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OSnews: Into the World of Damn Small Linux

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“Damn Small Linux 0.8.4 was released recently. Now, the Siag
Office word processor and spreadsheet are included, there were
adjustments to smbclient GUI; adjustments to the control panel for
backup and more. We talked to John Andrews, founder of the DSL
distribution last week and he opened up to us with enthusiasm on
the project’s future.

“John Andrews DSL’s main target is to run off business card CDs
and/or USB keys (below 64 MBs of space). John is constantly trying
to improve the space arranged in the distro so it never ends up
being more than 50 MBs (compressed)…”

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