From f343ef4d92352f9fc442aeb9c8b1abee27d74c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:24:02 -0400 Subject: cleaned up wired import --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt | 26 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt') 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 deleted file mode 100644 index a6a79c4..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Wed/dsm.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -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" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2