下了一个Zenwalk linux 2.0.1, 感觉不错

Zenwalk基于Slackware, 速度好快, 软件也很新

最进好象很火---对比slackware有什么独特的地方？

哦---以前的minislack啊-

俺大菜菜一棵，觉得slackware挺好用的。这个好用吗？

是以前Bonzai (Debian MiniWoody)的开发员所作的，Bonzai很好用，100多MB就集合了Debian3.0的基本系统加KDE，ZenWalk继成了好用的传统但改用Slackware作基本系统加新的KDE，更符合现代需求

做server怎么样？

未试过，但Zenwalk跟Slackware同一血脉，应该没有问题

可惜是英文版的，把locale设成zh_cn.utf8，文字全部没有显示，只有摸黑了。

加装新软件方便吗？

可以硬盘安装吗？没有刻录机！

支持reiserfs4,不错。准备试试。另--大神12月15号后又好久没更新current了---

不错不错，有时间的话试一试
安装的时候能不能够自己定制选择软件包？看了它的安装文档，好象没有这一步的？？

不能自定制包--不装x就用core 200多M,做server不错---netpkg很有特色--正在dell 2850上玩。

出2.1了--开发的好快啊。Zenwalk core 2.1 is released !

Tuesday, January 17 2006 @ 09:32 PM CET
Contributed by: hyperion
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The new version of Zenwalk core includes the following improvements :

- Zenwalk core 2.1 is based on the Linux kernel version 2.6.14.4, with Reiser4 support as usual,
- SGI XFS support was added, so now Zenwalk supports EXT2, EXT3, Reiser3, Reiser4, and XFS from setup stage.
- Pcmciautils replaces Pcmcia-cs , so that pcmcia devices or now detected by the hotplug subsystem, as well as USB and PCI devices,
- The video detection tool "videoconfig" was improved. It implements 3 different probing subsystems (Discover, Xorg dcc, Read-edid) and should auto-detect nearly 100% of video card drivers and monitor frequencies.
- The network configuration tool "networkconfig" now handles Wireless settings.
- glibc is ugraded to version 2.3.6, GCC to version 3.4.5
- Netpkg now has full dependency support , so it should be easy even for Linux beginners to build their perfect desktop from Zenwalk-core,
- New server packages includes Mysql (5.0.18) Imapd (2004g) Postfix (2.2.7) Apache (2.2.0) Php (5.1.1).

A full list of updates for both Zenwalk-core (a, ap, n, d, l package categories), the full Zenwalk (that also includes x and xap), and of course kde and extra categories can be found on the changelog (http://www.zenwalk.org/staticpages/i...0508214152455).

Zenwalk (full version) will be released in version 2.2, we are waiting for XFCE 4.4.0. However, Zenwalk current already contains XFCE 4.3.0 (svn) which seems to be stable for several users after a 2 weeks test...

Have fun...

JP

硬盘安装Zenwalk的注意事项
http://www.omemo.net/neo/blog/?p=78

已经被它的LILO搞死了。而且包还不能定制。

昨天装一个Zenwalk 2.1 core。我觉得普通用户用这个版本替代Slackware是不错的。安装过程跟Slackware几乎完全一样，同时也没有动太多手脚。很多现在的发行版都不支持直接从ISO文件安装。不是安装过程不支持VFAT就是安装过程必须读CDROM。这个发行版还不错，基本跟Slack一样。安装很方便，安装过程支持EXT3、RaiserFS3、RaiserFS4、XFS。软件包很新，对普通用户来说还是不错。netpkg加入了依赖检查，还是比较方便，同时提供build script也很好。只是提供的build script不太全。同时这个版太想做小了，居然有links而没有lynx，有些惊讶。当然这也不是大问题，Slackware的软件都能用，实在没有，自己写个ZenBuild就好。稳定性不敢讲，应该不是大问题。现在我个人比较偏向用Zenwalk替代Slackware。

如果有朋友安装此版本的Zenwalk，要重点提醒一下，netpkg更新整个系统之后要注意udev包的问题，新包有可能让你不能mount root filesystem。当然，还要再强调一下lilo的问题，提示安装完成以后一定要自己写lilo.conf chroot运行lilo。安装完成以后最好把它的bzImage和initrd.img拷贝进/boot中子目录，加入lilo启动，出状况最起码还能启动其他系统或者重新安装Zenwalk。lilo这点就比grub要好了。不象grub，删了/boot连windows也启动不起来。

这个发行版开发速度有点太快，版本升得也太快，现在没变成2.2是在等xfce4 4.4，呵呵。跟Slack比稳定那是没法比。有点经验的Slacker可以玩玩。

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补充：更新UDEV的时候要把aaa_base和kernel 2.6.15一块儿更新了。用netpkg upgrade-config更新启动脚本。没问题。

Zenwalk 2.2 has been released
Thursday, February 16 2006 @ 10:11 PM CET
Contributed by: hyperion
Views: 67

Zenwalk* ‬2.2* ‬has been released* !

This version introduces many improvements at system and desktop levels.*

Zenwalk* ‬2.2* ‬runs atop Linux kernel version* ‬2.6.15.4,* ‬introducing an improved hotplug subsystem fully based on udev.* This is a major change in the way Linux handles hotpluging and coldpluging,* ‬thus resulting in faster boot times.

On the application side,* ‬the PDF reader Evince-0.5.0* ‬comes as a replacement for Gpdf,* ‬and the Thunar filemanager* (‬version* ‬0.2.1*) ‬replaces the less popular XFFM.*

About* ‬140* ‬packages have been updated,* ‬including the Mozilla Firefox Web browser* (‬1.5.0.1*)‬,* ‬Mozilla Thunderbird email client* (‬1.5*)‬,* ‬the Abiword word processor* (‬2.4.2.1*)‬,* ‬Gnumeric spreadsheet* (‬1.6.2*)‬,* ‬Tea code editor* (‬12.0*)‬,* ‬as well as the Python-2.4.2* ‬and Perl-5.8.8* ‬language interpreters.

Like before,* ‬the Zenwalk desktop is based on XFCE* (‬version* ‬4.3.0*)‬.* ‬Though this is an SVN version,* ‬we decided to release it after three weeks of heavy testing,* ‬due to its stability and numerous improvements.* ‬The desktop Look* & ‬Feel has undergone some changes as well and introduces a new theme based on the Dropline Nuovo icon set.

The network configuration tool* (‬Networkconfig*) ‬now handles WPA authentication,* ‬using Wpa_supplicant.* ‬Availability of both kernel drivers and Ndiswrapper allows Zenwalk to work with most wifi cards.* ‬Hardware detection is based on udev coldplug startup,* ‬completed by the Discover system.

Zenwalk core 2.2 , the text only version, will be released soon and will be targeted on building servers (LAMP, messaging, filesharing), and derived distributions (Arudius) rather than building a desktop system.

Desktop users can download Zenwalk 2.2 "full version" right now.

Have fun

JP

其实我们的FANX也不错啊，中文的，可以安装到硬盘使用，也是基于slack的。有专门的维护网站，也可以直接使用PKG包。

FANX

Zenwalk跑得够快的。netpkg有一个毛病，即使本地有这个软件，用netpkg安装还是要花很长时间查询。Zenwalk镜像目录结构和Slack的有比较大的区别，搞得netpkg不能查询包的信息。Full version总算出来了，省得用core版的时候总要netpkg download-all（整个Zenwalk比较小，下起来倒也不痛苦:）。