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Damn Small Linux
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Reader supplied reviews for Damn Small Linux
Average rating
8.9 from 7 review(s)
Version: 2024-rc4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-23
Votes: 13
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I first used Damn Small Linux back when it was the tiny 50 megabytes ISO, and though this version is a little larger, it has totally kept the spirit of the original. It takes up around 73 megabytes in memory after booting up (it hangs around 80 or so from some normal use) and around 3 gigabytes on the disk, and its performance is very snappy. It has even kept much of the stark, utilitarian look (and I like it that way) of the older versions. It has more apps than you will probably ever use on the kind of system you're installing DSL on, including document and spreadsheet programs as well as multiple text editors and web browsers, both graphical and command line.The only complaints I have are a few minor cosmetic things. The default "Radiant" style looks terrible, though that can be easily changed to something more eye-pleasing (the royal blue small is much nicer).
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Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-15
Votes: 3
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A perfect little system to breathe life into your old hardware again. I have tried it on my old Atom Netbook, and it works just fine. Due to the modifications, the distribution is still one of the most lightweight you can get today. Since 2024 two different Window Managers are included, JWM and Fluxbox, which have been tweaked to offer a unique, still familiar user experience. So software selection is balanced and thoughtful and contains everything you need for daily usage. If you are missing an application it can easily be installed using the package manager.
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Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-14
Votes: 6
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RC is coming together better. Very solid runner. Very happy that John is doing this again but he's alone. Still plenty of work to go--will go faster & easier if we help with more testing and feedback :) He says there's lots of downloads but almost nobody is posting much feedback and he's not sure what people are experiencing. It's actually been kind of fun having software that just screams again :) Boots to under 80MB of RAM for me before you start any apps.
For cons, well, for me personally, runit is a new init system to learn but infinitely simpler than systemd. Pros: no systemd :) Seriously, what I like about it is you can tell it's a work of love and not just some minimal/net-install thing that you have to build for yourself--and it's updated/patched to be able to take an old machine out on a network.
But you can also tell it's not done yet :) Help if you can.
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Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-02-27
Votes: 2
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I played with the Alpha quite a bit trying to get the resolution changed, and found nothing useful in the wiki. Seems like a pretty important thing to update in the documentation.
i'm going to try reinstalling it a few times to see if there's a hint somewhere, but for me it sticks with something called vga a 800 x 600. No impact at all with the vmware player settings.
There are some discussions about virtualbox display setting somewhere in setup. If that's where it is, that's useless.
There were discussions that made me recall the horrors of chaning x resolution for vga drivers way back which I've not done in years. maybe the bloat to get that running on this linux was too high, but having a solution to get the display resolution up in a better fashion than xsetup would be good.
and that isn't even in the new 2024 version, but is all that is discussed in detail in the wiki or discussion threads.
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Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-02-06
Votes: 3
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It's not even a Beta, so what can one really expect, right?! Similar to antiX in installation and usage, as DSL 2024-alpha is based upon it. Some hiccups with one or two graphical games not easily closing down, rxvt not easily configurable from the get-go, no easy way to change the default desktop wallpaper, ...etc. Had to change the default sources.list.d repo from ftp://deb.de... to ftp://deb.us..... as well as install and remove a few key deb apps.
All-in-all, not too bad to use for someone who is familiar with antiX/Debian and knows their way both around the various included xBox WM's and the CL. Interesting that DSL 2024-alpha is about the same size as Klaus Knopper's Knoppix 9.2 CD at 660MB and change, yet noticeably faster than Knoppix's lightest DE's.
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Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-05
Votes: 7
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Okaerinasai!!!
I loved this distro back in the day, and was disappointed when it became dormant (understandable too, ISOs which were around 1.5 gigs then are now ~4-ish and growing bigger and with good reason)... Glad to see it's back!!
Will try out the alpha spin as a live system, and if it works, will probably install the final release on one of Mum's computers - she's still using Windows 7 and has some lag issues.. I'm eager to see how DSL does on a brand new SSD!!!
The JWM interface might take her a little getting used to, but worth the trouble IMO, I may even put it on my second machine!
Thanks to the devs for bringing it back!!!
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Version: 1.3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-06-27
Votes: 8
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Works perfectly fine on an old Compaq Presario CDS 520 (DX 33Mhz, 36Mo RAM).
Firefox is OK with Android as user-agent.
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Latest Reviews
Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 2024-rc4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-23
Votes: 13
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I first used Damn Small Linux back when it was the tiny 50 megabytes ISO, and though this version is a little larger, it has totally kept the spirit of the original. It takes up around 73 megabytes in memory after booting up (it hangs around 80 or so from some normal use) and around 3 gigabytes on the disk, and its performance is very snappy. It has even kept much of the stark, utilitarian look (and I like it that way) of the older versions. It has more apps than you will probably ever use on the kind of system you're installing DSL on, including document and spreadsheet programs as well as multiple text editors and web browsers, both graphical and command line.The only complaints I have are a few minor cosmetic things. The default "Radiant" style looks terrible, though that can be easily changed to something more eye-pleasing (the royal blue small is much nicer).
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Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-15
Votes: 3
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A perfect little system to breathe life into your old hardware again. I have tried it on my old Atom Netbook, and it works just fine. Due to the modifications, the distribution is still one of the most lightweight you can get today. Since 2024 two different Window Managers are included, JWM and Fluxbox, which have been tweaked to offer a unique, still familiar user experience. So software selection is balanced and thoughtful and contains everything you need for daily usage. If you are missing an application it can easily be installed using the package manager.
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Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 8
Date: 2024-05-14
Votes: 6
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RC is coming together better. Very solid runner. Very happy that John is doing this again but he's alone. Still plenty of work to go--will go faster & easier if we help with more testing and feedback :) He says there's lots of downloads but almost nobody is posting much feedback and he's not sure what people are experiencing. It's actually been kind of fun having software that just screams again :) Boots to under 80MB of RAM for me before you start any apps.
For cons, well, for me personally, runit is a new init system to learn but infinitely simpler than systemd. Pros: no systemd :) Seriously, what I like about it is you can tell it's a work of love and not just some minimal/net-install thing that you have to build for yourself--and it's updated/patched to be able to take an old machine out on a network.
But you can also tell it's not done yet :) Help if you can.
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Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-02-27
Votes: 2
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I played with the Alpha quite a bit trying to get the resolution changed, and found nothing useful in the wiki. Seems like a pretty important thing to update in the documentation.
i'm going to try reinstalling it a few times to see if there's a hint somewhere, but for me it sticks with something called vga a 800 x 600. No impact at all with the vmware player settings.
There are some discussions about virtualbox display setting somewhere in setup. If that's where it is, that's useless.
There were discussions that made me recall the horrors of chaning x resolution for vga drivers way back which I've not done in years. maybe the bloat to get that running on this linux was too high, but having a solution to get the display resolution up in a better fashion than xsetup would be good.
and that isn't even in the new 2024 version, but is all that is discussed in detail in the wiki or discussion threads.
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Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-02-06
Votes: 3
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It's not even a Beta, so what can one really expect, right?! Similar to antiX in installation and usage, as DSL 2024-alpha is based upon it. Some hiccups with one or two graphical games not easily closing down, rxvt not easily configurable from the get-go, no easy way to change the default desktop wallpaper, ...etc. Had to change the default sources.list.d repo from ftp://deb.de... to ftp://deb.us..... as well as install and remove a few key deb apps.
All-in-all, not too bad to use for someone who is familiar with antiX/Debian and knows their way both around the various included xBox WM's and the CL. Interesting that DSL 2024-alpha is about the same size as Klaus Knopper's Knoppix 9.2 CD at 660MB and change, yet noticeably faster than Knoppix's lightest DE's.
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Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 2024-alpha
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-05
Votes: 7
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Okaerinasai!!!
I loved this distro back in the day, and was disappointed when it became dormant (understandable too, ISOs which were around 1.5 gigs then are now ~4-ish and growing bigger and with good reason)... Glad to see it's back!!
Will try out the alpha spin as a live system, and if it works, will probably install the final release on one of Mum's computers - she's still using Windows 7 and has some lag issues.. I'm eager to see how DSL does on a brand new SSD!!!
The JWM interface might take her a little getting used to, but worth the trouble IMO, I may even put it on my second machine!
Thanks to the devs for bringing it back!!!
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Project: Damn Small Linux
Version: 1.3.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-06-27
Votes: 8
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Works perfectly fine on an old Compaq Presario CDS 520 (DX 33Mhz, 36Mo RAM).
Firefox is OK with Android as user-agent.
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