SliTaz GNU/Linux is a community-based software project started in 2006 by Christophe Lincoln. It is a Linux distribution with a root filesystem.It suitable for use on older hardware, or as a backup Linux LiveCD environment.SliTaz, which stands for Simple Light Incredible Temporary Autonomous Zone, boots from either a CD or a USB key, into an Openbox desktop, and uses BusyBox for many of its core functions. It has a wide range of desktop and rescue software available and can be loaded entirely into RAM, or installed to a hard drive.The low system requirements make SliTaz particularly suited to Netbook computers. As such, SliTaz includes support for a wide range of Netbooks.
System Requirements:
SliTaz GNU/Linux supports all machines based on the i486 or x86 Intel compatible processors. The "core" LiveCD environment requires 192 MB of RAM to run efficiently. Additionally, there is a reduced functionality graphical installer LiveCD environment titled "loram-slitaz" which requires 80 MB to run efficiently.SliTaz requires at least 16 MB of RAM to run efficiently.