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The Rise of Virtual Appliances
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| Linux-based appliances have other advantages as well. The operating system is
| free, most of the applications are free, and it’s easy to maintain locally or
| remotely. Of its advantages, perhaps the most compelling of all is its
| customizability including the ability to install a fully functional Linux
| system within a very small (~500MB) footprint using a system known as JeOS
| (Just Enough OS)– pronounced “juice.” Most virtual appliance vendors begin
| with a JeOS system as a base system for a virtual appliance.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7178
Slitaz to the rescue
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| One last thing: It’s funny to think that a year ago, Slitaz would barely have
| crossed my mind as a solution — DSL is just the automatic chant whenever
| someone needs a recovery distro. But these days, there’s just no better tool
| that Slitaz for getting into a machine of any configuration, and making it
| work. I’m more than willing to add this little miracle distro to my list of
| favorites. Which means I have … four now? :shock: So many distros, so little
| time.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/slitaz-to-the-rescue/
Yesterday:
Test Center review: Specialty Linuxes to the rescue
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| In this article, we examine three kinds of "Linux as tool" distributions that
| can help you in a pinch: small-footprint Linuxes, whose boot and runtime
| images fit in cramped spaces; Linuxes for old hardware, which are designed to
| execute on systems you might otherwise push to the back of a closet; and
| system-rescue Linuxes for recovering lost data from crashed systems.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/11/46TC-specialty-linuxes_1.html
Recent:
Or you could just use Slitaz
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| Either way the Slitaz crew is doing some amazing things, and every time I
| look at it, I’m impressed. If you’re sitting on an old machine and want to
| inject some speed into it, I highly recommend experimenting with this one.
| You will not be disappointed, and you might just be saving yourself hours of
| compiling to get the same level of performance. I would have.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/or-you-could-just-use-slitaz/
Jott outta beta, and SliTaz is the boss
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| SliTaz boots with Syslinux, a lightweight bootloader, and "provides more than
| 200 Linux commands, [including] the LightTPD web server, SQLite database,
| rescue tools, IRC client, SSH client/server powered by Dropbear, X window
| system, JWM (Joe's Window Manager), gFTP, Geany IDE, Mozilla Firefox,
| Alsaplayer, Gparted, a sound file editor and much more." SliTaz also comes
| with a hard disk installer, a CD image remastering program, and a utility
| that installs SliTaz onto a USB drive. And all of this is designed to fit in
| an ISO image of less than 30 MB that expands to around 80MB on installation!
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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/082008-gearhead.html?fsrc=rss-linux
gOS: The Ubuntu giant killer?
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| There’s a lot to like in this release of gOS, but Ubuntu fans have nothing to
| be worried about. This ain’t gonna topple the world’s favorite Linux anytime
| soon. Indeed, it’s not in gOS’ interest to do that. And I don’t really think
| that’s the intention anyway. The gOS guys seem to have OEM partnerships in
| mind. This is pretty smart, but it’s just one small component of Ubuntu’s
| plans for world domination.
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| I really liked the Google/web 2.0 integration of gOS, and it works
| surprisingly well. I must confess that I had expected to hate it. But I
| wonder why there isn’t an existing Ubuntu-sponsored project to meet the same
| ends. This is such an obvious avenue to travel down that it’s surprising only
| gOS is doing so.
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http://www.ubuntukungfu.org/blog/2008/08/gos-the-ubuntu-giant-killer/
SliTaz live CD: small but beautifully marked
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| When I came across the oddly named SliTaz I really didn’t know what to
| expect. Yet another predictable fork of some better known distro which would
| blaze briefly in the free software firmament, burn out and fall to Earth,
| spent? Boy, was I ever wrong. If you want to know why Switzerland may be
| about to become better known for more than chocolate and Cuckoo clocks, read
| on and be prepared to be impressed and delighted by a live distro of
| exceptional speed and size.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/slitaz_live_cd_small_beautifully_marked
SliTaz, a mighty micro Linux distro
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| SliTaz is a new micro GNU/Linux live distribution designed to run from RAM (a
| recommended minimum of 128MB) and installable to a hard drive or USB device.
| The current version, SliTaz 1.0, weighs in at a light 24.8MB and provides a
| nice selection of applications that run on a lightweight desktop. You can
| store user data and settings on persistent media, and support for more than
| 400 additional download packages is available.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/140573
A second look at Slitaz 1.0: turns out it has a lot of potential
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| But in its "raw" configuration, Slitaz is a 25 MB ISO — smaller than Puppy
| Linux and Damn Small Linux, and with fewer apps as well.
|
| [...]
|
| I'll be watching Slitaz very closely, and I expect big things for it in the
| future, should development continue — and I really do hope it does.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/06/a-second-look-at-slitaz-10.html
SliTaz: A light-weight GNU/Linux distribution
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| In conclusion, if you are in need of a distribution that does not require a
| lot of resources, SliTaz is definitely worth checking out. It is in active
| development and worth watching to see what the future has in store for it.
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http://www.linuxinfusion.com/slitaz-a-light-weight-gnulinux-distribution
SliTaz -- 25 MB Live Distro.
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| I find SliTaz very fast for web browsing.
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http://kagashe.blogspot.com/2008/06/slitaz-25-mb-live-distro.html
Introducing SliTaz Linux
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| The Live CD starts with a boot prompt in French, with a little information
| about the default username and the password. From there, the CD will
| automatically boot in 3 seconds if you don't press the Enter key and in about
| 1-2 minutes you will be asked to choose your desired language, keyboard
| layout and screen resolution. Immediately after you have chosen the desired
| resolution, a nice login screen will appear. Login with username hacker and
| password root. You will enter in the lightweight JWM (Joe's Window Manager)
| window manager.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-SliTaz-Linux-82769.shtml
Damn Minuscule Linux: A First Look At SliTaz 1.0
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| But if you’ve an old laptop gathering dust under your desk, and you’re
| looking for an interesting, fun project SliTaz is a great choice.
| There’s a solid base to it, with well-chosen default software and a
| reasonable downloadable selection to complement it, all wrapped up in a
| mini-marvel of a distro.
| Give SliTaz a try – you won’t be disappointed, and its cleverness will make
| you smile. And that’s a promise!
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http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/04/damn-minuscule-linux-first-look-at.html
SliTaz 1.0 on 450Mhz K6-2, 256Mb
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| This is easily my favorite live CD now. I admire DSL for being versatile and
| fast, and I do like the way Puppy Linux has evolved. But it’s hard to beat a
| pretty, usable, complete system that ducks under the 25Mb mark, and does it
| so well. Fatter distributions (and I’m thinking of Xubuntu, et al., here)
| would do well to notice how much can be done with so little.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/slitaz-10-on-450mhz-k6-2-256mb/
First look at SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0, the smallest desktop distro on earth
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| I haven't been this impressed with a new Linux distribution for a long time.
| A compact package with basic applications, a web server and web development
| tools, an excellent package manager, remastering utilities and good
| auto-configuration scripts - all in a 25 MB download. What more can one need?
| While SliTaz GNU/Linux is unlikely to satisfy every user's needs, the project
| is a great testament to the old saying that good things come in a small
| package. It is also a tribute to the infinite versatility of Linux and free
| software. Give SliTaz a try, you will like it!
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080331#feature
A quick look over SliTaz 1.0
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| The bottom line? I liked SliTaz for its extremely low system requirements,
| and I particularly liked the package manager.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/03/31/07/04/42-a-quick-look-over-slitaz-1-0
SliTaz GNU/Linux, the Smallest “Desktop” Distro Ever Created
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| “At 25 MB, it has to be the smallest desktop distro ever created”. These were
| the words of Ladislav Bodnar in the most recent issue of Distrowatch Weekly
| when he announced this fresh and minuscule distribution as a new addition to
| the waiting list. Its name is SliTaz, and I was so intrigued about it that I
| tried it out.
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| After having extensively used SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0, I can honestly say that
| it is a highly capable distro with a bright future ahead. It is ideal for
| rescuing a broken system, and even for full desktop usage especially when
| employed on older computer machines since it is fast and ultra-lightweight. I
| just hope that those minor bugs that I’ve encountered will be fixed by the
| next release version. Despite those slight troubles, I’m keeping my SliTaz
| GNU/Linux LiveCD just in case. DSL should watch out, because this new distro
| on the block is surely here to stay.
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http://www.junauza.com/2008/03/slitaz-gnulinux-smallest-desktop-distro.html
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