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SliTaz GNU/Linux

Last Update: 2018-03-24 02:03 UTC

SliTaz GNU/Linux is a mini distribution and live CD designed to run speedily on hardware with 256 MB of RAM. SliTaz uses BusyBox, a recent Linux kernel and GNU software. It boots with Syslinux and provides more than 200 Linux commands, the lighttpd web server, SQLite database, rescue tools, IRC client, SSH client and server powered by Dropbear, X window system, JWM (Joe's Window Manager), gFTP, Geany IDE, Mozilla Firefox, AlsaPlayer, GParted, a sound file editor and more. The SliTaz ISO image fits on a less than 30 MB media and takes just 80 MB of hard disk space.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 129 (73), 6 months: 130 (74), 3 months: 131 (77), 4 weeks: 132 (73), 1 week: 109 (78)

Average visitor rating: 9.58/10 from 24 review(s).


SliTaz Summary
Distribution SliTaz GNU/Linux
Home Page http://www.slitaz.org/
Mailing Lists http://www.slitaz.org/en/mailing-list.html
User Forums http://forum.slitaz.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://www.slitaz.org/en/doc/
Screenshots http://www.slitaz.org/artwork/screenshots.html • DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/ • LinuxTracker.org
Bug Tracker http://bugs.slitaz.org/
Related Websites Wikipedia
Reviews 4.0: DarkDuck • Blogspot
2.0: Dedoimedo • Tech Source
1.0: Dedoimedo • Free Software Magazine • Wordpress • DistroWatch • Tech Source
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases, download links and checksums:
 • 2014-05-19: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux 5.0 RC2
 • 2014-05-02: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux 5.0 RC1
 • 2014-02-16: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux Cooking 20140216
 • 2012-04-11: Distribution Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0
 • 2012-03-04: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 RC2
 • 2012-02-23: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux 4.0 RC1
 • 2011-05-31: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux Cooking 20110531
 • 2011-03-29: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux Cooking 20110329
 • 2010-11-05: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux Cooking 20101104
 • 2010-03-28: Distribution Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0
 • 2010-02-21: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux Cooking 20100221
 • 2009-11-05: Development Release: SliTaz GNU/Linux Cooking 20091104
 • More SliTaz releases...

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Feature 5.0-rolling 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Release Date 2016-09-25 2012-04-10 2010-03-29 2009-04-16 2008-03-23
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 42-42        
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop Openbox Openbox Openbox Openbox JWM
Package Management TazPKG TazPKG TazPKG TazPKG TazPKG
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386
Init Software other other other other other
Journaled File Systems          
Multilingual cz, de, en, es, fr, it, pt, ru de, en, es, fr, it, pt, ru de, en, es, fr, pt, ru de, en, es, fr, pt en, fr
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 5.0-rolling 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
Package 5.0-rolling 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
abiword (3.0.2) 2.8.6 -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.1.6) 1.0.27.2 1.0.24.1 1.0.21 1.0.18 1.0.16
ati-driver (16.40) -- -- -- -- --
bash (4.4.18) 4.3 -- -- -- --
bind (9.12.1) 9.9.6 -- -- -- --
chromium (66.0.3359.181) -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.2.7) 2.0.2 -- -- -- --
dhcp (4.4.1) 4.2.2 -- -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.44.2) 1.42.12 1.41.14 1.41.9 1.39 1.39
firefox (60.0.1) 49.0.1 -- -- 3.0.8 2.0.0.12
freetype (2.9.1) 2.6.4 2.4.7 2.3.9 2.3.7 2.3.5
gcc (8.1.0) 4.6.3 -- -- -- --
gimp (2.10.2) 2.8.14 -- -- -- --
glibc (2.27) 2.14.1 -- 2.10.1 2.7 2.3.6
gnome-shell (3.28.2) -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (3.1-1) 2.6.3 -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.41) 1.10.17 -- -- -- --
grub (2.02) 2.00 -- 0.97 0.97 0.97
gtk+ (3.22.30) 3.14.8 2.24.10 2.16.5 2.14.7 2.8.20
httpd (2.4.33) -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.92.3) 0.91 -- -- -- --
k3b (18.04.1) -- -- -- -- --
kmod (25) 16 -- -- -- --
krita (4.0.3)          
libreoffice (6.0.4) -- -- -- -- --
linux (4.16.10) 3.2.71 2.6.37 2.6.30.6 2.6.25.5 2.6.24.2
Package 5.0-rolling 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
lxpanel (0.9.3) -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (10.2.15) 10.0.11 -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.20.1) 1.9.3 -- -- -- --
mesa (18.1.0) 9.1.3 7.10.2 7.4.4 -- --
mysql (8.0.11) 5.5.27 -- -- -- --
nautilus (3.28.1) -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (390.48) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.4.11.1 3.4.9 3.4.7.2 3.4.6.1
openjdk (10.0.1) 7b143 -- -- -- --
openssh (7.7p1) 7.3p1 -- -- -- --
openssl (1.1.0h) 1.0.1q 1.0.0g 0.9.8l 0.9.8k --
perl (5.26.2) 5.12.3 -- -- 5.10.0 --
php (7.2.5) 5.5.13 -- -- -- 5.2.5
plasma-desktop (5.12.5) -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.3.1) 2.10.2 -- -- -- --
postgresql (10.4) 9.2.3 -- -- -- --
Python (3.6.5) 2.7.5 -- -- -- --
qt (5.10.1) 4.8.6 -- -- -- --
samba (4.8.2) 3.6.7 -- -- -- --
systemd (238) 195 -- -- -- --
thunderbird (52.8.0) 17.0.11 -- -- -- --
vim (8.1) 7.3 -- -- -- --
vlc (3.0.2) 2.2.3 -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.12.4) 4.10.0 -- -- -- --
xorg-server (1.20.0) 1.12.4 1.9.5 1.5.2 1.2.0 1.2.0

Reader Ratings
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Average rating
9.6
from 24 review(s)


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Version: 5.0-rolling
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-26
Votes: 0


 Confusing install. Does not work good on an old computer with crappy hardware. Applications will not install from the package manager. Reboot does not work. Shutdown very slow.


Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 5.0-rolling
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-22
Votes: 7


 On a 14-year old laptop with Pentium M CPU and RAM less than 1GB, I have installed SliTaz and am very satisfied with it, although there are still a bunch of things to tweak. I used to have Ubuntu, Arch and antiX on this laptop. Switching from Ubuntu to Arch brought a dramatic improvement of speed. Unfortunately Arch does not support i686 architecture anymore, which forced me to switch again to antiX. antiX is a fantastic distro, fast and stable. Everything works out of box, only a little ugly. I tried SliTaz out of curiosity, and fell in love with it immediately. Every application is well selected, which makes a good compromise between functionality and speed. The philosophy of SliTaZ is similar to that of Arch, no bloated stuffs and highly customizable. I like the idea of TazPkg and TazPanel a lot, which makes the system administration quite efficient. My old laptop has never flied so fast like now. Clearly 10 points !


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Version: 5.0-rolling
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-23
Votes: 5


 Very nice, tiny, very well functioning distribution.
The speed it boots into RAM and a snappy desktop.
Easy installation with tazpkg, nicely made own tazpanel package makes it easy to administer the system. An installation programm makes easy to create a live USB.
Well made documentation and a functioning forum, several mirrors.
All needed packages in the repo.

Impresssed and recommend to anyone to try it out.


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