Speed-up your Internet connection ! Linux LiveCD Router allows you to share, firewall and optimize your broadband connection. You can use DSL, ADSL, Cable Modem, T1, Fixed IPs, Dial-Up, WiFi and more. Includes traffic priority settings for VoIP and other apps. Can avoid ISP traffic limiting. free.
Share and Firewall your broadband or dedicated Internet connection
Includes Firewall Shorewall and Masquerading (NAT)
Does not require any installation. It is a LiveCD, your computer simply boots straight from the CD (or flash disk). Does not require a hard disk
Supports DSL, Cablemodem, Fixed IP and Dial-Up
Traffic Control, QoS WonderShaper
DHCP Client and Server
Remote SSH administration
Secure Internet Access using OpenVPN
Can balance 2 internet connections (multi ISP)
Ideal for high speed (5 mbps+) adsl lines - since most WAN ports on integrated routers do not support 5 mbps+ speeds
Use standard and low cost computer, networking and wifi hardware
Linux Software compatible with Windows and Mac Networks
Boot from USB flash
Hardware Requirements
One dedicated computer with the following minimum specifications: 486 Processor, 16 MBytes of RAM, CDRom Reader (or USB Flash Disk), 1 or more ethernet cards. NO hard disk required! Optionally a WIFI card.
Can boot on an Asus EEE PC.
documented on: 2008-05-13
SimpleSlax is a variant SLAX LiveCD designed to be small at 114 MB and lightweight for use with older hardware. Derived from Popcorn Edition 5.1.8, it features clean and efficient default settings along with USBview, Dillo web browser, Iceweasel 1.5.0.7 with Flash 9.0.28 support, Mousepad text editor, and modified scripts to load quickly (autologin) and run smoothly on machines functioning at or below a 300 MHz processor and 128 MB RAM.
SimpleSlax is changing direction due to user feedback and advances in similar projects like Wolvix.
Due to advances in the state of SLAX 6 and Wolvix, the SimpleSlax project is changing direction toward being a particular tool rather than a dedicated operating system for the end user so as not to duplicate other great projects.
Currently the SimpleSlax directory can be used to make a business card (100 MB) LiveCD or use 100MB of a USB drive with a basic live operating system.
documented on: 6/14/2007, Scattershot
Note that the 6/14/2007 edition of SimpleSlax is still SLAX 5 based. Here is a list of its base modules:
SimpleSlax/base/bin.mo SimpleSlax/base/etc.mo SimpleSlax/base/lib.mo SimpleSlax/base/opt.mo SimpleSlax/base/root.mo SimpleSlax/base/sbin.mo SimpleSlax/base/usr.mo SimpleSlax/base/var.mo
documented on: 2007.06.15, xpt
I'm new to slax, I've heard of SLAX Popcorn and just noticed a Popcorn remaster by luck — SimpleSlax. The features of SimpleSlax LiveCD is exactly what I'm looking for.
A little research reveals that the SimpleSlax is based on SLAX 5 technology, not SLAX 6. Most packages are from Slackware 10.2 and Debian stable repositories. The author is Scattershot.
My question is, Scattershot, have you tried the latest SLAX 6? Is there any plan for you to adopt SimpleSlax to the latest and greatest SLAX 6 technology?
I'm a normal Debian user. I use Debian Testing. Judging from the fact that you prefer Debian stable, I know the answer might most probably be negative, but I think it doesn't hurt to ask.
If you have some comments about the SLAX 6 technology that you don't want to share publicly, please PM.
While I have not played around with the pre-release Slax 6 images, I think that where Tomas is heading with them is excellent. SimpleSlax will most likely remain as it is, however, due to several factors.
The two main focuses of SimpleSlax are to empower older hardware and to serve essentially as a SLAX Popcorn edition 5.2.0, particularly as a good base image for remastering. Older hardware is served fine, in my experiences so far, with the well tested elements from an era of fewer resources. An example would be multi core processors - SLAX 6 is handling this area of emerging technology, new elements in the Linux kernel, etc. Getting an old PII with 96 MB RAM to provide basic end user functions does not explicitly require those elements.
As to the second part - from what Tomas has said, the new website will at some point allow individuals to fine tune their own SLAX 6 image with whatever custom modifications they would like, including making an updated version of a SimpleSlax-like image on the fly.
My hope for SimpleSlax is that it serves as a bridge for people interested in using the SLAX 5 technology now until such time as Tomas has refined and made stable the great SLAX 6 project, including elements like the website and the Linux Live scripts. Being tailored to ease of use on older machines, it may have some legacy niche even after SLAX 6 is complete.
Thank you for the question and chance to give Tomas my vote of thanks and support
Scattershot