Release date: September 14, 2019 (Changelog)
NOTE: This distro comes on a 16GB USB Flash Drive. Please ensure that your system has USB 2.0 + ports before ordering. Slax Linux will come on a name brand USB flash drive. We use Kingston, Adata, PNY, or SanDisk USBs.
Slax is a Live operating system based on Linux. Live means it runs from an external media without any need for permanent installation. Slax boots from USB mass storage devices such as Flash Drive keys as well as from regular hard drives and CD/DVD discs. Simply plug your device in and boot from it. Entire Slax operating system resides in a single directory /slax/
on your device, making it easier to organize with your other data.
Slax provides FluxBox window manager already preconfigured for the most common tasks. Included is a Web browser chromium
, Terminal emulator xterm
and simple text editor leafpad
and calculator qalculate
. You can put Slax on wide range of different filesystems, including EXT (ext2,ext3,ext4), btrfs, and even FAT and NTFS.
When Slax is started from a read-only media such as CD/DVD, it keeps all system modifications in memory only, and all the modifications are lost when you reboot. On the other hand, if you run Slax from a writable device such as USB Flash Drive, it can store all changes there, so all your configurations and modifications are restored next time you boot, even if it is on a different computer. This feature is known as Persistent Changes and you can read more about it in a separate chapter.
Slax 32bit version | Slax 64bit version | |
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Processor: | i686 or newer CPU, all Intel processors and AMD processors will work |
An x86_64 CPU, like AMD Athlon 64, Opteron, Sempron, Intel Core 2/i3/i5/i7, and others |
Memory: | 128 MB of RAM for text-mode 512 MB of RAM for KDE desktop |
128MB of RAM for text-mode 512 MB of RAM for KDE desktop |
Peripherals: | CD or USB drive to boot from | CD or USB drive to boot from |
Optionally: | network card, sound card | network card, sound card |
Media Type | USB |
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Version | Desktop |
Disc Type | Install Disc |