Editing COMP 3000 2011 Report: Zenwalk

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Part 1

Background

Zenwalk Linux is a desktop Operating System built using the Linux environment. It is built on the Linux 2.26.x kernel base.

Originally called "Minislack"<ref name="Zenwalk Manual">Zenwalk Manual, http://manual.zenwalk.org/startup_guide/zenwalk6_startup_guide_en.pdf/</ref>, Zenwalk is the brainchild of Jean-Philippe Guillemin in 2005. Zenwalk Linux is based on Slackware Linux<ref name="COMP 3000 Report of Slackware">COMP 3000 Report on Slackware http://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/wiki/index.php/COMP_3000_2011_Report:_Slackware_13.37/</ref>, a robust Linux distribution faithful to the spirit of UNIX. Zenwalk is regarded as one of the fastest Linux distributions available in a binary version<ref name="Zenwalk Manual"/>.

Zenwalk was designed with the following objectives:<ref name="Zenwalk Manual"/>

  • Be simple and fast
  • Provide one application for one task on the install CD
  • Be a complete development/desktop environment
  • Be small enough to distribute on a single CD-ROM

Installation

Basic Operation

Usage Evaluation

Part 2

Part 3

References

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