SLAX Resources

You may download the files from the student server at \\Eugeneapps2\CNT_Instructors\Ron_Shatto\SLAX


Step 1. SLAX homepage click on the download link to download the .iso file that you want to modify. Your choices are:

SLAX Frodo (is the console base for all other SLAX releases. It doesn't contain almost anything, only full working Linux command prompt and drivers)

SLAX Popcorn (is a pocket operating system which fits even 128MB USB Flash Drives. It contains only XFce desktop, Mozilla Firefox, beep-XMMS, Gaim, AbiWord.)

SLAX KillBill (is a pocket operating system with the ability to run many Windows applications natively in Linux. It contains KDE, wine, dosbox and qemu)

SLAX Server (Includes DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, MySQL, SMTP, POP3, IMAP and SSH)

SLAX Boot CD (SLAX Boot CD is used to boot SLAX from USB devices on computers which can't boot from USB directly. It can be also used to boot SLAX from ISO file on disk.)

Step 2. SLAX modules page browse through the categories and download the modules that you want to add.
This is a List of modules included in versions.
This is a List of every SLAX module located on the slax ftp server

SLAX 5 modules:

chntpw
hexedit
nano
remote desktop
gparted
ethereal
nvu
wine
firefox
samba

Step 3. MySlax Creator click on the download icon to the left of MySlax Creator 1.4.1. After download, install MySlax Creator to your machine. You will use MySlaxCreator to modify the .iso files you have downloaded from Step 1.


Instructions for creating a SLAX Kiosk which boots up to a web page without navigation buttons

SLAX Guide is a site with useful information about creating your own SLAX live CDs


The following web pages were created from the SLAX modules page but with the addition of a comment for a description of each module

SLAX artwork modules