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looks like an interesting project. Is anyone using this in 2021? I noticed the last blog post from the official site was in 2017. The forum is also very quiet.

looks like an interesting project. Is anyone using this in 2021? I noticed the last blog post from the official site was in 2017. The forum is also very quiet. What would prevent me from touching this however: ISO images are hosted via plain HTTP[1] and the only way to verify it is an md5sum that I have to fetch from the same domain. not only is there no transport integrity but I have no way of knowing if the binaries hosted on that server can be traced to a build upstream? Maybe I have to dig around their hg to find out or I'm missing something? Who built these images and where would be good to know before I would consider loading any of this on my hardware. I could not make sense of the info in this page[2] linked to from [download] warning about spectre/meltdown. Also the suggested mitigation techniques were odd to say the least. The project had a total of 7 contributors since 2012. Would be nice if this got more eyeballs and some serious refactoring on how they do security and build automation since this is a key element in a distribution (imho). [1] http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/slitaz-rolling.iso http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/slitaz-rolling.iso [2] https://forum.slitaz.org/topic/-important-info-about-meltdown-and-spectre- https://forum.slitaz.org/topic/-important-info-about-meltdow...

SyzygistSix 5y ago
About 10 years ago, I used VMs of Slittaz when making virtual networks for school and needed multiple hosts. It was a great option for that. I will likely have to do something similar soon and Slittaz seems like a good candidate.
- morganvachon 5y ago
  Alpine might be a better choice for you, its intended use is in VMs and containers, it's actively maintained and supported, and it gets better with each release. https://alpinelinux.org https://alpinelinux.org
  - SyzygistSix 5y ago
    Thank you! I very much appreciate that.
  - clay-dreidels 5y ago
    Here is my minimalist Alpine Linux daily driver desktop. https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/ https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/
    - morganvachon 5y ago
      Nice setup, thanks! Just to note, the network-manager-* packages are now networkmanager-*, and the xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse are no longer available (nor needed, I believe). Also, I see packages in your list for running under virtualization, so I'm assuming you aren't running your desktop on bare metal? I actually did a quick install using your guide on a spare machine just now, and it worked great apart from the above changes. Very nimble and usable on an old HP Stream Mini desktop with 4GB of RAM.
      - clay-dreidels 5y ago
        Thanks so much for the feedback, and I'm glad it is working for you. Yes, I was using this in VirtualBox. I now use it on bare metal, so I may show how that differentiation is made. I made the updates to the blog post.

SyzygistSix 5y ago

About 10 years ago, I used VMs of Slittaz when making virtual networks for school and needed multiple hosts. It was a great option for that. I will likely have to do something similar soon and Slittaz seems like a good candidate.

morganvachon 5y ago
Alpine might be a better choice for you, its intended use is in VMs and containers, it's actively maintained and supported, and it gets better with each release. https://alpinelinux.org https://alpinelinux.org
- SyzygistSix 5y ago
  Thank you! I very much appreciate that.
- clay-dreidels 5y ago
  Here is my minimalist Alpine Linux daily driver desktop. https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/ https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/
  - morganvachon 5y ago
    Nice setup, thanks! Just to note, the network-manager-* packages are now networkmanager-*, and the xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse are no longer available (nor needed, I believe). Also, I see packages in your list for running under virtualization, so I'm assuming you aren't running your desktop on bare metal? I actually did a quick install using your guide on a spare machine just now, and it worked great apart from the above changes. Very nimble and usable on an old HP Stream Mini desktop with 4GB of RAM.
    - clay-dreidels 5y ago
      Thanks so much for the feedback, and I'm glad it is working for you. Yes, I was using this in VirtualBox. I now use it on bare metal, so I may show how that differentiation is made. I made the updates to the blog post.