DSL Linux 4.11 RC1 Released

TheKid7 · Aug 7, 2012

DSL Linux 4.11 RC1 was released.

Here is the first release candidate for Damn Small Linux (DSL) 4.11. The changes in this release are a step toward making DSL a friendly alternative for older hardware. I've fixed some bugs, updated some applications, and replaced others. Applications: updated JWM to 2.1.0 (now supports rounding); updated Dillo to 3.0.2 (much improves CSS support); added XChat 1.8.9; added sic 1.1 IRC client; added XCalc-color. Modified desktop functionality: it is now possible to switch between JWM and Fluxbox without shutting down X; added menu items to switch between DFM and xtdesk icon engines or use none at all....
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http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=07373

Gullible Jones · Aug 7, 2012

Saw this yesterday. Interesting to see DSL resurrected, it was actually my second Linux distro ever...

I have mixed feelings about it though. It certainly doesn't qualify as a complete desktop, not with a toy browser like Dillo.

That said, I kind of wish something could be done about the absurd growth of modern applications. Look at Firefox 14, it uses up 4 times the hard drive space and probably 10 times the RAM of Firefox 1 (which ran fine on Windows 98 with 64 MB of RAM). And it now supports... The same extensions that it did 8 years ago, and HTML5 movies. Yay.

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