Last updated on : 2007-3-17 10:39:44
2007-02-10 Development Release: SLAX 6.0.0 Pre 3
Tomáš MatÄ?jÃÄ?ek has announced the third pre-release of the all-new SLAX 6.0 live CD: "A third preview of SLAX 6 is available." The new SLAX, which is fast approaching a stable state, uses the Aufs file system and is based on the latest Linux kernel 2.6.20 with LZMA-compressed modules, SMP support and NdisWrapper modules for wireless networking. Other new features include: script to create a bootable live USB in both Linux and Windows; udev as a replacement for hotplug; full sound support with ALSA 1.0.14; NTFS read and write support; isolinux for booting from CD, syslinux for booting from a USB device; based on Linux-Live scripts 6.0.1. For more information and known issues please read the brief release notes. Interested testers can download the CD image from here: slax-6.0.0pre3.iso (166MB).
2006-10-09 Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.8
Tomáš MatÄ?jÃÄ?ek has announced the release of SLAX 5.1.8, the last version of the SLAX 5 series: "I’m happy to announce the immediate availability of SLAX 5.1.8. This release includes a SLAX-boot CD (only a 5MB ISO image) designed to boot SLAX from USB keys in case your BIOS doesn’t support it. Users can just plug in the USB key with SLAX data to boot from this CD and it can also be used to boot SLAX directly from an ISO file. Changes made in 5.1.8: added KDE 3.5.4, recompiled with some Slackware 11 fixes; better handling of booting from USB devices; added NTFS-3g to fully support writing to NTFS partitions; added slaxsave.zip to SLAX CD, containing pre-built loop file systems." See the SLAX changelog for a more detailed list of all recent changes. Download: slax-5.1.8.iso (192MB, MD5).
2006-08-22 Development Release: SLAX 5.1.8 RC
A release candidate for SLAX 5.1.8 is ready for download and testing: "The first public release candidate of SLAX 5.1.8 is available for download." Some of the more interesting changes include: "Better handling of booting from USB devices; added NTFS-3g (aka ntfsmount) to fully support writing to NTFS partitions; added slaxsave.zip to SLAX CD. This archive contains pre-built loop filesystems (size 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and 1GB). Just unpack your desired file to root of some partition (you can use USB key as well) and SLAX will save changes to the file automatically." See the full changelog. Download: slax-5.1.8rc.iso (195MB, MD5).
2006-07-22 Distribution Release: SLAX 5.1.7
After two release candidates, Tomas Matejicek announced the availability of SLAX 5.1.7: "The final version of SLAX 5.1.7 has been released. Compared to 5.1.6, the new version fixes some bugs regarding the ’load’ cheatcode, it adds and upgrades several boot options (like noswap, noauto, from= and changes=/dev...) and added new cleanup scripts to correctly handle shutdown procedures." Check the list of changes since 5.1.6 here. Download: slax-5.1.7.iso (196MB, MD5). Update: SLAX 5.1.7 was renamed to 5.1.7b on July 27; the SLAX developer had 5.1.7 "reuploaded to FTP as 5.1.7b (http mirror was broken somehow and this is the only way for me to refresh it)."
2006-07-07 Development Release: SLAX 5.1.7 RC2
The second release candidate of SLAX 5.1.7 has been released. The main focus of this release was fixing bugs reported since the release of RC1 and a return to kernel 2.6.16 for backward compatibility. From the changelog: "Added back kernel 2.6.16(.22) so ’from=’ parameter is backward compatible; /etc/shadow - fixed file permissions; the ’fromiso=’ cheatcode is now renamed to ’from=’; rc.local is now called as the last start-up script; added bold and italic DejaVu fonts; Upgraded to Fluxbox 1.0rc1, Fluxbox theme modified to use DejaVu fonts; added MPlayer 1.0pre8 with new xVid codecs, setup to use DejaVu fonts; added a feature to manage modules by using context menu; added ’noswap’ boot parameter to disable autoloading of a swap partition...." Download: slax-5.1.7rc2.iso (195MB, MD5).
2006-06-11 Development Release: SLAX 5.1.7 RC1
Tomáš MatÄ?jÃÄ?ek has announced the availability of SLAX 5.1.7, release candidate 1: "I’d like to let you know that a release candidate of SLAX 5.1.7 is out. This version contains a few major feature updates. The most important features include: modified ’changes=’ cheatcode to accept device names with path; added ’fromiso’ cheatcode to load CD data from a different ISO image." Also new in this release, the Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 2.6.16.20 with SMP support, while KDE has been upgraded to version 3.5.3 and KOffice to 1.5.1. See the SLAX changelog for a more detailed list of updates and feature enhancements. Download: slax-5.1.7rc1.iso (194MB, MD5).
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