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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6a79c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +We've written about [portable][4] [apps][3] quite a number of times in the past, but why bother with just apps when there's a whole OS that'll fit on a 50MB USB stick? [Damn Small Linux][1], sometimes abbreviated DSL, is a 50MB mini desktop Linux distribution. + +Originally created as an experiment Damn Small Linux gradually evolved to a genuine distribution while retaining the original goal of squeezing usable desktop apps on a tiny 50 MB live CD. + +According to the website Damn Small Linux is, in spite of, and because of, its paltry size, able do the following things: + +* Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD) +* Boot from a USB pen drive +* Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows) +* Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install" +* Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install +* Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram +* Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!) +* Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize + + +Damn Small Linux sports a "nearly complete" desktop, and many command line tools. Notable [software includes][2] XMMS for music, and FTP client, Firefox, the Ted word processor, three text editors (Beaver, Vim, and Nano), graphics viewers, chat clients and quite a bit more. + +Any readers out there ever tried Damn Small Linux? It seems like to could be a handy all in one replacement for all those portable app packages floating around. + + + +[1]: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ "Damn Small Linux" +[2]: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/applications.html "Damn Small Linux: Apps" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/portable_mac_ap.html "Portable Mac Apps" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/holiday_must_ha.html "Portable Apps for the Holidays"
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