SliTaz Handbook

SliTaz is a small and fast GNU/Linux system for i486 and x86_64 PCs. It boots in seconds, runs entirely in memory or from a disk, and leaves your RAM to what you actually run. This handbook tells how to get it, install it and use it.

This handbook is also available in: Français - Português

  1. Get SliTaz - choose an ISO image, check it, write it to a USB key
  2. Live system - boot menu, boot options, keeping your data
  3. Installation - partitions, Tazinst, boot loader, USB key
  4. Desktop - LXDE and LXTaz, TazTerm, shortcuts, themes, applications, Xorg
  5. Command line - the essential shell commands
  6. Packages - install, remove and upgrade with spk
  7. System settings - language, keyboard, time, users, disks with Trame and Wove
  8. Network - wired, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, firewall
  9. Administration - root, boot and services, kernel, logs, repair, security
  10. Servers - SSH, web server and PHP
  11. Build your own - packages, chroot, live images
  12. Help and bugs - forum, bug reports, contributing

About this handbook

The first SliTaz Handbook was written by hand in HTML, then moved to the wiki where the community extended it for years. This new edition is written for SliTaz 5.1 by the SliTaz team: short, tested on the release, and kept up to date with it. Commands starting with $ run as a normal user, commands starting with # as root.

Last update: October 2026, SliTaz 5.1.