SliTaz 5.0 Rolling release: the smallest Linux distro
SliTaz GNU/Linux is a free operating system working completely in memory from removable media such as a CD-ROM or USB key. It is light, speedy and fully installable on a hard drive. SliTaz is distributed in the form of a LiveCD that you can easily burn to a cdrom and boot from. When the system is running you can eject the LiveCD and use your CD drive for other tasks. The Live system provides a fully-featured, working graphical distro and lets you keep your data and personal settings on persistent media. The system can be extended with the Tazpkg package manager and security updates are provided for the cooking and stable versions.
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Overview
- Root filesystem taking up about 100 MB and ISO image of less than 40 MB.
- Ready to use Web/FTP server powered by Busybox with CGI support.
- Browse the Web with Midori, Firefox or Lynx in text mode.
- Sound support provided by Alsa mixer, audio player and CD ripper/encoder.
- Chat, mail and FTP clients.
- SSH client and server powered by Dropbear.
- Database engine with SQLite.
- Generate a LiveUSB device.
- Tools to create, edit or burn CD or DVD images.
- Elegant desktop with Openbox running on the top of Xorg/Xvesa (X server).
- Homemade graphical boxes to command line utilities.
- 4967 packages easily installable from the mirror.
- Active and friendly community.