Slackel

Slackel  è una distribuzione Linux basata su Slackware e Salix, utilizzante il desktop manager KDE sempre all”ultima versione. I propri repositori possono essere usati anche da Slackware e Salix per poter usare KDE.

Questa versione utilizza OpenBox come desktop enviroment

Versione 7.4

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

Slackel can be installed (real installation) in an external 16 or 32 GB usb stick or ssd disk and have a portable fast system always with you. You can upgrade it also having the latest programs. It is a real installation. You will not notice you run slackel from a usb. System is fast.

In details:
Slackel Live Installer (SLI) now can do a real installation to an usb stick or external usb ssd or external usb hard disk, creating the necessary initrd for booting.
For this a) create a msdos partition table on /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc and a linux ext4 partition on /dev/sdb1 or on /dev/sdc1 where /dev/sdb is your first usb device, /dev/sdc the second usb plug in device. Sign the /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1 bootable.
Create also a linux swap partition to /dev/sdb2 or /dev/sdc2, with size 2 or 4 GB according the memory you have.
Or b)
1. Create a gpt partition table on /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc and fat32 500MB partition on /dev/sdb1 or on /dev/sdc1 where /dev/sdb is your first usb device, /dev/sdc the second usb plug in device. Sign the /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1 boot,esp.
2. Create a linux ext4 partition on dev/sdb2 or /dev/sdc2
3. Create also a linux swap partition to /dev/sdb3 or /dev/sdc3, with size 2 or 4 GB according the memory you have.
4. Create a fat32 33MB partition on /dev/sdb4 or /dev/sdc4 and sign it bios_grub

If you boot using a slackel live openbox dvd then your external usb device will be recognized as /dev/sdb.
If you boot using a slackel live openbox usb then the second usb you will use for real installation it will be recognized as /dev/sdc.

Persistent become slow after installing programs. Doing a real installation on an usb stick or external ssd disk you will have a portable slackel usb in your pocket. You will even notice you run from a usb. It is fast. It is a really portable installed system which can be upgraded. To upgrade the kernel you have to use the install-upgrade-kernel-ext-usb script so usb will be bootable. (e.g. sudo install-upgrade-kernel-ext-usb upgrade huge)

To boot from ext usb or ssd plug in your usb reboot and press fn+F12 (in my case for lenovo laptop) and from bios boot menu choose the usb to boot.

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

• ISO 64 bit (2GB): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/slackel/slackellive64-openbox-7.4.iso

Il sito web della distribuzione è: http://www.slackel.gr

Il sito web per sviluppatori è: http://sourceforge.net/projects/slackel

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Conclusioni

I sistemi UEFI sono supportati a 64 bit