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Damn Small Linux Not So Small
An anonymous reader writes "According to DistroWatch, Damn Small Linux (DSL) is currently the most popular microLinux distribution. Linux.com (Also owned by VA) takes a look at why this might be the case, and how you can best take advantage of it. From the article: 'What began as a toy project to stuff the maximum software inside a 50MB ISO file has matured into a refined community project known for its speed and versatility. DSL includes the ultra-lightweight FluxBox window manager, two Web browsers, Slypheed email client and news reader, xpdf PDF viewer, XMMS with MPEG media file support for playing audio and video, BashBurn CD burner, XPaint image editing, VNCViewer and rdesktop to control Windows and Linux desktops remotely, and more. If they could do all this in 50 megs, imagine what they could do in more space. Last month the DSL developers released DSL-Not, a.k.a. DSL-N 0.1 RC1. It's 83.5MB of DSL coated with GTK sugar. Yummy!'"
You are going to die alone.
perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
"If they could do all this in 50 megs, imagine what they could do in more space."
stop calling it Damn Small Linux for one.
Promote Charity on Myspace, Show Your Colours!
But then it wouldn't be Damn Small, now would it?
"Total destruction the only solution" - Bob Marley
Yeah, I hate trying to boot up windows on those pesky pentium 0.5 things. Bogs down the entire setup. And to think they were all the rage before the Pentium and Pentium Pro came out.
Karma: 2.71828182846 (Mostly due to small, fun pills)
Ah, that's nothing!
In my days, we didn't have those fancy 'computer' thingies.
We only had good old Turing Machines!
Me and my 27 brothers would sit along an infinite line of paper for 27 hours a day, and we'd constantly move the pointer, change 1's into spaces and the other way around.
Then, we barely had time to go home, get a spanking from hour father, rape our oldest sister and run back to work, where we had to arrive the day before!
Ah yes, those Turing Machines. They don't make 'em like they used to!
Join the anonymous, help develop the network: http://www.i2p2.de
Plus, with the extra 150 megs, they could ship EMACS.
Badass Resumes
"Who says you can't make monet from free software !"
Well.. I suppose the GIMP's good enough these days to create a monet, but you'd stil be far better off springing for Photoshop.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
My Commodore 64 goes from power button to booted in 2 seconds, beat that!