“Damn Small Linux is tiny Linux distribution that John Andrews
originally created in 2002 to see just how many applications could
fit into a 50MB system. The project has grown over the years to
include many other contributors working on hundreds of packages and
applications. Last month’s release of DSL 4.0 brought many updates
and changes, yet it remains a special-purpose distribution for
older hardware because it lacks support for many modern
features.“Damn Small Linux offers an amazing array of options for running
the distribution. You can boot it as a live CD, from a USB stick,
or on a hard drive…”
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