Today the SliTaz version 4.0 (a distribution weighing less than 40mb) after 2 intense years of development, fixes and improvements.
SliTaz GNU / Linux is a free operating system that works directly on the computer memory, from removable devices such as a CD-ROM or memory USB. It is light, fast and fully installable on the hard disk. SliTaz It is distributed in image format of LiveCD, which you can easily burn to a cdrom from which to boot the system later. With the system working, you can now remove the LiveCD and use the reading unit for other things. He LiveCD provides a fully equipped distribution, working in a graphical environment and allowing you to save your data in a memory USB. The system can be extended with the package manager tazpkg, and security updates are also provided for versions cooking y stable.
The project SliTaz also provides free technical support for users through the Mailing list (list i18n) and the Forum in English. You can also contact us for more information, suggestions or comments, through the mailing list or directly by mail to .
Main features
- The root filesystem occupies about 100 MB and the ISO image less than 30 MB.
- Lighttpd web server, with support for CGI and PHP out of the box.
- Browse the internet with Midori or Retawq, in text mode.
- Sound support through Alsa's audio player and mixer, as well as CD ripper and encoder.
- Mail, chat and FTP clients.
- Dropbear SSH client and server.
- SQLite database engine.
- LiveUSB device generation.
- Tools to create, edit or burn CD or DVD images.
- Elegant desktop with Openbox running on Xorg / Xvesa (X server).
- Homemade dialog boxes for command line utilities.
- 2300 packages easily installable from any mirror.
- Active and welcoming community.
SliTaz GNU / Linux 4.0 it is compatible with most machines with i486 or x86 processors. It is recommended to use 192MB of memory minimum in this version to use the LiveCD although a new system will automatically detect your memory to boot up little memory resources, if necessary. SliTaz has a repository with 3350 packages available with everything you need to transform your machine into a complete graphic desktop (E17), an image studio with GIMP o Inkscape, or a video editor with Kino. You can experience the WWW with instant messaging, VoIP, email and, of course, through a web browser. Packages can be found through the search function of tazpkg, Tazpanel or through the website: http://pkgs.slitaz.org/~~V
By default, the LiveCD of SliTaz use the window manager open box for being very light and stable. The integration of the "lxpanel" taskbar makes it possible to dynamically provide a menu based on the standards of the free desktop. Managing the desktop and icons is the job of PCManFM.
In summary, these are the most relevant changes in this version:
- More than 1000 packages added to the database.
- Start up in 10 seconds or less on a modern machine.
- Centralized configuration with the new control panel.
- New build tool that allows you to create SliTaz packages in a minute.
- 4 distros in one on the LiveCD.
- New graphical and update installer.
- New GUI boxes and tools for creating living systems.
- Improved web boot: boot.slitaz.org
- Errata of 4,0 on the Wiki
You can download the .iso Stable y Testing (cooking) from the following links:
Download SliTaz 4.0 | Download SliTaz Cooking 4.0
When I finish downloading them I will test it thoroughly to make a Review 😛
Tested on two laptops and did not load on either
Laptop1: Core i5 4RAM
Laptop2: Dual Core 3RAM
What other lightweight distribution do you recommend?
with those laptops so you want light distros? you can put whatever you want
Because I want and I can partner 😀 and the curiosity to try
regards
Hahaha, too much curiosity xD
a puppy without jwm or archbang
and why didn't he carry you?
Well, while the kernel is loading, it remains "stuck" and does not continue to load, I tried both versions, I am going to try the other lightweight distributions that you recommend.
regards
Puppy Linux, Slitaz, Dawn Small Linux 🙂
I'm already downloading it! Slitaz is one of my favorite distros =)
Regards!
I already tried it in version 3.0 and it seems like a great distro, especially to rescue old PCs ^^
After so much waiting for it, it hurts that they removed the xvesa version
A great and very light distro. Highly recommended for machines with little memory. When I provided it in virtualbox it indicated that it consumed 30mb of ram at startup, incredible!
And it loads everything directly into RAM ... so amazingly faster than another distro on a Corei7 HAHA.
I have to try it, I just don't think so. :OR
I have an archlinux + openbox on a pentium III that starts me at 40 mb. And debian with lxde started at 70mb. No need to search for rare distros that consume little.
There is a difference, and that is that in these "rare distros" both the kernel and the binaries are optimized to run on older hardware. For example, Slitaz is compiled for i486 while Arch is compiled for i686.
Some time ago I do not remember where I read about a guy who wanted to put Arch in a Pentium I 133mhz and could not because the architecture of that processor is i586.
ConnochaetOS is a distro that could have worked since it is compiled for that architecture.
I386 binaries may work well on architectures like i586 or i686 but not the other way around, and if they do, they may not do quite well.
At least this is what I understand = P
Regards!
But debian is coming for i386. Arch is not valid for very old machines.
and who said yes?
With my Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 and 1GB of Ram, TT does not start and I wanted so much to try it ...
It seems like a good distro but, it's true, Ridri is right with Debian and if you have a very light system, the problem is when you put heavier programs on it and that lightness is no longer so light, that's why you always need rare distros as you say.
In the debian and arch repositories there are all kinds of lightweight applications: midori, abiword, qmmp, pcmanfm, xfburn ... as well as lightweight kernels like Con Kolivas.
Lightweight distros make it easy for you not to have to search. But if you are a lover of debian or arch you always have the option to lighten them to the maximum. The great advantage of debian is that we have all the linux world packages at our disposal, even if it is not the most recent version.
I had to use this system on one occasion because the new m board burned and I only had to rescue the "old one" from where it was stored, it only had 222MB (visible) of RAM and an AMD Semprom. I was able to configure the conky and also install emesene, it came with midori by default and that was enough for me, it is true that I stayed as a user of this distro for at least 1 month and I learned about its installer tazpkg which is very fast as it compresses its packets in the algorithm lzma so that at the time of download / installation is the fastest 😉
I love this Distro0o0o0o0 😀
This if I test it fixed, what performance it promises; has to fly. Almost like Tiny Core.
This distro is great, I've used it more than once to retrieve information from a machine that didn't start, it's good to have it handy just in case. Today I was testing it in Virtualbox and it works very well.