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[News] Review of SLAX GNU/Linux and Why Windows is Behind

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SLAX Linux - Your pocket operating system - Review

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| SLAX is a small, live Linux distro, based on Slackware. It aims to be light, 
| friendly and useful. It's meant to fit onto antique USB thumb drives and run 
| well on old hardware. And it features the sexy KDE desktop. Plus there's a 
| revolutionary modules management. This fine list of features made it a worthy 
| candidate for testing. The version chosen for this review was 6.0.9.     
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slax.html

My Computer, A La Carte

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| Why don't we have something similar for Windows? Granted, Tomas Matejicek, 
| the Slax and Linux Live scripts maintainer, is in a unique position to build 
| this kind of automation. Any Linux distro maintainer is, for that matter, 
| because Linux-based applications tend to follow well-defined conventions for 
| file locations and naming conventions. Where applications diverge from 
| convention, the applications are easily alterable through configuration files 
| or recompiling.      
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/my_computer_ala.html


Recent:

Review: Slax 6.0.7

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| Overall, I’m very impressed with how fast it runs if you have the necessary
| RAM. The program selection is decent - could be a little better.
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http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2008/10/22/review-slax-607/


Related:

SLAX on USB Drive

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| To claim that the technology pushes ahead in such a speed that the article
| will be rendered obsolete very soon is like preaching platitudes. I’d like to
| end the article then with a few words of timeless meanings.  
|
| Firstly, every program is aimed and is designed to run in a well defined
| environment. Changing distribution media for GNU/Linux systems will not lead  
| to new functionality. It may create circumstances to run faster (or slower),
| but SquashFS as a read-only system will remain as such, regardless of the
| media. Changing` hardware is not enough. Just as the application coded for
| uniprocessor machines will not run faster on computers with 100 cores. Even
| so, it’s not the cores that matter.    
|
| Secondly, the best answers to some problems are standard solutions. I asked
| 17 friends of mine to check if their machines were able to start system from
| USB. Needless to say, without BIOS update. All in all only 17 out of 25
| computers passed the test.    
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http://polishlinux.org/linux/slax/slax-on-usb-drive/


SLAX 6.0: How does it work?

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| The problem is that I do change distros very often and were it not for the
| frequent manual changes of the config files, the never ending checking
| whether the versions of the system’s parts are correct… Well, for a server,
| which it suffices to configure only once and for all, it’s an excellently
| tailored distro. Or if one would like to select reasonable software, have it
| installed, then configure it carefully, and finally burned it as a LiveCD…
| Yes… and have the logo of a green clover added just for luck… Wow, that’d be
| something!      
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http://polishlinux.org/linux/slax/slax-60-how-does-it-work/


SLAX, the Shrunken Slackware

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| All things considered, SLAX is without doubt, a distro to beat in terms of
| speed, functionality, and stability. It is filled with handy applications
| ideal for productive use. SLAX LiveCD can also be reliably utilized to rescue  
| a broken system and it can be fully customized if you want to create your own
| CD or even a SLAX based distribution. Certainly, SLAX fits this tongue
| twisting description: "SLAX is a shrunken Slackware."    
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http://junauza.blogspot.com/2007/11/slax-shrunken-slackware.html


How to create a GNU/Linux live USB stick with SLAX

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| SLAX is a great operating system. And we haven’t even scratched the surface
| of what it can do. You can create your own SLAX, build your own modules, and
| even install SLAX to a hard drive. And best of all, you now have a GNU/Linux
| system to show off to your friends.  
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/live_usb_stick_with_slax


Slax: The Do-It-Yourselfer's Linux  

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| One can change Knoppix or Kubuntu, again with non-trivial effort, but why
| bother? Why not consider a Linux distro, which starts out lean-and-mean and
| can be easily changed and adapted to suit your specific needs and tastes? I'm
| referring to a Linux distro that's downright friendly to Windows, making it
| easy for Linux newbies to gradually learn about Linux without abandoning [the
| ever-comfortable] Windows. I'm talking about Slax.    
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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2179133,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532


Slax 5.1.8.1 KillBill Edition -- first impressions

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| I've already burned CDs of the plain Slax and the smaller Popcorn
| edition, meant to install on 128 MB flash media. I'll try these in
| the Dell, and hopefully soon in the Thin Puppy (the Maxspeed Maxterm
| thin client I'm using to write this post). If it works, will I have
| to rename that machine Thin Slax? Yes, I will.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/04/slax_5181_killbill_edition_fir.html


About MySLAX Creator

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| MySLAX creator allows you to create your own customised Slax
| live cd in Windows XP/2000/NT.
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http://myslax.bonsonno.org/about.php
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