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Damn Small Linux Makes Darn Big Impression

Written By
KH
Kenneth Hess
Sep 13, 2007

“At a mere 50MB, Damn Small Linux (DSL) seems like it would be
more at home in the realm of rescue disks instead of Desktop OSs.
After booting up into full graphical mode, you may be hooked on
this tiny distribution forever. I am impressed with the number of
applications and the fact that DSL has two choices for graphical
interfaces (Window Managers): Fluxbox and jwm (see Figures 1 and
2). DSL is based on the Debian Linux distribution.

“The DSL website boasts ‘a very versatile 50MB mini
desktop-oriented Linux distribution.’ I have to agree since it
contains all of the following…”

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Kenneth Hess

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