SLAX

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SLAX
Green cloverleaf - Slax logo
Screenshot of SLAX Standard Edition 5.0.6
SLAX Standard Edition 5.0.6
Website www.slax.org
Company/
developer		 Tomáš Matějíček
OS family Linux
Source model Open source
Latest stable release v 6.0.7 / May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09); 35 days ago
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
License Various
Working state Current

SLAX is a Linux Live CD operating system based on Slackware. It does not need to be installed on a computer system's hard drive; it boots and runs from either a CD or USB drive. There is also an option to run SLAX from RAM. SLAX was developed by Tomáš Matějíček in Czech republic using the Linux Live scripts.

SLAX 6 was released on 2008-02-12.

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[edit] Editions

There are five official versions of SLAX 5. SLAX Standard is the standard distribution for normal personal use. There are two specialized versions. SLAX KillBill[sic] includes Wine and Qemu to run Microsoft Windows applications. SLAX Server supplies additional Internet functionality and comes with pre-configured DNS, DHCP, SAMBA, HTTP, FTP, MySQL, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, SSH and other server applications. In addition, there are two more minimalistic versions - SLAX Popcorn and SLAX Frodo. SLAX Popcorn uses Mozilla Firefox as the default web browser and the lightweight Xfce as a desktop environment instead of KDE. Fluxbox is an option in all versions except Frodo. SLAX Frodo is designed for users with a low amount of RAM and does not contain the X Window System.

[edit] Features

The primary feature of SLAX is easy customization. Additional software, such as Slackware packages, can be added to the basic CD to customize the distribution. All editions of SLAX and some of the distributions based on SLAX can be modified directly or using the MySLAX Creator program with modules from the official SLAX website and other sources. SLAX uses SquashFS file system and UnionFS to create its module structure. The module file type used in version 5.x is .mo which was changed to .lzm in version 6 with the move to the newer AuFS. The SLAX homepage offers a software repository for downloading user created modules and uploading new ones.

[edit] Derivative distributions

Various distributions have been based on SLAX. More information can be found through the DistroWatch site and the Live Developers community wiki.

  • BackTrack - a live distribution with many functional information security and penetration testing tools.
  • De-ICE.net - A set of live CDs designed to be used as penetration test targets.
  • SimpleSlax - A 98 MB SLAX 5.1.8 derivative particularly suited for minimal or legacy hardware use and further remastering.
  • SLAMPP - a live distribution configured to be a home server.
  • Ophcrack Live CD - a live distribution that automates the retrieval, decryption, and cracking of passwords from a Windows system.

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