Difference between revisions of "Editing COMP 3000 2011 Report: Zenwalk"
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[http://www.zenwalk.org/ Zenwalk Linux] is a desktop [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system/ Operating System] built using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux/ Linux] environment. It is built on the Linux 2.26.x kernel base. | [http://www.zenwalk.org/ Zenwalk Linux] is a desktop [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system/ Operating System] built using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux/ Linux] environment. It is built on the Linux 2.26.x kernel base. | ||
Originally called "Minislack"<ref name="Zenwalk Manual">Zenwalk Manual | Originally called "Minislack"<ref name="Zenwalk Manual">Zenwalk Manual. "Start-up Guide." Accessed 17 October 2011. 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 [http://www.slackware.com/ Slackware Linux]<ref name="COMP 3000 Report on Slackware">COMP 3000 Report on Slackware. Accessed 17 October 2011. 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"/>. It is intended to be user-friendly for people who are both computer newbie's and Linux/Unix newbie's. The LiveCD is ~687MB in size, while the Standard .iso is closer to ~520MB in size. | ||
Zenwalk was designed with the following objectives:<ref name="Zenwalk Manual"/> | Zenwalk was designed with the following objectives:<ref name="Zenwalk Manual"/> | ||
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Zenwalk is optimized for the i686 instruction set, but is backward compatible with i486. | Zenwalk is optimized for the i686 instruction set, but is backward compatible with i486. | ||
The minimum hardware requirements for Zenwalk are:<ref name="Zenwalk">Zenwalk Homepage | The minimum hardware requirements for Zenwalk are:<ref name="Zenwalk">Zenwalk Homepage. "Zenwalk". Accessed 11 October 2011. http://www.zenwalk.org/</ref> | ||
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Zenwalk is localized into many language installations, including French<ref name="ZW French">Zenwalk French | Zenwalk is localized into many language installations, including French<ref name="ZW French">Zenwalk French. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://zenwalk-fr.org/</ref>, Spanish<ref name="ZW Spanish">Zenwalk Spanish. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://www.zenwalk-es.tk/</ref>, Hungarian<ref name="ZW Hungarian">Zenwalk Hungarian. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://hu.zenwalk.org/</ref>, Polish<ref name="ZW Polish">Zenwalk Polish. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://www.zenwalk.netne.net/</ref>, and more. | ||
==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 17 October 2011
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. "Start-up Guide." Accessed 17 October 2011. 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 on Slackware">COMP 3000 Report on Slackware. Accessed 17 October 2011. 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"/>. It is intended to be user-friendly for people who are both computer newbie's and Linux/Unix newbie's. The LiveCD is ~687MB in size, while the Standard .iso is closer to ~520MB in size.
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
Zenwalk is optimized for the i686 instruction set, but is backward compatible with i486.
The minimum hardware requirements for Zenwalk are:<ref name="Zenwalk">Zenwalk Homepage. "Zenwalk". Accessed 11 October 2011. http://www.zenwalk.org/</ref>
- Pentium III class processor
- 256 MB RAM
- 4 GB HDD space
Zenwalk is localized into many language installations, including French<ref name="ZW French">Zenwalk French. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://zenwalk-fr.org/</ref>, Spanish<ref name="ZW Spanish">Zenwalk Spanish. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://www.zenwalk-es.tk/</ref>, Hungarian<ref name="ZW Hungarian">Zenwalk Hungarian. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://hu.zenwalk.org/</ref>, Polish<ref name="ZW Polish">Zenwalk Polish. Accessed 17 October 2011. http://www.zenwalk.netne.net/</ref>, and more.
Installation
Basic Operation
Usage Evaluation
Part 2
Part 3
References
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