Salix is a Linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple, fast and easy to use. Salix is also fully backwards compatible with Slackware, so Slackware users can benefit from Salix repositories, which they can use as an "extra" quality source of software for their favorite distribution. Like a bonsai, Salix is small, light & the product of infinite care.
Installation modes:
Salix has three different modes of installation:
1. Full: Everything that is included in the iso is installed. That includes the Xfce desktop environment, the Firefox web browser and Claws-mail email client, a complete OpenOffice.org office suite, a Java Runtime Environment, the Totem media player and Exaile music manager, the gslapt package manager and several other applications, always following the "one application per task" rationale.
2. Basic: This installs only the Xfce desktop environment with the Firefox web browser and the gslapt package manager. Ideal for advanced users that would like to install a lightweight Xfce and add their own choice of applications.
3. Core: Only the minimum essentials for a console system to start are included. A graphical environment is not provided. This is ideal if you are an experienced user and want to customize your installation for any specific purpose, such as a web server, file server etc.
The installation is text dialog based, but easy to navigate and complete. It is also very fast; a "full" mode installation will take less than 5 minutes on any modern PC. All three installation modes come with a complete development environment, so users don't need to add anything to start developing and compiling applications.
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Here are some key features of "Salix OS":
· one application per task
· fully backwards compatible with Slackware
· optimized for desktop usage
· incredibly fast package tools
· simple & fully localized system administration tools
· nice artwork
· installation ISO fits on a single CD
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Lilosetup, a new graphical tool that can be used for setting up the Lilo bootloader has been added.
· New graphical system administration tools have been added; a tool to manage ALSA sound cards, one to manage system hostnames and a small tool to rebuild the system icon cache in XFCE. All salix system tools are now available in a "basic" installation too.
· The installation CDs can now be used as a local repository with slapt-get/gslapt, complete with dependency support. Detailed instructions on how to do that can be found in the README file in the iso images. This will help users with no internet access that are performing "core" or "basic" mode installations and would like an easy way to install extra software found in a "full" mode installation.
· The default start page in Firefox has been changed to: http://www.salixos.org/start
· An older version of the intel driver (2.9.1) is included in the installation media in the salix/extra directory. This is not installed by default but might be of use with some intel graphics cards. You can read the README.intel file in the iso images for more details.
· New packages included in a "full" mode installation: pyxdg, notify-python, libnl, net-snmp.
· All security fixes and package upgrades since the previous release have been included.
· Flash has been removed from the 64-bit release. Adobe has not updated their 64-bit flash plugin for the latest version and the previous version is a security hole. You can read more about the issue here: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=921
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