SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free, open source community project.
  2. ^ Slitaz.org Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Small, fast, easy to use and customize, the new SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development.
  3. ^ Distrowatch.com "GNU/Linux 1.0 is not just another small desktop distro; it is, in fact, the smallest by some margin."
  4. ^ Freesoftwaremagazine.com "Size isn’t everything. Oh yes it is."
  5. ^ Linux.com The SliTaz developers have redefined what a micro GNU/Linux distribution can and should be
  6. ^ Linux-magazine.com "Similar to Puppy Linux, SliTaz loads entirely to RAM, so it runs blazingly fast even on older hardware."
  7. ^ Slitaz.org/de "Die 'Simple Light Incredible Temporary Autonomous Zone' eben!"
  8. ^ Junauza.com "SliTaz can be loaded as a LiveCD which I did, or through a bootable USB media."
  9. ^ a b Slitaz.org SliTaz 3.0 release notes.
  10. ^ tiny.slitaz.org SliTaz on a single floppy running in 8 MB RAM
  11. ^ doc.slitaz.org SliTaz PXE guide
  12. ^ boot.slitaz.org SliTaz boot service
  13. ^ mirror.slitaz.org/pizza Build your own SliTaz flavor

External links

Operating systems that offer the LXDE desktop