Damn Small Linux è una distro Linux live molto contenuta (50MB).A dispetto delle sue minuscole dimensioni ha caratteristiche che la rendono molto usabile al desktop, includendo XMMS (MP3, ed MPEG), client FTP, web browser, email, pronunciatore (US English), un word-processor, 3 editors (Nedit, nVi, Zile [emacs clone]), Xpdf, Worker (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, SSH/SCP server e client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE, un web server, calcolatrice, window manager Fluxbox, applicazioni di monitoraggio del sistema, supporto alle USB, e presto avrà il supporto alle PCMCIA.Se vi è piaciuto DSL potete installarlo sull'hard disk. Dato che le applicazioni sono leggere, è un sistema indicato per hardware datato.
I requisiti di sistema sono veramente bassi: per poter essere avviata Damn Small Linux richiede appena un processore 486 con 16 MB di RAM, hardware cioè di oltre 10 anni fa. Il limite è quindi quello di un PC con lettore CD o controller USB. Il software contenuto è certamente molto interessante: in soli 50 MB di immagine sono presenti programmi per tutti gli usi. In particolare è presente un window manager pienamente funzionante, FluxBox, molto leggero e veloce.
Si tratta di un fork di Blackbox, al quale sono state aggiunte alcune funzionalità molto interessanti. Personalmente lo uso molto spesso anche perché è estremamente intuitivo e in grado di offrire un ambiente gradevole usando risorse molto limitate.
È presente anche Mozilla Firefox e questo consente una navigazione ottimale in pieno rispetto degli standard. Questo browser però non è pensato per poter essere eseguito su computer di qualche anno fa: per questo è incluso Dillo, un browser estremamente leggero e veloce.
È presente anche un ottimo client di posta, Sylpheed, anche questo molto leggero, ma con una serie impressionante di funzionalità. Completano questa distribuzione mc, Midnight Commander, il filemanager per console più utilizzato dagli utenti Linux, Siag, un foglio di calcolo, FLWriter, un word processor minimale (offre anche la possibilità di vedere file di Microsoft Word), xmms, il noto lettore di file multimediali, clone del famoso Winamp. Sono presenti anche dei giochi, applicazioni per la grafica, un visualizzatore di file PDF e utility per la masterizzazione.
Un'altra caratteristica estremamente interessante è la possibilità di gestire ogni aspetto della distribuzione attraverso una comodissima (e semplicissima) interfaccia.
Ultima versione rilasciata: 4.4 con qualche novità:
Changes for v4.4
* New Lua/Fltk refactored for enhanced performance.
* New Fltk library now available for C/C++ programs.
* New fldiff - File Diff GUI Viewer.
* Update to rsync to v3.0.2
* Updated mydslBrowser - new feature "Download Only"
* Modified "X Window Snapshot" to save image file with date.
* Added dfm association for easy display of "X Window Snapshot" images.
* Updated .torsmorc for more consistent "used/free/total"
* Restored Firefox default search engines.
* New low resource background & theme.
* New font added smoothansi - used in jwm menu.
* New .luafltkrc for Lua/Fltk theme and defaults.
* Updated dmix.
* Updated man script, new -o -b options and site.
* Fixed permissions on fusermount.
* Fixed cpanel bug to turn off ssh daemon.
* Modified nfs-common to also start portmap when needed.
* Patched kbdconfig to properly select keymaps.
* Modified .bash_profile to eliminate an extra login shell.
* Updated cgi example test.lua to call proper cgi.lua
* Removed stray line in Fluxbox menu.
* Updated "Getting Started" document with Wiki link and wireless info link.
Where to download:
Current Full Mirror List:
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/
http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/
ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/damnsmall/ (South Africa)
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/damnsmall/ (Austria) also rsync and FTP
http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/DamnSmallLinux/Location: (Quebec, Canada)
http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/damnsmalllinux/ (Belgian)
ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/damnsmalllinux/ (Belgian)
http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/
Rysnc Mirror:
rsync ftp.belnet.be::packages/damnsmalllinux/
sync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/
Bittorrent Mirror:
Linux Tracker, Torrent & Xdelta
http://www.tlm-project.org/torrents/damnsmall/
Metalink:
Metalink
Software Packages:ii apt 0.5.4 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii apt-utils 0.5.4 APT utility programs
ii ash-knoppix 0.2-3 A smaller version of the Bourne shell enhanc
ii asmem 1.9-2 This is an AfterStep look & feel memory util
ii autofs 3.9.99-4.0.0pr A kernel-based automounter for Linux
hc automount-knop 0.5-3 Auto-generate autofs(5) lines on demand
ii axyftp-gtk 0.5.1-1 A graphical ftp program with GTK interface
ii base-files 3.0.7 Debian base system miscellaneous files
ii base-passwd 3.4.5 Debian base system password/group files
ii bash 2.05b-5 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
ii bsdutils 2.11y-1 Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite.
ii cdrecord 1.10-7 A command line CD/DVD writing tool
ii cloop-module 0.67-1 The compressed loopback block device kernel
ii cloop-utils 0.67-3 Tools for handling with cloop compressed vol
ii console-common 0.7.19 Basic infrastructure for text console config
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs- Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fallback table
ii console-tools- 0.2.3dbs-28 Shared libraries for Linux console and font
ii coreutils 4.5.4-1 The GNU core utilities
ii cpp 2.95.4-17 The GNU C preprocessor.
ii cpp-2.95 2.95.4-11 The GNU C preprocessor.
ii csh 20020413-1 Shell with C-like syntax, standard login she
ii debconf 1.2.21 Debian configuration management system
ii debianutils 2.1.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii deborphan 1.3-1 Find orphaned libraries.
ii diff 2.8.1-1 File comparison utilities
ii dpkg 1.10.9 Package maintenance system for Debian
ii dselect 1.10.9 a user tool to manage Debian packages
ii e2fsprogs 1.32-1 The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries
ii emelfm 0.9.2-5 file manager for X/gtk
ii esound-common 0.2.23-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Common files
ii fdutils 5.4-20021102-1 Linux floppy utilities
ii file 3.39-1 Determines file type using "magic" numbers
ii findutils 4.1.7-2.1 utilities for finding files--find, xargs, an
ii fluxbox 0.1.10-2 Highly configurable and low resource X11 Win
ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.14-13 imaging library for use with gtk (using libp
ii genliloconf 0.1-3 simple utility for auto-generating of lilo.c
ii gphone 0.5.2-5 X/GTK-based internet telephone.
ii grep 2.4.2-3.1 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
ii gzip 1.3.5-3 The GNU compression utility.
ii hostname 2.09 A utility to set/show the host name or domai
ii hotplug-knoppi 0.5-1 hotplug handler for KNOPPIX
ii hwdata-knoppix 0.61-5 hardware identification / configuration data
ii hwsetup 1.0-11 Automatic hardware setup using the kudzu lib
ii icewm 1.0.9.2-7 A wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window man
ii icewm-common 1.0.9.2-7 A wonderful Win95-OS/2-Motif-like window man
ii ifupdown 0.6.4-4.4 High level tools to configure network interf
ii imlib-base 1.9.14-13 Common files needed by the Imlib/Gdk-Imlib p
ii imlib1 1.9.14-2 Imlib is an imaging library for X and X11
ii iputils-ping 20020927-1 Tools to test the reachability of network ho
ii kbdconfig 0.5-3 Lightweight keyboard configuration tool for
ii kernel-image-2 10.00.Custom Linux kernel binary image for version 2.4.20
ii less 381-2 A file pager program, similar to more(1)
ii libao2 0.8.3-1 Cross Platform Audio Output Library
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.3-4 The Audiofile Library
ii libbz2 0.9.5d-4 A high-quality block-sorting file compressor
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file compressor
ii libc6 2.3.1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libcap1 1.10-12 support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabil
ii libcurl2 7.9.5-1 Multi-protocol file transfer library. (no SS
ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [glibc 2.0/2.
ii libdb2 2.7.7.0-8 The Berkeley database routines (run-time fil
ii libdb3 3.2.9-17 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [runtime]
ii libdps1 4.2.1-3 Display PostScript (DPS) client library
ii libesd0 0.2.23-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared libraries
ii libforms0.88 0.88.1-6 The XForms graphical interface widget librar
ii libfreetype6 2.1.2-9 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii libgdbmg1 1.7.3-27.1 GNU dbm database routines (runtime version).
ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-6 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgsm1 1.0.10-11 Shared libraries for GSM speech compressor.
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.10-14 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X
ii libgtk1.2-comm 1.2.10-14 Common files for the GTK+ library
ii libid3tag0 0.14.2b-4 ID3 tag reading library from the MAD project
ii libjpeg62 6b-6 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime li
ii libldap2 2.0.23-14 OpenLDAP libraries (without TLS support).
ii libmad0 0.14.2b-4 MPEG audio decoder library
ii libncurses5 5.3.20021109-2 Shared libraries for terminal handlingii libnewt0 0.50.17-12 Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - text mode win
ii libogg0 1.0.0-1 Ogg Bitstream Library
ii libpam-modules 0.76-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM
ii libpam-runtime 0.76-9 Runtime support for the PAM library
ii libpam0g 0.76-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules library
ii libparted1.6-0 1.6.5-1 The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared libr
ii libpcap0 0.6.2-2 System interface for user-level packet captu
ii libperl5.6 5.6.1-7 Shared Perl library.
ii libpng10-0 1.0.15-4 PNG library, older version - runtime
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-4 PNG library - runtime
ii libpng2 1.0.12-6 PNG library - runtime
ii libpopt0 1.6.4-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libreadline4 4.3-5 GNU readline and history libraries, run-time
ii libsasl7 1.5.27-3.3 Authentication abstraction library.
ii libsqlite0 2.4.7-1 SQLite shared library
ii libssl0.9.6 0.9.6g-6 SSL shared libraries
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-15 The GNU stdc++ library
ii libtiff3g 3.5.5-6 Tag Image File Format library
ii libungif4g 4.1.0b1-5 shared library for GIF images (runtime lib)
ii libusb-0.1-4 0.1.6a-2.1 Userspace USB programming library
ii libvorbis0 1.0.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
ii libvorbisfile3 1.0.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
ii libwrap0 7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library
ii libxaw6 4.2.1-3 X Athena widget set library (version 6)
ii libxaw7 4.2.1-3 X Athena widget set library
ii lilo 22.5.6.1-1 LInux LOader - The Classic OS loader can loa
ii login 4.0.3-7 System login tools
ii loop-aes 1.6i-1 AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) Kernel mo
rc lpr 2000.05.07-4.2 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system
ii lprng 3.8.10-1.2 lpr/lpd printer spooling system
ii makedev 2.3.1-62 Creates device files in /dev.
ii mawk 1.3.3-9 a pattern scanning and text processing langu
ii mkdesktophdico 0.5-2 Automatic KDE/GNOME Desktop harddisk icon cr
ii mkisofs 1.10-7 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images.
ii modutils 2.4.21-1 Linux module utilities.
ii mount 2.11y-1 Tools for mounting and manipulating filesyst
ii mountapp 3.0-2.1 Tool to (un)mount devices, dockable in Windo
ii mouseconfig 0.5-2 Lightweight mouse configuration tool for Kno
ii mpg321 0.2.10.1 A Free command-line mp3 player, compatible w
ii nano-tiny 1.0.6-2 free Pico clone with some new features - tin
ii ncurses-base 5.3.20021109-2 Descriptions of common terminal types
ii ncurses-bin 5.3.20021109-2 Terminal-related programs and man pages
ii net-tools 1.60-4 The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii netbase 4.09 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii netcardconfig- 0.5-14 Minimalistic ncurses/dialog-based network co
ii netkit-inetd 0.10-9 The Internet Superserver
ii nfs-common 1.0-2 NFS support files common to client and serve
ii nvi 1.79-20 4.4BSD re-implementation of vi.
ii parted 1.6.5-1 The GNU Parted disk partition resizing progr
ii passwd 4.0.3-7 Change and administer password and group dat
ii perl-base 5.8.0-15 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
ii portmap 5-2 The RPC portmapper
ii ppp 2.4.1.uus-4 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon.
ii ppp-scripts-kn 0.5-1 PPP connection scripts for various providers
ii pppconfig 2.1 A text menu based utility for configuring pp
ii procps 3.1.5-1 The /proc file system utilities
ii psmisc 21.2-1 Utilities that use the proc filesystem
ii pump 0.8.11-8 Simple DHCP/BOOTP client.
ii rebuildfstab-k 0.5-4 fstab-rebuilder for KNOPPIX
ii rxvt 2.6.4-6 VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window Sys
ii scanpartitions 0.5-4 fstab-helper for KNOPPIX
ii scite 1.44-1 Lightweight GTK-based Programming Editor
ii sed 3.02-8.1 The GNU sed stream editor
ii slang1 1.4.4-7.2 The S-Lang programming library - runtime ver
ii sqlite 2.4.7-1 A command line interface for SQLite
ii sudo 1.6.7p3-2 Provide limited super user privileges to spe
ii syslinux 2.00-2 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS-DOS flopp
ii sysvinit 2.84-143 System-V like init with KNOPPIX scripts.
hc sysvinit-knopp 2.84-1 System-V like init with KNOPPIX scripts.
ii tar 1.13.25-5 GNU tar
ii tcc 0.9.18-3 The smallest ANSI C compiler
ii tcpd 7.6-ipv6.1-3 Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilities
ii ted-common 2.14-1 common files used by ted and ted-gtk
ii ted-gtk 2.14-1 graphical RTF (Rich Text Format) editor, exp
ii traceroute 1.4a12-12 Traces the route taken by packets over a TCP
ii usbutils 0.9-1 USB console utilities
ii usleep-knoppix 0.5-1 sleeps for a number of microseconds, see man
ii util-linux 2.11y-1 Miscellaneous system utilities.
ii vorbis-tools 1.0rc3-1 Several Ogg Vorbis Tools
ii whiptail 0.50.17-12 Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from she
ii wireless-tools 26-1 Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extens
ii wlcardconfig-k 0.5-2 Minimalistic ncurses/dialog-based WLAN confi
ii wmcpuload 1.0.0-1 Dockapp that displays the current CPU usage
ii wmnet 1.05-7 network monitor for WindowMaker using kernel
ii wvdial 1.53.0.1 PPP dialer with built-in intelligence.
ii xbase-clients 4.2.1-4 miscellaneous X clients
ii xfonts-75dpi 4.2.1-3 75 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-base 4.2.1-6 standard fonts for X
ii xfree86-common 4.2.1-3 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii xlib6g 4.2.1-3 pseudopackage providing X libraries
ii xlibmesa3 4.2.1-3 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library
ii xlibs 4.2.1-3 X Window System client libraries
ii xmms 1.2.7-1.1 Versatile X audio player that looks like Win
ii xmms-cdread 0.14a-9.2 Input plugin for XMMS that reads audio data
ii xpacman 0.11-9 Basic Pacman
ii xpaint 2.6.2-2 reasonably versatile X-based image editing t
ii xpdf-common 1.01-3 Portable Document Format (PDF) suite -- comm
ii xserver-common 4.2.1-3 files and utilities common to all X servers
ii xutils 4.2.1-3 X Window System utility programs
ii xzgv 0.7-14 Picture viewer for X with a thumbnail-based
ii zile 1.6.1-2 a very small emacs-like editor
ii zlib1g 1.1.4-6 compression library - runtime
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vedo che la 4.4 non ha il supporto PCMCIA.
RispondiEliminaVolevo utilizzare la DSL su un vecchio portatile che ora ha win98, ma la connessione è tramite PCMCIA.
A quando la nuova versione?