oscarb75
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Post by oscarb75 on Jan 14, 2024 10:32:01 GMT
When I had my first experiences with Linux, I was very impressed by some small distros. Before moving to Puppy Linux ( and after a very bad experience, trying to install Red Hat on a 386 ), I tried also DSL. Puppy Linux had similar performances, was easier to use and better looking, but DSL was also an interesting project, even more if you think that the ISO is 50mb. I write "was" because I did not see any news or updated version in many years. I checked the webpage yesterday, and the are announcing a new version for 2024. www.damnsmalllinux.orgIf it happens, I am going to give it a spin for sure!
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Post by smartduck on Jan 16, 2024 10:50:05 GMT
Great little distro for old pentiums. I used it on an old Compaq Presario laptop.
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oscarb75
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Post by oscarb75 on Feb 6, 2024 16:52:10 GMT
The Alpha version is out. I'm going to try it this week.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Feb 6, 2024 20:51:08 GMT
I tried the 'badwolf' browser they're shipping with DSL to see how usable it is. It's definitely stripped down to the basics, but it does have tabs and does seem fully functional. That being said, I was able to make it segfault on a certain page, so it's not perfect. But for example, google maps and the opengl aquarium demo both work fine, and its a lot lighter than epiphany (which uses the same webkit backend) and has two easily accessible toggles, for images and javascript. With those disabled I can imagine it working (for pages that dont require them) quite well on ancient hardware too.
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Sharp
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Post by Sharp on Feb 7, 2024 14:05:44 GMT
Downloaded it, installed it, and played with it a bit so far. Super lean on resource usuage I must say!
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