Damn small Linux

Damn small Linux简称为DSL，体积只有50M大小，一开始仅仅是处于个人的兴趣，看看在50M大小的空间里面可以放进去多少有用的Linux程序。但是渐渐地DSL受到了很多人的关注，数百人参与了对DSL的完善，现在已经具备了一个相对完善的桌面环境，你可以安装自己喜欢的软件，并且还有很完善的备份／恢复系统，并且还可以作为SSH/FTP/HTTPD服务器来使用。下面是DSL功能的清单

XMMS (MP3, CD Music, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, Netrik web browser, FireFox, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted), three editors (Beaver, Vim, and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf (PDF Viewer), emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox and JWM window managers, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, some wireless support.

此外，DSL还支持从LiveCD上启动，u盘启动，从已经安装有系统的环境中启动等等，下面是详细列表

• Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
• Boot from a USB pen drive
• Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows)
• Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install"
• Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
• Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
• Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!)
• Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize