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Damn Small Linux 0.8.0
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1 8585 11-19-2004
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100% of reviewers None indicated 9.0



Description: Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop.

Damn Small Linux has a nearly complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted-GTK), four editors (SciTe, nVi, Zile [emacs clone], and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf, emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox window manager, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, some wireless support. For more information check out the applications pages.
Keywords: USB livecd


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Old 11-19-2004, 06:53 AM   #1
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Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: Sarge
Posts: 149
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9

Pros: small, runs fine on old machines (ibm166+, 48MB)
Cons: A new updated version needs a new hd-install



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Really nice small linux!
I use it on a really old computer for writing, priniting, listening to music.
The community offers so called dsl-files. The advantage of these files is you just have to put them on to the disc, press the "dsl" button and the app is installed (what works very well).
You can use DSL as live-cd or as hd-install
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