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| author | Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Sun Mar 28 17:09:37 2010 +0200 (2010-03-28) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/en/doc/releases/3.0/relnotes.en.html Sun Mar 28 17:09:37 2010 +0200 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,292 @@ 1.4 +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 1.5 + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> 1.6 +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="fr" lang="fr"> 1.7 +<head> 1.8 + <title>SliTaz 3.0 Release notes</title> 1.9 + <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> 1.10 + <meta name="description" content="slitaz doc system releases notes information cooking" /> 1.11 + <meta name="expires" content="never" /> 1.12 + <meta name="modified" content="2010-03-22 22:10:00" /> 1.13 + <meta name="publisher" content="www.slitaz.org" /> 1.14 + <meta name="author" content="Christophe Lincoln"/> 1.15 + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> 1.16 + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="book.css" /> 1.17 +</head> 1.18 +<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> 1.19 + 1.20 +<!-- Header and quick navigation --> 1.21 +<div id="header"> 1.22 + <a name="top"></a> 1.23 + <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz - System doc</font></h1> 1.24 +</div> 1.25 + 1.26 +<div id="quicknav"> 1.27 + SliTaz: 1.28 + <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">Website</a> 1.29 + <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">Forum</a> 1.30 + <a href="http://doc.slitaz.org/">Documentation</a> 1.31 + <a href="http://pkgs.slitaz.org/">Packages</a> 1.32 + <a href="http://labs.slitaz.org/">Labs</a> 1.33 +</div> 1.34 + 1.35 +<!-- Content. --> 1.36 +<div id="content"> 1.37 + 1.38 +<h2><font color="#df8f06">Releases notes</font></h2> 1.39 + 1.40 +<ul> 1.41 + <li><a href="#overview">Overview.</a></li> 1.42 + <li><a href="#hardware">Supported Hardware.</a></li> 1.43 + <li><a href="#livecd">LiveCD Flavors.</a></li> 1.44 + <li><a href="#toolchain">Kernel and toolchain.</a></li> 1.45 + <li><a href="#utf-8">UTF-8 support.</a></li> 1.46 + <li><a href="#xorg">Xorg server.</a></li> 1.47 + <li><a href="#install">HD Install and LiveUSB.</a></li> 1.48 + <li><a href="#packages">Software Packages.</a></li> 1.49 + <li><a href="#desktop">Core Desktop.</a></li> 1.50 + <li><a href="#security">Security.</a></li> 1.51 + <li><a href="#upgrade">From 2.0 to 3.0.</a></li> 1.52 + <li><a href="#people">People of the Project.</a></li> 1.53 +</ul> 1.54 + 1.55 +<a name="overview"></a> 1.56 +<h3><font color="#6c0023"></font>Overview</h3> 1.57 +<p> 1.58 +Welcome to SliTaz 3.0! Small, fast, easy to use and customize, the new 1.59 +SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development. 1.60 +</p> 1.61 +<ul> 1.62 + <li>Boot scripts rewritten and faster (super-fast booting)</li> 1.63 + <li>All home-made boxes improved (tazctrlbox, tazhw, wifibox, burnbox, mountbox, netbox, serverbox, installer)</li> 1.64 + <li>Switch to Xorg from Xvesa</li> 1.65 + <li>Switch to Midori as the default web browser</li> 1.66 + <li>Better hardware support - wifi cards, webcams, 3G-modems, printers, scanners</li> 1.67 + <li>Better themes and desktop integration</li> 1.68 + <li>Faster virtualization with lguest</li> 1.69 + <li>SliTaz pro: OpenERP, LAMP, GLPI and more</li> 1.70 + <li>Easier to customize LiveCD and LiveUSB (tazlitobox and tazusbbox)</li> 1.71 + <li>Tazpkg supports new features including the conversion of deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format</li> 1.72 + <li>Packages are now automatically built by a build bot (Tazbb)</li> 1.73 + <li>More contributors and stronger community</li> 1.74 + <li>900 packages added to the database and many updates</li> 1.75 + <li>More than 2800 commits by contributors</li> 1.76 +</ul> 1.77 +<p> 1.78 +Technical support is provided to users via the mailing list and the official 1.79 +forum: <a href="http://forum.slitaz.org/">forum.slitaz.org</a> 1.80 +</p> 1.81 + 1.82 +<a name="hardware"></a> 1.83 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Supported Hardware</font></h3> 1.84 +<p> 1.85 +SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible 1.86 +processors. A minimum 192MB of memory is recommended to use the core LiveCD. 1.87 +80MB is needed for the "slitaz-loram" flavor and 16MB for the 1.88 +"slitaz-loram-cdrom" flavor. 1.89 +</p> 1.90 +<p> 1.91 +With the slitaz-loram flavor, the system is less responsive, but allows you to 1.92 +graphically install SliTaz on very old machines with limited resources. Once installed, SliTaz works 1.93 +well with a minimum of 16MB memory, but forget about using Firefox to surf the 1.94 +web - you'll have to use the text based 'links' for example. 1.95 +</p> 1.96 +<p> 1.97 +SliTaz 3.0 provides all needed drivers and tools such as 915resolution to 1.98 +have support for a wide range of netbooks (Eeepc, HP mini, Aspire One, etc). 1.99 +</p> 1.100 + 1.101 +<a name="livecd"></a> 1.102 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">LiveCD Flavors</font></h3> 1.103 +<p> 1.104 +SliTaz GNU/Linux is distributed as a bootable LiveCD. You can use the LiveCD 1.105 +as a normal system or you can graphically install Slitaz to the hard drive. 1.106 +Installing/upgrading Slitaz retains your previous system's settings, applications 1.107 +and documents. 1.108 +</p> 1.109 +<p> 1.110 +The LiveCD can also be customised and easily rebuilt both graphically or from 1.111 +the command line. Install your own custom set of packages, or simply use one 1.112 +of the preset flavors on the mirror. Then simply generate your distribution 1.113 +with the "Tazlito" tool. 1.114 +</p> 1.115 +<p> 1.116 +The ISO image now uses a 'hybrid' system: it can also be copied onto an USB stick 1.117 +without formating it (using <code>dd</code>). 1.118 +</p> 1.119 + 1.120 +<a name="toolchain"></a> 1.121 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Kernel and toolchain</font></h3> 1.122 +<p> 1.123 +SliTaz 3.0 comes with a new but very well tested 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel and a complete new 1.124 +build toolchain from which the whole system has been built. The 2.6.30.6 Linux kernel is 1.125 +separated into several linux-packages for supporting additional drivers and features. This time 1.126 +we have also built-in some more drivers to have a faster kernel boot. 1.127 +</p> 1.128 +<p> 1.129 +The new toolchain comprises of: Binutils 2.19.1, GCC 4.4.1, Glibc 2.10.1 1.130 +</p> 1.131 + 1.132 +<a name="utf-8"></a> 1.133 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">UTF-8 support</font></h3> 1.134 +With this release, the Slitaz community can enjoy full UTF-8 support. 1.135 +SliTaz uses standard PO files for the translation of all SliTaz related tools, boxes and utilities. 1.136 +With better internationalization support (russian, portuguese, chinese, and many more), 1.137 +contributors can now use graphical tools such as poedit to make translations using GNU gettext standards. 1.138 +The labs also have an i18n project to easily upload files to be included in the distribution. 1.139 +The locale packs have more translated application messages for the core system and 1.140 +some extra packages for applications such as Gimp, Abiword, Gnumeric, etc. 1.141 + 1.142 +<a name="xorg"></a> 1.143 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Xorg server</font></h3> 1.144 +<p> 1.145 +SliTaz now uses the Xorg X window system (although we will always try to 1.146 +provide a Xvesa flavor). With the tazx utility you can reconfigure Xorg and 1.147 +select the correct driver for your card. The xorg server comes with the vesa 1.148 +driver by default which powers most cards; although you may still need to 1.149 +manually configure your xorg.conf to some degree if you install some of the 1.150 +other drivers. 1.151 +</p> 1.152 + 1.153 +<a name="install"></a> 1.154 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">HD install and LiveUSB</font></h3> 1.155 +<p> 1.156 +The installation is fully automated and can be done graphically or in text 1.157 +mode. The slitaz installer now lets you use a separate partition for 1.158 +/home, configure the root password and chose the default user login. 1.159 +The installer also now supports installation from a LiveUSB session. 1.160 +</p> 1.161 +<p> 1.162 +Full USB install is also supported using <code>rootdelay=10</code> 1.163 +as a kernel argument (in GRUB menu.lst). The root delay ensures the Kernel 1.164 +has detected the device before mounting it on / (root). 1.165 +</p> 1.166 + 1.167 +<a name="packages"></a> 1.168 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Software Packages</font></h3> 1.169 +<p> 1.170 +SliTaz 3.0 has around 2300 packages in the database. A wide variety of packages 1.171 +have been commited and the Tazpkg package manager can now convert 1.172 +deb/rpm/arch/slackware/ipk packages to Slitaz native format (.tazpkg). 1.173 +A lot of time was also spent maintaining professional grade software 1.174 +such as OpenERP, MySQL, GLPI. 1.175 +</p> 1.176 +<p> 1.177 +On the update side, mostly all the packages have been updated, including 1.178 +the kernel, toolchain, Xorg (7.4), GTK and QT. The package format has 1.179 +also changed to support lzma for better compression and faster 1.180 +downloads. Packages are also checked by Tazwok to ensure the FHS is followed 1.181 +and packages are now built automatically by the SliTaz Build Bot: 1.182 +<a href="http://bb.slitaz.org/">bb.slitaz.org</a> 1.183 +</p> 1.184 + 1.185 +<a name="desktop"></a> 1.186 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Core Desktop</font></h3> 1.187 +<p> 1.188 +A lot of attention has been paid the the core desktop. All applications 1.189 +are well integrated and a special SliTaz theme (icons, Openbox, GTK) has 1.190 +been created. 1.191 +</p> 1.192 +<p> 1.193 +The core desktop provides a selection of multi-use packages for surfing the 1.194 +web, listening to music, audio editing, image manipulation and developing or 1.195 +burning to optical media. It's just one click in the application menu to find 1.196 +installed software by category. 1.197 +</p> 1.198 + 1.199 +<a name="security"></a> 1.200 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">Security</font></h3> 1.201 +<p> 1.202 +Slitaz is more secure and robust now and the firewall rules have been updated. A 1.203 +firewall can be installed using the graphical tazhw box, and serverbox can help 1.204 +to maintain the installed firewall. Mountbox can manage crypto devices with 1.205 +devmapper and the crypt setup tools allow encryption of block devices. 1.206 +</p> 1.207 + 1.208 +<a name="upgrade"></a> 1.209 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">From 2.0 to 3.0</font></h3> 1.210 +<p> 1.211 +The SliTaz GNU/linux installer offers an update function allowing you to 1.212 +upgrade from a '2.0' to '3.0' version. To upgrade the system you first 1.213 +need to boot the 'Stable' LiveCD, launch the installer, select upgrade and then 1.214 +specify the partition containing the system that you want to update. The 1.215 +installer will then clean out the system and reinstall all the packages not 1.216 +present on the CD from the mirror. When this has finished you can reboot 1.217 +with your new version of SliTaz. 1.218 +</p> 1.219 +<p> 1.220 +Note that the installer will keep a copy of the list of packages and a complete 1.221 +archive of the /etc directory (etc.tar.gz) in /var/lib/slitaz-install. 1.222 +</p> 1.223 +<p> 1.224 +To upgrade a 2.0 to 3.0 it is also possible to use the package manager "Tazpkg" 1.225 +via the 'set-release' function, but beware this is not yet proven and may 1.226 +require some manual intervention. If you choose this method you must first 1.227 +install 'tazpkg' from 3.0, because the package format has changed. 1.228 +</p> 1.229 + 1.230 +<a name="people"></a> 1.231 +<h3><font color="#6c0023">People of the Project</font></h3> 1.232 +<p> 1.233 +SliTaz is proud to be an international community project. The people of the 1.234 +project are the ones who develop the distribution, correct the website, 1.235 +develop the HG repositories and write the official documentation. Passing 1.236 +through Switzerland, France, Brazil, Quebec, China, India, Russia, England, 1.237 +and the U.S. 1.238 +</p> 1.239 +<ul> 1.240 + <li>Christophe Lincoln</li> 1.241 + <li>Pascal Bellard</li> 1.242 + <li>Eric Joseph-Alexandre</li> 1.243 + <li>Paul Issott</li> 1.244 + <li>Julien Rabier</li> 1.245 + <li>Rohit Joshi</li> 1.246 + <li>Claudinei Pereira</li> 1.247 + <li>Dominique Corbex</li> 1.248 + <li>Mallory Mollo</li> 1.249 + <li>Mike D. Smith</li> 1.250 + <li>Allan Pinto</li> 1.251 + <li>Matthew Sheets</li> 1.252 + <li>Liu Peng</li> 1.253 + <li>Alice Ayanami</li> 1.254 + <li>F. Steiner</li> 1.255 + <li>Chen Yufei</li> 1.256 + <li>Jesse Lehman</li> 1.257 + <li>Bill Nagel</li> 1.258 + <li>Michael Dupont</li> 1.259 + <li>Franco Azzano</li> 1.260 + <li>Fabrice Thiroux</li> 1.261 + <li>Eduardo Suarez-Santana</li> 1.262 + <li>Tom Frankland</li> 1.263 + <li>Sandeep Srinivasa</li> 1.264 + <li>David Ozura</li> 1.265 + <li>Pierre Romillon</li> 1.266 + <li>...</li> 1.267 +</ul> 1.268 +<p> 1.269 +The project also wishes to thank all the reviewers, testers, hackers and users 1.270 +who have taken the time to help advance the distribution. 1.271 +</p> 1.272 + 1.273 +<!-- End of content --> 1.274 +</div> 1.275 + 1.276 +<!-- Footer. --> 1.277 +<div id="footer"> 1.278 + <a href="#top">Top of the page</a> - Languages: 1.279 + <a href="relnotes.cn.html">cn</a> | 1.280 + <a href="relnotes.en.html">en</a> | 1.281 + <a href="relnotes.fr.html">fr</a> | 1.282 + <a href="relnotes.pt.html">pt</a> 1.283 +</div> 1.284 + 1.285 +<div id="copy"> 1.286 + Copyright © 2010 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/">SliTaz</a> - 1.287 + <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>;<br /> 1.288 + Documentation under 1.289 + <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a> 1.290 + and valid <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">xHTML 1.0</a>. 1.291 +</div> 1.292 + 1.293 +</body> 1.294 +</html> 1.295 +