slaxworkshop
Friday, July 28, 2006
SLAX Workshop
What is SLAX Workshop?
SLAX Workstop is a blog that I have decided to start that focuses on specific tasks or projects that I am doing with the SLAX Linux distribution. After I have worked it out here, I will post the completed work to the forum or at the very least link back to this Blog.
Some of these tasks or projects include:
1) Procedures that need to be better documented or even just worked out, to improve upon the very excellent SLAX distro. Examples are:wireless card configuration using SLAX, printing with SLAX and module creation.
2) Creating custome modules to enhance the capability of SLAX.
2) Creating modules for specific packages (Games, Science and Math apps, etc) and creating modules for "commercial" or non-redistributable packages such as Google Earth, Google Picasa or Skype.
3) To suggest and discuss potential improvements to SLAX.
What is SLAX?
SLAX is a fast, portable, flexible, small distribution of the Linux operating system which fits on a small (8mm) CD-ROM disc. It runs directly from the CD (or USB) without installing to Hard Drive. If there is a compatible swap partition on the system hard drive, SLAX can utilize that as well. SLAX is based on the Slackware Linux distribution, created from Linux Live scripts. SLAX uses the Unification File System (also known as Unionfs), which allows a read-only file system to act as a writable one by committing all changes to memory and it also uses the Squashfs, a compressed read-only file system allowing more packages to be offered without the risk of being changed.
With SLAX you have the ability to boot and work in your custom personalized Operating System whether you are at home, at school, or at work. You can now carry all the tools you need for personal communication, entertainment, and productivity, all on a CD or USB key. By using a LiveCD or write protected USB key, you can feel safe that your environment can't be maliciously changed.
How does it work?
When your computer boots from the SLAX boot media, the kernel and the rootdisk are loaded into RAM. All the other directories are mounted directly from the boot media. This setup accomplishes 2 things: first, maximizing the amount of RAM available to you to use and second, any undesirable changes are only written to memory.
SLAX Workstop is a blog that I have decided to start that focuses on specific tasks or projects that I am doing with the SLAX Linux distribution. After I have worked it out here, I will post the completed work to the forum or at the very least link back to this Blog.
Some of these tasks or projects include:
1) Procedures that need to be better documented or even just worked out, to improve upon the very excellent SLAX distro. Examples are:wireless card configuration using SLAX, printing with SLAX and module creation.
2) Creating custome modules to enhance the capability of SLAX.
2) Creating modules for specific packages (Games, Science and Math apps, etc) and creating modules for "commercial" or non-redistributable packages such as Google Earth, Google Picasa or Skype.
3) To suggest and discuss potential improvements to SLAX.
What is SLAX?
SLAX is a fast, portable, flexible, small distribution of the Linux operating system which fits on a small (8mm) CD-ROM disc. It runs directly from the CD (or USB) without installing to Hard Drive. If there is a compatible swap partition on the system hard drive, SLAX can utilize that as well. SLAX is based on the Slackware Linux distribution, created from Linux Live scripts. SLAX uses the Unification File System (also known as Unionfs), which allows a read-only file system to act as a writable one by committing all changes to memory and it also uses the Squashfs, a compressed read-only file system allowing more packages to be offered without the risk of being changed.
With SLAX you have the ability to boot and work in your custom personalized Operating System whether you are at home, at school, or at work. You can now carry all the tools you need for personal communication, entertainment, and productivity, all on a CD or USB key. By using a LiveCD or write protected USB key, you can feel safe that your environment can't be maliciously changed.
How does it work?
When your computer boots from the SLAX boot media, the kernel and the rootdisk are loaded into RAM. All the other directories are mounted directly from the boot media. This setup accomplishes 2 things: first, maximizing the amount of RAM available to you to use and second, any undesirable changes are only written to memory.
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