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chetter

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Registered: 2026-05-21

Posts: 1

New to Slitaz forum

I am new to Slitaz forum. I am an AntiX linux user.

I use AntiX linux for relatively small size and for its usefulness, especially in my older computer systems .

Lately, like many systems, the size is getting bigger and bigger.

I now try Tiny Core and Slitaz to compare .

In this thread I give my initial assessment of Slitaz.

I give my initial impressions as a new user of Slitaz.

I download the slitaz-rolling-core.iso from their website.

It is 32-bit OS. It is 57 Mb size. Dated upload date 17 May, 2026.

I use xfburn to burn to CD .

I boot up and on my old laptop, it boots to desktop. Nice spider background.

I use wifi tool and able to log in to wifi using wlan0.

I open package installer and recharge package. This must be similar to sudo apt update in AntiX .

I install tools that I use.

I install links, a text browser.

I install gnumeric for spreadsheet.

I install abiword for word processing .

I install audacious as extra sound player. Slitaz already has alsaplayer.

I install mplayer as extra video player. Slitaz already has a built in video player.

I make an iso snapshot using command:

sudo tazlito writeiso lzma

It make an iso with size 92 Mb.

I burn this iso to another CD and now test.

See screen shot.

I try to watch youtube video from youtube.com using built in Midori and Tazweb browser.

Youtube.com site say browser too old, please update browser.

So I search for video using invidious site.

It works. I watch live news channel on Al Jazeera News.

It works on both Midori and Tazweb browsers .

I use links browser to read news. It works good too. See in screen shot.

I watch saved .mp4 video using built in video player. Works .

I watch saved .mpg video using mplayer. Works .

I use gnumeric and abiword . Works good.

I try listening to wisconsin public radio podcast using terminal command:

alsaplayer "http://wpr-ice.streamguys.net/wpr-ideas-mp3-64"

Works good .

I check weather using terminal command:

telnet graph.no 79

then type:

^phoenix

I get weather forcast for phoenix in Fahrenheit .

There is a build in radio , but it is mostly in French .

Desktop looks good and useable.

Not bad for 92 Mb Slitaz iso.

I use this iso on some of my old computers.

Thanks for the Slitaz OS.

thebigh

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Registered: 2026-05-01

Posts: 10

Re: New to Slitaz forum

Hello! I'm new-ish to SliTaz as well. I'm using it to bring new life to a 2000-era Thinkpad and so far I'm pretty happy with how it's going.

pankso

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Registered: 2026-06-27

Posts: 341

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Re: New to Slitaz forum

Thanks for your feedback folks. Much appreciated. I'm always amazed when SliTaz can be useful and it give so much value to our work!

Don't hesitate to ask if you want to get involved in the project. We need fresh minds! To propulse SliTaz from 2016, 2026 --> 2046!

W23

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Registered: 2026-07-09

Posts: 1

Re: New to Slitaz forum

Hello!
I too am new SliTaz after searching the web for small distros. 

I would like to use SliTaz or any other distro small enough to get a small 486 laptop to work with linux. The Laptop has a relative large 3.5" HDD and 16mb RAM, a CD/DVD drive can be added. I can add small LAN cards to that laptop. A floppy drive is built in.
Of course plans exist to replace the HDD with a SSD if SliTaz or the hardware carrying the SSD I have available supports such old hardware

At the moment I would like to test SliTaz to see how it works on an available Pentium-III-500 Toshiba SP4280, but I don´t know how much RAM is installed, there are two memory slots and one module installed. As soon as I find my power adapter for it I will know more

I also have a small DELL ATOM laptop Inspiron Mini 1010, that now has a 2TB SSD inside, and I have a working multiboot installation on it  with Linux Mint, Kali Linux, Windows 10 and Freedos. I would like to make an additional SliTaz-Installation on that laptop if SliTaz allows multiboot configs.

I know that old systems may have a security risk but I am willing to ignore that for the testing I want to do at this time.

I do plan to install a non-commercial e-commerce software on it to suit my needs for a project I'm working on on that Pentium Laptop and on that ATOM Laptop.

Any ideas or suggestions other than "throw your old laptops away, other cheap and faster hardware is available" will be welcome.

Last edited by W23 (2026-07-09 04:05:02)

pankso

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Registered: 2026-06-27

Posts: 341

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Re: New to Slitaz forum

Hi,

SliTaz should boot on the 3 of them, even from floppy : https://floppy.slitaz.org/ . Give a try to the last 32bit ISO and let us know how it goes! You can get it from the main website: https://www.slitaz.org/en/

And no, keep those amazing laptops!