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| 2009-08-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.1.2 |
| Slax 6.1.2, a small Slackware-based live CD featuring the KDE desktop 3.5, has been released. What's new? "Upgraded Slax kernel to 2.6.27.27, which contains many bugfixes; added xz package (LZMA compressor and decompressor); added support for TXZ Slackware packages; upgraded Midnight Commander to understand TXZ packages; fixed incorrect reporting of module file path in Slax Module Manager (if size of module was smaller than 1 MB, it didn't show module file at all); fixed incorrect slaxsave.dat (the 1 GB one); added 2 GB slaxsave.dat file to the ZIP archive; added Firefox 3.5.1, as a separated module 007-firefox.lzm, this version integrates itself into KDE; added Slax drive support." Read the rest of the changelog for a complete list of changes. Download: slax-6.1.2.iso (200MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-04-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.1.0 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has released Slax 6.1.0, a Slackware-based desktop live CD featuring the latest KDE 3.5 desktop. From the changelog: "This should be the last Slax 6.x, no more new features will be added to Slax 6.x, only bug fixes. Changes: added fake XDM to 002-xorg, so it will start Fluxbox if KDE is not present - this is mainly useful if you use 'build slax' and you only include Slax Core and Slax Xorg; upgraded to Slackware 'current' as of the latest changes before KDE 4 packages were added; added new wallpaper; fixed many Fluxbox-related bugs in order to make 'Slax Xorg' partly independent; now you can see (even in Fluxbox) accurate (preferred) screen resolution and it plays a start-up sound too." Download (MD5) the live CD from here: slax-6.1.0.iso (191MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.0.9 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 6.0.9, a live CD based on Slackware Linux: "The newest Slax, version 6.0.9, has been released. It fixes the problems with Unsquashfs, which appeared in the previous version. Moreover, it updates Slax to the latest Slackware 12.2, with kernel 2.6.27.8." From the changelog: "Upgraded Samba; added libcap; fixed a bug in Unsquashfs (lzm2dir) which happened on SMP machines; removed bluez* packages; upgraded to KDE 3.5.10; upgraded to Squashfs 3.4, including the tools; added support to start Slax as a PXE server; loadlin didn't work any more due to big file size of vmlinuz and initrd, it has been replaced by linLd, which allows to boot Slax from DOS again; auto-detect and auto-mount LVM partitions...." See the release announcement and changelog for more information. Download: slax-6.0.9.iso (190MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-03-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.0.3 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 6.0.3: "Slax 6.0.3 has been released. Among all the updates described in the changelog, it features a bug-fix for Squashfs LZMA kernel driver. What's new? Added kernel 2.6.24.3 with kernel headers, stripped sources and modules all using the same version, to prevent any possible mismatch; silenced several boot-up messages; added wpa_suplicant; updated to Slackware Current which adds new firmware; fixed a bug in sqlzma, which may cause data read errors; the 'sgnfile' boot parameter wasn't working, it's fixed now; make_iso.sh now works even if called from a different directory; fixed loading of modules from subdirectories while using copy2ram; the 'nocd' boot parameter has different meaning now, it will cause CD-ROM to be skipped, but made visible later on." Here is the full release announcement. Download: slax-6.0.3.iso (191MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-02-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.0.1 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the availability of an updated version of the recently released Slax 6. What's new? "Module manager will display correct info about 'slik' modules; activate refused to insert a module which was activated last time (before reboot) because of some empty mount points left- fixed; slax-version now shows correct version number; trash bin was not empty; swap partitions were not auto-activated due to a bug in linux-live scripts; raise sound volume for 'front', 'center' and 'side' channels; kdeglobals set to force Konqueror to follow 'slik' addresses without asking; a stripped version of vi in Slax, symlinked vi from busybox; disabled Flash plugin in Konqueror; added MadWifi wireless drivers version 0.9.4; added Memtest86 2.1; delete some unneeded C++ files in the 'devel' module." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download: slax-6.0.1.iso (190MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-02-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.0.0 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the final release of SLAX 6.0.0: "SLAX 6 is released. What's new? First, SLAX is officially released in two forms - ISO and TAR. The ISO format (labelled as 'SLAX for CD') is to be burnt to a CD, while the TAR format (labelled as 'SLAX for USB') is for all who need to run SLAX directly from USB media or from a disk. Simply unzip the tar archive directly to your device (to its root directory, it will create 'boot' and 'slax' subdirectories). That's almost all; you only need to make it bootable. For that purpose, navigate to the 'boot' directory and find bootinst.sh (if you are in Linux) or bootinst.bat (if you are in Windows). Run it. Linux users will need to use root account for that. The script will set up the device to be bootable. If you are using 'SLAX for USB', you will notice that all the changes you made are permanent." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download the CD image from here: slax-6.0.0.iso (196MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2007-11-09 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 6.0.0 RC7 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced a new release candidate for SLAX 6.0, a Slackware-based live CD: "My ISP finally fixed the line so here is SLAX 6 release candidate 7. While you may think it's better than rc6, it may have more issues. I'm testing new block size in Squashfs, so I don't focus on the KDE settings, etc. (By the way, it's using KDE 3.5.8 and kernel 2.6.23.) Moreover I've fixed many bugs in Linux-Live scripts, but my fixes may introduce other problems. So here you have several ISO files with Slax 6 rc7. Please test the speed of the system with different block sizes and let me know in case you believe I should not use the preferred block size of 256 kB." Read the rest of the release announcement on the project's blog pages. Download: slax-6-256kb.iso (184MB). |
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| 2007-07-25 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 6.0.0 RC5 |
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| The fifth release candidate of SLAX 6.0.0, a Slackware-based mini live CD, is available for download and testing: "This is SLAX 6 release candidate 5, including a few modules and 27 languages. SLAX 6 rc5 still includes Linux Kernel 2.6.21.5 and KDE 3.5.7. The Slackware base has been upgraded to Slackware 12.0. Klaptopdaemon has been recompiled in order to show the tray icon properly. SLAX now shutdowns properly, while it did reboot instead of shutdown in rc4. Removal of modules by using SLAX Module Manager is fixed, it did allow a busy aufs branch to be removed in rc4, which may cause troubles..." Please see the announcement and changelog for further details. Download: slax-6.0.0-rc5.iso (199MB). |
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| 2007-06-21 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 6.0.0 RC4 |
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| The fourth release candidate of SLAX 6.0.0, a Slackware-based mini live CD, is available for download and testing: "This is SLAX 6 release candidate 4, including a few modules and 27 languages. SLAX 6 rc4 includes Linux Kernel 2.6.21.5, KDE 3.5.7 and the newest technologies from Linux-Live, Squashfs and Slackware current. Language modules: simply download the directory for your language and copy it over SLAX, overwriting the original initrd.gz file. Firefox and Thunderbird modules: these are created from Slackware packages, but I modified them, because Mozilla applications look so ugly in Linux. Now they are very nice." Please see the announcement and changelog for further details. Download: slax6rc4.iso (198MB, MD5).
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| 2007-05-04 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 6.0.0 RC3 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the third release candidate of SLAX 6.0.0, a live CD based on Slackware Linux: "A third release candidate of SLAX 6 is available for testing. Changes: added Linux kernel 2.6.21.1; full NTFS write support including persistent changes on NTFS; added newer Aufs version with refined inode handling which works much better than the previous version and fixes the problem from rc1; upgraded to Slackware current; added full Perl; added Xterm by popular demand, plus a few more X applications; added some man pages, man, groff, gettext; KOffice is split into separate modules so you can remove it easily; released 28 modules for internationalization." See this README file for a complete of changes and features. Download from here: slax-6.0.0rc3.iso (199MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-02-10 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 6.0.0 Pre 3 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the third pre-release of the all-new SLAX 6.0 live CD: "A third preview of SLAX 6 is available." The new SLAX, which is fast approaching a stable state, uses the Aufs file system and is based on the latest Linux kernel 2.6.20 with LZMA-compressed modules, SMP support and NdisWrapper modules for wireless networking. Other new features include: script to create a bootable live USB in both Linux and Windows; udev as a replacement for hotplug; full sound support with ALSA 1.0.14; NTFS read and write support; isolinux for booting from CD, syslinux for booting from a USB device; based on Linux-Live scripts 6.0.1. For more information and known issues please read the brief release notes. Interested testers can download the CD image from here: slax-6.0.0pre3.iso (166MB). |
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| 2006-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.8 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of SLAX 5.1.8, the last version of the SLAX 5 series: "I'm happy to announce the immediate availability of SLAX 5.1.8. This release includes a SLAX-boot CD (only a 5MB ISO image) designed to boot SLAX from USB keys in case your BIOS doesn't support it. Users can just plug in the USB key with SLAX data to boot from this CD and it can also be used to boot SLAX directly from an ISO file. Changes made in 5.1.8: added KDE 3.5.4, recompiled with some Slackware 11 fixes; better handling of booting from USB devices; added NTFS-3g to fully support writing to NTFS partitions; added slaxsave.zip to SLAX CD, containing pre-built loop file systems." See the SLAX changelog for a more detailed list of all recent changes. Download: slax-5.1.8.iso (192MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-08-22 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 5.1.8 RC |
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| A release candidate for SLAX 5.1.8 is ready for download and testing: "The first public release candidate of SLAX 5.1.8 is available for download." Some of the more interesting changes include: "Better handling of booting from USB devices; added NTFS-3g (aka ntfsmount) to fully support writing to NTFS partitions; added slaxsave.zip to SLAX CD. This archive contains pre-built loop filesystems (size 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and 1GB). Just unpack your desired file to root of some partition (you can use USB key as well) and SLAX will save changes to the file automatically." See the full changelog. Download: slax-5.1.8rc.iso (195MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-07-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.7 |
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| After two release candidates, Tomas Matejicek announced the availability of SLAX 5.1.7: "The final version of SLAX 5.1.7 has been released. Compared to 5.1.6, the new version fixes some bugs regarding the 'load' cheatcode, it adds and upgrades several boot options (like noswap, noauto, from= and changes=/dev...) and added new cleanup scripts to correctly handle shutdown procedures." Check the list of changes since 5.1.6 here. Download: slax-5.1.7.iso (196MB, MD5). Update: SLAX 5.1.7 was renamed to 5.1.7b on July 27; the SLAX developer had 5.1.7 "reuploaded to FTP as 5.1.7b (http mirror was broken somehow and this is the only way for me to refresh it)." |
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| 2006-07-07 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 5.1.7 RC2 |
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| The second release candidate of SLAX 5.1.7 has been released. The main focus of this release was fixing bugs reported since the release of RC1 and a return to kernel 2.6.16 for backward compatibility. From the changelog: "Added back kernel 2.6.16(.22) so 'from=' parameter is backward compatible; /etc/shadow - fixed file permissions; the 'fromiso=' cheatcode is now renamed to 'from='; rc.local is now called as the last start-up script; added bold and italic DejaVu fonts; Upgraded to Fluxbox 1.0rc1, Fluxbox theme modified to use DejaVu fonts; added MPlayer 1.0pre8 with new xVid codecs, setup to use DejaVu fonts; added a feature to manage modules by using context menu; added 'noswap' boot parameter to disable autoloading of a swap partition...." Download: slax-5.1.7rc2.iso (195MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-06-11 |
NEW • Development Release: SLAX 5.1.7 RC1 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has announced the availability of SLAX 5.1.7, release candidate 1: "I'd like to let you know that a release candidate of SLAX 5.1.7 is out. This version contains a few major feature updates. The most important features include: modified 'changes=' cheatcode to accept device names with path; added 'fromiso' cheatcode to load CD data from a different ISO image." Also new in this release, the Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 2.6.16.20 with SMP support, while KDE has been upgraded to version 3.5.3 and KOffice to 1.5.1. See the SLAX changelog for a more detailed list of updates and feature enhancements. Download: slax-5.1.7rc1.iso (194MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-05-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.6 |
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| Barely three days after version 5.1.5, the SLAX project has announced the availability of SLAX 5.1.6: "A new version of SLAX is available. The main added feature is NTFS write support. The default behaviour didn't change, SLAX still mounts NTFS volumes read-only. But you can mount it manually with read-write support by using the command 'ntfsmount'. It allows you to safely edit all existing files on NTFS partitions. You can also create or delete files, this will either succeed or it will be refused. Please note that refusal to do an operation does not mean the volume will be corrupted. Actually it means just the opposite: it's a guarantee that your data is safe." See the latest SLAX changelog for further details. Download: slax-5.1.6.iso (192MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-05-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.5 |
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| A new version of SLAX has been released: "I'm happy to let you know that a new SLAX release is ready. This time you can use some cool new features. Added 'noload' cheatcode to disable loading of any specified modules. This affects all modules on the SLAX CD, including /base and /modules, so using 'noload=*kde*' will disable loading of all modules with 'kde' in the name. It's useful with copy2ram cheatcode, because any unused module is not copied to RAM. Added 'ramsize' cheatcode to specify maximum memory for SLAX to store changes, downloaded files, etc." Read the rest of the changelog for a detailed list of new features and changes. Download (MD5) from here: slax-5.1.5.iso (192MB). |
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| 2006-05-06 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.4 |
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| Tomáš Matějíček has released a new stable version of the Slackware-based SLAX live CD: "After a week of testing, SLAX 5.1.4 is released. Official development and kernel modules are available too, feel free to check the modules section on the SLAX website. New features include: added KDE 3.5.2 and KOffice 1.5.0; added FUSE and SSHFS filesystems, this will probably replace webconfig in the future (or should we go for CODA filesystem?); autoexec boot argument now replaces '~' with space; added make_disk.bat to CD, a script to create USB bootable disk in Windows; upgraded many libraries from Slackware current...." Read the full changelog for more details. Download from here: slax-5.1.4.iso (192MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-03-31 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.0 |
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| SLAX 5.1.0 has been released: "I'd like to let you know that new SLAX version 5.1.0 is available. This version fixes some missing library dependencies (libmikmod, libstdc++) and adds a few minor features. All special editions are available too, including bsdiff patches. The 'Webconfig' size limit has been raised from 8MB to 28MB and webconfig now stores all changes from the whole filesystem, not only /root /etc... Kbuildsycoca is started after module insertion to refresh the KDE cache, so you don't need to exit KDE any more to see new menu entries for newly added software." Read the latest SLAX changelog for further details. Download: slax-5.1.0.iso (184MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-03-23 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.8 |
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| SLAX, a popular live CD based on Slackware Linux, has been updated to version 5.0.8: "It's my pleasure to let you know that SLAX 5.0.8 has been released. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, because all new modules created from now are not readable in older SLAX releases. What's new? The long-awaited SLAX Server Edition is finally available; all other editions are updated too; 2.6.16 Linux kernel; fixed bug in mounting of DOS partitions (long file names work now); the 'uselivemod' and 'configsave' features work again." See the distribution's changelog for more details. All SLAX editions are available from the download page; here is a quick link to the Standard edition: slax-5.0.8.iso (187MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-01-29 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.7 |
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| SLAX, the popular Slackware-based live CD, has been updated to version 5.0.7. What's new? "Using 2.6 Linux kernel with support for many SCSI devices; added KDE 3.5 and X.Org 7; added Squashfs 3.0 support, should be backwards compatible with 2.2; added newest Unionfs 1.1.2 which fixes many bugs but cause the following: 'uselivemod' doesn't work well and 'configrestore' is untested but should work; hard disk installer has been removed in this version." A more detailed list of changes can be found in the changelog. Download from here: slax-5.0.7.iso (184MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-07-19 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.6 |
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| SLAX 5.0.6, complete with KDE 3.4.1 and KOffice 1.4.0, has been released: "It's my pleasure to let you know that SLAX 5.0.6 is available for download, together with all the special editions. The most important changes include: added Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2 with ALSA sound drivers 1.0.9b; added better default GTK2 theme, so all GTK2 applications will look nicer; module extension (.mo) is now integrated into KDE context menu; removed 15MB of pcf fonts, this drops Chinese support; fixed bug in configsave / websave, which caused each even session to be wrong. Many bugs have been fixed in Unionfs filesystem so I hope it will be more stable then before...." Read the rest of the changelog for more details. Download: slax-5.0.6.iso (178MB, MD5). The usual special editions of SLAX are also available. |
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| 2005-05-29 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.5 Popcorn Edition |
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| A special modification of the SLAX live CD, Popcorn Edition, has been released after a week of beta testing. From the changelog: "Initial release of SLAX Popcorn edition, a 124MB live CD with the XFce desktop; contains Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, XMMS clone, Gaim and AbiWord; doesn't contain hard disk installer yet, but can be installed manually". MPlayer is also included to play videos and to listen to Internet radio. Download: slax-popcorn-5.0.5.iso (124MB). |
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| 2005-05-05 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.5 |
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| New releases of the SLAX live CD are coming fast these days - this is version 5.0.5. What's new? "Fixed error message during X startup (about hostname); guest user can see mixer icon and screensize icon too; added kio_imap for KMail; LISA is started with KDE to allow LAN browsing; startx didn't start KDE after flux command, fixed; updated Fluxbox menu; created nice Fluxbox plastik theme; added fstab-create script to make sure all devices are listed in fstab; fixed uselivemod and webconfig feature." Find more details in the changelog. Download: slax-5.0.5.iso (190MB). |
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| 2005-04-26 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.4 |
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| Another new version of SLAX is out, just two days after version 5.0.3. From the changelog: "SLAX updated to Slackware current; fixed Kopete, it doesn't crash anymore (updated libxslt); recompiled KDE, added cyrus-sasl support; fixed SLAX installer, added remount, sync option; added MPlayer 1.0pre7; firewall is not started automatically anymore." Get the latest release from here: slax-5.0.4.iso (190MB); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-04-23 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.2 |
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| SLAX 5.0.2 has been released, together with the SLAX KillBill and Frodo editions: "Today we tested SLAX KillBill edition and it was considered to be stable. So I'm releasing it for public, please allow 6 hours to update mirrors. SLAX Kill Bill is a pocket operating system with KDE desktop, WINE (to run Windows applications natively in Linux), QEMU (to run whole virtual machines inside SLAX), and dosbox (the best DOS machine emulator to play DOS games). KillBill edition fits 200 MB mini CD mediums, this is still the goal of all SLAX distributions. ... SLAX Standard edition and SLAX Frodo were updated to 5.0.2 too, fixing booting from USB devices." Here is the complete changelog. Download: slax-5.0.2.iso (190MB); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-04-10 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.1 |
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| A bugfix release of the SLAX live CD is now available. From the changelog: "X fonts are configured properly now, international characters should work OK; initrd contains codepage cp437, a module for access to vfat filesystems; udev is started even with nohotplug boot argument; MySLAX creator upgraded to 1.7 and finaly works OK; fluxbox command replaced by flux one; gui* scripts start xwindow in vesa mode, use xconf for hw autodetection; fixed slax-install, heavily tested; SLAX doesn't boot from USB when installed as a LiveCD. It will be fixed soon!" Download: slax-5.0.1.iso (190MB). BitTorrent access is also provided. |
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| 2005-04-05 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 5.0.0 |
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| A major new version of the SLAX live CD has been released: "SLAX 5 was released today. Kernel 2.6 with Unionfs, KDE 3.4 with KOffice, X.Org 6.8.2 - this is what other live CDs usually offer, but SLAX is going beyond. These things, together packed on a 180MB CD, are nothing new in the live CD world compared to a new SLAX feature called webconfig. With SLAX, you don't need to worry about saving changes to floppies any more. Webconfig allows you to save your SLAX configuration in a web-based online repository and restore it upon your request...." Read the changelog for more detailed information about the new features in SLAX 5. Download: slax-5.0.0.iso (189MB). |
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| 2004-10-22 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.2.0 |
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| SLAX 4.2.0 has been released, together with several new "special editions". From the changelog: "New special SLAX editions released: 'Kill-Bill' edition with WINE and DosEMU, 'Popcorn' edition with XFce and Mozilla, 'Professional' edition with GCC, more coming soon! Added Linux kernel 2.4.28-pre4 with SATA support; added some missing cheatcodes to cheatcodes.txt on the CD; added 'toram' boot option, a synonym for copy2ram; added X.org 6.8.1, KDE 3.3.1, KOffice 1.3.3; added ndiswrapper 0.10 (allows using Windows drivers for WiFi cards); added sudo, guest can start GUI by using it; added user 'guest' with password 'guest'. Please understand that guest is a non-root user so you can't start any software in SLAX which would need root privileges. GUI can be started (sudo is used)...." Here is the link to the standard SLAX 4.2.0 ISO image: slax-4.2.0.iso (180MB). For the above-mentioned specialist editions please visit the SLAX download page.
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| 2004-09-04 |
A Week with SLAX 4.1.4 |
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| Barney Matthews from tuxs.org has tried the latest version of SLAX and these are his experiences: "The first thing that caught my eye about the DistroWatch announcement on the release of SLAX 4.1.4 was that it included KDE 3.3 which had only been out a few weeks. I wanted to try out KDE 3.3 and a live CD like SLAX is a great way to do it, so I went over to the SLAX website to download the ISO. Whilst I was at the website I noticed the SLAX slogan 'SLAX - your pocket OS'. This got me thinking, can you really survive with just a live CD (and a small one at that) as your only distro, in a 'MandrakeMove' type way? I decided to challenge myself to try for a week." The full story.
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| 2004-08-30 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.1.4 |
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| SLAX 4.1.4 is out: "SLAX 4.1.4, the 180MB live CD with KDE 3.3, was released today! It features a lot of bugfixes and news, for example: added Linux kernel 2.4.28-pre2 with SATA (libsata) support compiled in; added KDE 3.3.0, K3B 0.11.14; added cheatcodes.txt to CD's root directory; added MPlayer 1.0-pre5, recompiled with many options; fixed GUI script to better handle X auto-configuration; the Czech version of SLAX is available at slax.cz. Some other languages for SLAX are available as modules." See the full changelog for details about other changes and improvements. Download: slax-4.1.4.iso (182M); also via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-07-23 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.1.3 |
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| SLAX Live-CD version 4.1.3 has been released. Changes: " added kernel 2.4.27-pre3 with SATA support; released development module allowing to compile source codes unrer SLAX; added /usr/bin/slax-install script, finaly working in textmode; added "gui" boot option to skip textmode login and autostart X with KDE; added kolorpaint (mspaint alternative, standard part of KDE 3.3); added 4 very nice themes to FluxBox; firewall is disabled as default, it caused problems with browsing local LAN; XFree replaced by X.org..." The full changelog. Download: slax-4.1.3.iso (177MB).
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| 2004-05-26 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.1.2 |
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| SLAX Live-CD version 4.1.2 has been released. From the changelog: "Based on Slackware-'almost'-current (with some exceptions); fixed xconf, modified mouse order to assure that the 1st CoreDevice will work; fixed kplayer icon; fixed dbdiff (configsave) to skip mounted partitions (or samba shares); fixed juk audio player - recompiled; fixed KDE audio ripper - lame is used now to encode to mp3; added tohd, fromhd and hdsubdir boot options; added /etc/slax-version file; added gpart (tool for guessing PC-type hard disk partitions); network services are not started automatically at boot; simple firewall is activated disallowing all incoming connections..." Download: slax-4.1.2.iso (188MB).
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| 2004-05-07 |
Development Release: SLAX 4.1.2-pre1 |
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| A new development version of SLAX Live-CD is now available: "SLAX 4.1.2-pre1 version is released. It's mainly a bugfix version containing KDE 3.2.2, a fixed create_bootdisk.sh script, a wheelmouse boot option and some international fonts for X (Russian, etc). Changes: based on Slackware-current today; added DOC_MULTILANG, a documentation describing how to create a module for SLAX in your language; added ctorrent (BitTorrent client written in c); added lame mp3 encoder; added KDE 3.2.2 with QT 3.2.2 and KOffice 1.3.1..." The full changelog. Download: slax-4.1.2-pre1.iso (172MB).
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| 2004-04-19 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.1.1 |
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| This is another new release of SLAX, version 4.1.1: "The changes in this release are as follows: added smb4k (a Samba share browser for KDE); better font and sound handling in KDE; kernel 2.4.26; Netscape plugins 7.1; added parted. X can now handle three mice in parallel. The eject boot parameter was fixed along with the create_bootdisk.sh script (lilo no longer stores MBR backups). The memtest and ide-scsi module loading were also fixed." See the complete changelog for further details. Download: slax-4.1.1.iso (170MB).
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| 2004-04-14 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.0.7 and 4.0.8 |
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| SLAX version 4.0.7 has been released: "There is a new version of SLAX again! This is mainly a bugfix release, all users are encouraged to upgrade. The most interesting new features are: added ALSA 1.0.4-final kernel sound modules; better font handling in KDE (rebuilt indexes by kfontinst); removed kghostview, kview, noatun, kaboodle; hopefully fixed some mouse detection problems; fixed eject boot parameter; fixed create_bootdisk.sh script (lilo doesn't store MBR backup now); fixed memtest (finally); fixed ide-scsi modules loading; Czech international module released as an example." The full changelog. Update: A new ISO image - SLAX 4.0.8 - was released shortly after 4.0.7. Download: slax-4.0.8.iso (171MB).
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| 2004-03-31 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.0.4 |
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| A new version of the SLAX live CD is available: "This release contains a lot of new features and bugfixes: added XFree 4.4.0 (you can expect some improvements in gfx cards detection), KDE 3.2.1, ALSA 1.0.4rc1, K3B 0.11.9, KPlayer (KDE application for MPlayer GUI); added wheelmouse boot option to force imps/2 mouse protocol for X; added 845patch boot option for Intel's i845G chipset; fixed smbmount (finally!) by adding some IBM charset library; fixed ftp upload directory permissions; fixed moduse problem to locate liblinuxlive..." The full changelog. Download: slax-4.0.4.iso (173MB).
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| 2004-02-25 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 4.0.1 |
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| A new version of the Slackware-based SLAX live CD has been released. Some of the more important changes include: "Added kernel 2.4.25 with ovlfs and ALSA 1.0.2c; added hotplug 05_01_2004; added KDE 3.2 and KOffice 1.3 final; it's possible to run SLAX from USB flash disk now (see ./create_bootdisk.sh); added ./tools/moduse script to use module on the fly (while running slax); added ./tools/modinsert script to insert your modules to ISO file; added debugslax script; fixed samba, artsd, and a lot of other stuff." See the rest of the changelog for a full list of changes. Download: slax-4.0.1.iso (167MB).
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| 2004-01-06 |
Distribution Release: SLAX 3.0.25 |
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| A new bug fix release of the SLAX live CD is now available: "This release is mainly a bug fix one, but there are also some new features. The most interesting news are: fixed USB mouse detection; added floppy automounting; fixed dbdiff (configsave and configrestore); added auto-configrestore from flashdisk or floppy or disc partition; added kdepim (kmail etc); added Czech (cs), German (de), Brazilian (pt_BR) and French (fr) KDE language support; fixed loadlin (DOS) parameters, I didn't test it yet but it should boot from DOS; modified HorizSync in X config file to get better display." The full changelog. Download: slax-3.0.25.iso (187MB).
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| 2004-01-01 |
Distribution Release: SLAX - Live CD 3.0.24 |
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| The honour of the first release of 2004 goes to SLAX - Live CD (formerly known as Slackware - Live CD), with the release of version 3.0.24 only a few hours into the new year. From the changelog: "v 3.0.24 (1th of January 2004): SLAX is the new name for Slackware-Live; now created by Linux Live scripts. Using KDE 3.2beta2 and KOffice 1.3beta2; removed quanta; configsave and configrestore doesn't work; added glut, libid3tag; added Linux kernel 2.4.23; removed printing and PDF/PS applications; sound volume is set to 88% automatically; rc.6 script modified, removed swap unmounting because of ovlfs..." Find out more on the distribution's new web site at slax.org. Download: slax-3.0.24.iso (178MB).
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| 2003-08-21 |
Distribution Release: Slackware-Live 2.9.0.21 |
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| Version 2.9.0.21 of Slackware-Live Linux CD has been released. Changes: "Some of the main feature enhancements: added kernel 2.4.21, KDE 3.1.3, mplayer 0.91, kopete 0.71, k3b 0.9, apache, php, mysql, mutt and procmail, apm support is started automatically after boot and initrd uses only 13 MB of RAM for ramdisk now, configsave was rewritten and it's faster then ever, etc... There are also some new cute wallpapers in KDE :-)" See the complete changelog. Download: livecd-2.9.0.21.iso (186MB).
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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