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[#]: subject: "Good News! Debian-based Lightweight Linux Distro ‘Slax’ is Still Alive"
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[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/slax-11-2/"
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[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/"
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[#]: collector: "lujun9972"
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Good News! Debian-based Lightweight Linux Distro ‘Slax’ is Still Alive
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Slax is one of the best [lightweight Linux distributions][1] that can revive an old computer.
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However, we did not get to see any significant development activities since 2018.
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While a testing version based on Debian 10.2 was in the works in 2019, the pandemic could have affected the progress.
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Fast-forward to 2022, finally, now we have a new testing version available (release candidate 2) of **Slax 11.2** based on [Debian Bullseye][2].
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### Slax 11.2: What’s New?
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![Slax 11.2][3]
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Slax 11.2 is almost ready for its final release, with a second release candidate available for testing.
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The latest version is based on Debian Bullseye version 11.2. The changes involve removing a few things and adding new stuff.
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Let me mention the key highlights.
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#### Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS
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![][4]
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[Linux Kernel 5.10][5] LTS introduces many essential changes and performance improvements.
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Not to forget, it also enhances the hardware compatibility options.
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#### Debian 11.2 Base
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With [Debian 11][2] (Bullseye) as its base, you get obvious improvements/package support that you did not have with older Debian releases.
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The most notable benefit includes the support for 32-bit systems, which keeps Slax in its position as one of the [best Linux distributions that support 32-bit computers][6].
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In addition to that, you also get ExFAT support and improvements for the printer/scanner.
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#### PCManFM Lives
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![][7]
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If you have been keeping an eye on its latest test releases, **Tomas M**, the creator, decided to ditch PCManFM (file manager) in favor of tuxCommander, thinking that pcmanfm was no longer available in Debian.
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Fortunately, it is still there. And, PCManFM works super fast as expected!
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#### Adding/Removing Applications
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![][8]
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With Slax 11.2, you get [connman][9] as the network manager and [scite][10] as the text editor.
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Unfortunately, you will no longer find Leafpad and [wicd][11].
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#### AUFS vs. Overlayfs
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AUFS lets you modify the overlay files system and add modules on the fly. However, with AUFS no longer supported by Debian, Slax initially planned to use Overlayfs.
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With the RC2 release, Slax decided to recompile the Linux Kernel and add AUFS from sources to provide the necessary functionalities suitable for Slax.
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### Download Slax 11.2
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You will find both 32-bit and 64-bit versions available for Slax 11.2.
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When publishing this, we only have the RC2 ISO available, which works well as a VM in my brief test.
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You can wait for the stable release or get the release candidate from its [latest blog post][12].
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[Slax 11.2][13]
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via: https://news.itsfoss.com/slax-11-2/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/
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[2]: https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-11-feature/
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[5]: https://news.itsfoss.com/kernel-5-10-release/
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[6]: https://itsfoss.com/32-bit-linux-distributions/
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[9]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ConnMan
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[10]: https://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
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[11]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/wicd
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[12]: https://www.slax.org/blog/25843-AUFS-is-a-must.html
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[13]: https://www.slax.org/
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