The new goal of DSL is to pack as much usable desktop distribution into an image small enough to fit on a single CD, or a hard limit of 700MB. Hats off to Puppy Linux for staying one of the few that still offer a full desktop environment in a small size. This is completely understandable because applications, the kernel, and drivers have all mushroomed in their space requirements. Meanwhile, in 2024, nearly everyone has abandoned the sub-700MB size limit to run on computers old enough to not have a DVD and cannot boot off of a USB drive. People would find such a distribution a fun toy or something to build upon, but it would not be usable for the average computer user out of the gate. While it would be possible to make a bootable Xwindows 50MB distribution today, it would be missing many drivers and have only a handful of very rudimentary applications. However, as a concept, it was in the right place at the right time, and the computer industry has changed a lot since then. Why make a new DSL after all these years? Creating the original DSL, a versatile 50MB distribution, was a lot of fun and one of the things I am most proud of as a personal accomplishment. DSL 2024 is also loaded up with a whole bunch of handy term-based applications. There are three GUI-based games picked because they are fun and relatively light. DSL has three X-based web browsers, office applications, multimedia applications, FTP / SFTP / SCP application, and notepad-type editor. Both are lightweight, fairly intuitive, and easy to use. DSL 2024 also has many text-based applications that make it handy to use in a term window or TTY.ĭSL 2024 currently only ships with two window managers: Fluxbox and JWM. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. Damn Small Linux (DSL) 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers.
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