Damn Small Linux

I'm playing around with 'Damn Small Linux'. It's a minimalist Linux distro designed to be run off a CD or USB key. Its maximum size on disk is 50MB, so it can fit almost anywhere.

An alternative way of running it - the one I'm using - is to install it to HD and run it as an app. That's right, it's an entire Linux inside a Windows window! And, yes - by 'entire Linux' I mean XWindows, too!

So the question became, "What would I do with Linux, if I had it?" I never came up with a real answer. The closest I could come was that I would work through the charmingly old-fashioned Rescued By UNIX (by Augie Hansen, Jamsa Press, 1994) so all I'd need is a command line. Click HERE for the book info

With its default window manager and theme, I think a better name for DSLinux is, "&^#@%$! Ugly Linux". It's freakin' awful, even after I spent a few minutes playing with color choices and resolutions.

I'm still a little freaked out at the idea of going from Linux to Windows simply by ALT-TAB -ing.

Information on Damn Small Linux is available by clicking here!

(Note: I can report that, just like in Windows, the DSLinux version of Firefox doesn't care how you check or uncheck options in dialog boxes; it does whatever it wants.)

(Further Note: I know 'Damn Small Linux' is abbreviated 'DSL'. I am using my own abbreviation 'DSLinux' to spare less-technical folk confusion with the broadband Internet access technology of the same name)

(Furthest Note: This post was posted (mostly) using Damn Small Linux!)