FAQ a.k.a (Frequently Asked Questions)

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the Start button?
simpleLinux uses XFCE Window Manager as the default, the 'start' button appears as a picture or rat and an X behind it (hence, its the official logo of XFCE)

My Theme and icon Theme doesn't look like in the screenshot?
Follow the "Changing your old look to the brand new look" link

What is the Password for text mode?
Login to the system by entering the password as default
User: root
Pass: toor

How do I install and uninstalling modules?
simpleLinux modules is portable, and using the LZM best compression. Download application modules and put it on the /slax/module folder, or otherwise.

Is it a Live CD?
Yes, it can be a live cd if burnt to a CD, or a presistent save changes if put into hard disk (also removable drives) See installations guide.

How to make it bootable in a USB drive?
Extract the files of ISO to the root dir of the usb drive. If you're on windows, open boot/bootinst.BAT or Linux open boot/bootinst.sh. We also provide the GRUB, but not currently so stable.

Why XFCE used as default WM? I hate it, and I'm sure it is not "simple" but complicated.
Well, try SLAX... Its using KDE 3.5 as default WM.And one more thing, please Google! this "I hate KDE" and "I hate XFCE" which will contain more result.

Could I cut and paste?
Yes, but make sure both file manager than you want to make any interaction remain opened. (Ie, Thunar fileman and Thunar fileman; or Thunar fileman and Desktop et cetera)

What is the boot cfg?
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /boot/vesamenu.c32
MENU BACKGROUND /boot/Linux.png

MENU WIDTH 36
MENU MARGIN 0
MENU ROWS 8
MENU HELPMSGROW 14
MENU TIMEOUTROW 22
MENU TABMSGROW 24
MENU CMDLINEROW 24
MENU HSHIFT 40
MENU VSHIFT 2

menu color screen 37;40 #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color border 30;44 #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color title 1;36;44 #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color unsel 37;44 #ff60CA00 #00000000 none
menu color hotkey 1;37;44 #ff60CA00 #00000000 none
menu color sel 7;37;40 #ffffffff #ff60CA00 none
menu color hotsel 1;7;37;40 #ff808080 #ff60CA00 none
menu color scrollbar 30;44 #00000000 #00000000 none

menu color tabmsg 31;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
menu color cmdmark 1;36;40 #ffff0000 #00000000 none
menu color cmdline 37;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
menu color pwdborder 30;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 std
menu color pwdheader 31;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 std
menu color pwdentry 30;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 std
menu color timeout_msg 37;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
menu color timeout 1;37;40 #ffaaaaff #00000000 none
menu color help 37;40 #aaaaaa00 #00000000 none
menu color msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #00000000 std


LABEL xconf
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Grafical (XFCE)
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;startxfce4;poweroff changes=/slax/
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux the best way we
can.
Try to autoconfigure graphics
card and use the maximum
allowed resolution
ENDTEXT


LABEL fresh
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Always Fresh
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;startxfce4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Normally simpleLinux saves
all changes to the
/Slax /changes /dir
on the boot media(if writable)
and restores them next time.
Use this option to start fresh
system, no changes are neither
read nor written anywhere
ENDTEXT

LABEL cp2ram
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Copy To RAM
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw copy2ram xconf;startxfce4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux the same
like above, but first copy all
data to RAM to get huge speed
(needs >300MB)
ENDTEXT

LABEL startx
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Graphics VESA mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/slax/ autoexec=xconf;startfxce4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux with KDE,
but skip gfx-card
config. Force 1024x768
using standard VESA driver
ENDTEXT

LABEL simpleLinux
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Text mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/slax/
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux in textmode
and start command prompt only
ENDTEXT
LABEL pxe
MENU LABEL simpleLinux as PXE server
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=/boot/pxelinux.cfg/start;/boot/pxelinux.cfg/web/start;xconf;startxcfe4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux as usual,
but also initialize PXE
server. This will allow you to
boot simpleLinux on other
computers over network
ENDTEXT


MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL memtest86
MENU LABEL Run Memtest utility
KERNEL /boot/mt86p
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Don't start simpleLinux at all,
but rather run the MemTest
utility to diagnose your
computer's RAM for possible
errors
ENDTEXT

What is the boot architecture?
simpleLinux Release One Live CD boots completely in RAM (310 Mo for EXT) to run properly. OR; it will only put the kernel (50 MB) on the RAM and the modules to be read LIVE (slower). If you put to hard drive/USB, it will functioning just like other distros.

What are the minimum requirements?
An absolute minimum of RAM is 50mb. simpleLinux won't boot with anything less, no matter how many terabytes of swap you have.
The minimum cpu is i486DX (486 with a math processor).

A recommended configuration:
Pentium 2 or better, 312mb of ram (A RAM is more important to boot faster)

How do I get FLASH working?
Now I'm telling you, we provide ADOBE FLASH PLAYER 10 modules to be started at boot, no need to configure. Up to date and ready to integrate with Mozilla.

How can I get the SUN VBOX ADDITIONS to work?
We are currently testing the compatibility on running VBOX and doesn't require VBOX so far. (but no mouse integration, auto-adjust screen res and remote file acc currently)

Is it support NVIDIA drivers?
Yeah, of course. Open the menu > system > NVIDIA Configurations and change the default settings. Also, the resolution will set the maximum your gcard supports.

And, how about old Graphic Cards/VGA cards such as RAGE, SiS or ATI MACH?
Not so sure, but X will auto-configure the resolution and the parameters supported by the device.

Tiny Core Linux (10 MB ISO)

Searching for a small-sized Linux Distro?

Try Tiny Core Linux (10 MB)
(As simpleLinux is small/ mini-distribution, meet our niece, the smallest distro on the world)

Welcome to Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux GUI Desktop. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, and Fltk. The core runs entirely in ram and boots very quickly. Also offered is Micro Core a 6 MB image that is the console based engine of Tiny Core. CLI versions of Tiny Core's program allows the same functionality of Tiny Core's extensions only starting with a console based system.

It is not a complete desktop nor is all hardware completely supported. It represents only the core needed to boot into a very minimal X desktop typically with wired internet access.

The user has complete control over which applications and/or additional hardware to have supported, be it for a desktop, a netbook, an appliance, or server, selectable by the user by installing additional applications from online repositories, or easily compiling most anything you desire using tools provided.

Tiny Core Version 2.4.1 screen shots

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	Isolinux boot screen
	Alternate boot screen using Grub
	Tiny Core 2.4.1 desktop
	Terminal window
	Control panel
	App Browser - not yet connected to application repository
	App Browser connected to application repository
	App Browser downloading an application
	App Browser finished installing application
	Newly installeded application running
	Some desktop applications running
	Background (wallpaper) selection dialogue
	X windows screen setup dialogue
	Run command dialogue
	Exit Options Dialogue

Games

Download simpleLinux Games Everyone like Games, download the Shareware and freeware games for simpeLinux! Recently Stable Games: Download LTRIS 1.0.11 (documentations - GNU Public License) Download KAtomic (documentations - GNU Public License 2.0) More Games: S.C.O.UR.G.E 3D (documentations - Unknown) TIBIA MMORPG Online (documentations - GNU Public License 2.0) DUKE NUKEM (documentations - GNU Public License 2.0) * Windows games require WINE to exec ** Windows games can only exec in EXT version

Boot Menu

(information is to be expanded later)

This menu can be viewed by pressing F8, ESC, F1 or F2 on the POST-screen

MIRROR 3

(files hosted at: FILEDEN)

Splitted files might be good for users that have a slow connections.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18
Part 19
Part 20
Part 21
Part 22
Part 23
Part 24
Part 25
Part 26

Instruction: download all files and extract the file which is a disk image ISO (Make sure all filesis in the same dir. Then, burn the iso file to a blank cd. (For now)

(CRC32: CDA8AE66)

History

A long time I've used Windows. I started using it when the first Intel 8742 (In 1990) which is pre-installed with MS-DOS 1.0. It is 12 MHz non-clockable and 8 Megs of ram, which though a very powerful thing on that moment. My machine get a lot of virus since I used the diskette as my primary file transferring. Bought a PC-CILLIN anti-virus for MSDOS 1.0 and cost $ 300... A year after that, I moved to Intel Pentium 233 MHz, 32 Mb of ram with a 57K connection. Have installed Windows 3.1 for workstations. A year I have used it, then a very famous BRAIN FOR WORKSTATIONS virus has attacked the entire BMBM workstations.

I also have used QUAD-PRO 100 machine with MMS P5 processor which is 90 MHz clock-speed and 16 MB of RAM. My friend has encourage me to use the first X11 Window System, for the QUAD-PRO 100 machine. From then, I have interested to the one called "LINUX". I used Linux for my primary OS.

simpleLinux is created around September 2007, using the Slackware dlls. Using ICEWM as default Windowmanager but then I have changed the Slackware dlls to Slax-Core which is more stable. From then, user can easily adding or removing the application packages from the system.

simpleLinux has not being uploaded to the web since 2007. I only installed simpleLinux to a numerous computers. It is installed on my campus as the machines there are so old enough and installed only Windows 95. I wiped out all Windows 95 and installed simpleLinux to about 25 computers there and it is running great.

Then, around year 2008-2009, I created the blog of simpleLinux using Blogger. Soon, I will find a good hosting to host these files or I myself pays for the expensive hosting (MYR 600 a year), however, thanks to Averse dot Net and University of Crete for their hosting...

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