Damn Small Linux is based on Debian and Knoppix
Booting:
110 seconds booting in our Armada M700, without any problems to recognize the components. Once booted, most of the applications load right after clicking the icons, being Mozilla-Firefox the one that takes a little more time to start.
Desktop:
The desktop is very well arranged. A single click is required for launching the applications. The windows manager by default is Fluxbox but it can be changed to JWM.
To start with, we found Dillo, a ultra light browser that presents us with an HTML document with some help to get us started. We also have Mozilla-Firefox, but without flash or java support.
A complete list of applications can be found here.
Kernel:
2.4.26 and there are no plans to move to 2.6.X versions in the near future.
Hard disk installation:
It is possible to install DSL to the hard disk and for this purpose DSL has an application with some limitations (it can not create/change hard disk partitions). We would recommend this application only to advanced users.
Conclusion:
Damn Small Linux is really small but we can safely say that its benefits are not. By default, it has all the tools that you may expect from a linux system.
It is extremely fast in our Armada M700.
Maybe our old computer went back in time and felt again like a top of the line PC. For this kind of computer, Damn Small Linux is damn perfect.
DSL at Distrowatch
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