Damn Small Linux是个很小的LiveCD可启动光盘(50M左右~),可以装到U盘上.尽管它的个头如此之小,Damn Small Linux的桌面几乎是完整的一套.
包 括xmms(支持mp3和mpeg)、FTP客户端、基于links的web浏览器、电子制表软件、电子邮件程序、英语拼写检查、字处理器、三个编辑器 (nedit、nvi及类似emacs的zile)、xpdf阅读器、worker文件管理器、naim(支持 AIM、ICQ和IRC)、VNCviewer、SSH/SCP服务器和客户端、DHCP客户端、PPP及PPPoE、web服务器、计算器、 Fluxbox窗口管理器、系统监视软件、USB支持,并且它很快就将拥有PCMCIA支持.如果你喜欢Damn Small Linux,你可以安装到你的硬盘上.由于所有的软件都是小巧型的,所以它对老旧的硬件会是一个很好的选择.

Change in DSL v4.3:
* Updated Firefox browser to v2.
* Updated murgaLua to v0.6.8.
* Updated nano-tiny to v2.0.7.
* Updated and consolidation of mydslBrowser with new mydslBrowser.lua.
* New picture puzzle added to Games collection.
* New calculator.lua replaces calcoo.
* Optomized minirt24.gz - much smaller.
* New background and theme for both JWM and Fluxbox.
* Updated 'noicons' boot option to suppress icons in JWM.
* Fixed removal of mydsl extensions on traditional hard drive installations.
* Dropped SCSI modules for needed space - available in the modules section.
* Fixed CD recording scanbus device error by adding scsi/sg.o module
* Updated editor.lua - menu issue resolved for new murgaLua version.
* Updated dmix.lua to support multiple sound card channels with 3-way toggle on sync button.
* Dropped mixer_common.lua - not needed with new dmix.lua program.
* Updated exit.lua - added support for environment variable BACKUP=0.
* Removed unsupported 'groups' command and moved to gnu-utils.
* Corrected permissions on fusermount so normal user can use sshfs.
* New mydslSqlSearch.lua, a personal tool that some may find of intrest.
* New icons for xpdf and files-exec.
* Fixed mydsl-wget from using /var/tmp s/b /tmp.
* Added perl sigtrap.pm

官网：http://www.damnsmalllinux.org

v4.3 Final 官方下载：
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/dsl-4.3.iso
v3.48 Final 官方下载：
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/dsl-3.x/dsl-3.4.8.iso

更多下载点：http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html

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