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SliTaz Review

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Simple, fast and low resource Linux OS for servers & desktops

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Pros

Pro
Very fast

Pro
Can add desktop effects

SliTaz has a feature called "Desktop Effects" which can add shadow or fade effects to windows.

Pro
Very customizable

SliTaz is very customizable. You can programatically edit and change anything you want on how the OS looks or behaves.

Pro
One of the smallest distributions with desktop GUI

The core liveCD is only 35 megabytes. The boot-from-internet option fits on a floppy.

Cons

Con
Install instructions are in French

When first booting SliTaz from a USB or from a Live CD, the installation instructions are in French.

Con
Not much variety as to available applications

SliTaz does not have as many applications in its repositories as the bigger distros such as Ubuntu.

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