Theres a tutorial out there on how to install java 5 on damn small linux, but java 5 just wasnt cutting it for me. Its a miracle i could get this to run i doubt java 7 will run on a 2. Transform into a debian os with a traditional hard drive install. They usually have higher transfer speeds, and many laptops have a builtin reader for added convenience. You can find the list of supported distros and links to iso images and hdd files on the projects website. Index applications packages download notes off site milestones faq wiki forums blogs miniitx store income guide donate browse the mydsl repository. Damn small linux is an open source and minimal distribution of linux based on the knoppix and debian gnu linux operating systems, as well as on other gnu linux technologies. Damn small linux is a business card size 50mb bootable live cd linux distribution.
It might not recognize external devices except when scanning at startup. After doing some research i luckily ran into damn small linux. Damn small linux is an open source and minimal distribution of linux based on the knoppix and debian gnulinux operating systems, as well as on other gnulinux technologies. Damn small bsd dsb is a very small, 50mb bsd distribution.
So if you have 512mb of ram in the system i would expect it to hit around 500mb of used memory eventually. Great stuff, but frankly it has all been very superficial. It is free and open source software under the terms of gnu gpl and other free and open source licenses. I need to put some new programs on damn small linux it is on my hard disk i put in a cd and navigated to the program i want using emelfm i choose to unpack and it unpacks but i cant open it. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop. A very versatile 50mb mini desktop oriented linux distribution. It will fit and run on portable devices or drives as small as 64mb. It might need to be converted for a different hypervisor. Its designed with the intention to pack all the modern features under 50 mb.
Extreme small linux didtribution, that mathes on a businesscard sized cdrom. Boot into dsl by using you cd and enter the terminal. San disk cruzer drives are a special case, and the built in software cd emulation must be turned off. Find out what programs to open to get the linux install. By the name yes its really small and lightweight had to utter this word too damn. Because all the applications are small and light it makes a very good choice for older hardware. Ursprunglich war dsl nur ein privates spielzeug bzw. It was designed to run graphical environment and applications on old pc machines with 486 pentium processors and very little memory. Damn small linux is a very versatile 50mb mini desktop oriented linux.
All these applications are part of the base distribution, through our mydsl system it is possible to grab hundreds of other applications with a couple of clicks of the mouse, or make your own custom cd with exactly the applications you want featured desktop applications used in damn small linux browser. There are 2 versions, one based on freebsd and one on openbsd. Damn small linux has a nearly complete desktop, including xmms mp3, and mpeg, ftp client, linkshacked web browser, spreadsheet, sylpheed email, spellcheck us english, a wordprocessor, three editors nedit, nvi, zile. Damn small linux also known as dsl is a debianlinux distribution for the x86 architecture, originally in a bootable business card livecd format, it is now also capable of being installed to and run from the harddisk, a usbkey, a. It includes a fully automated remote and local application installation system and a very versatile backup and restore system which may be used with any writable media.
Linux will use all the memory available as unused memory is wasted memory. Start by downloading the iso image or the hdd file of the desired linux distro. In the many cybercafes that i have visited along my travel, i am. Compactflash card, inside a microsoft windows or linux host environment via. How to install damn small linuxdsl in a pendrive and booting it up. This is really pissing me off, since the linux community is growing at a rate that we have never seen before, with many big companies bringing their apps to linux all distros, but something as basic as vaapivdpau support on browsers is lacking up until this day in stable releases, which on a laptop it is definitely needed, because of power. Install software in ubuntu linux with three clicks how to. This should help some people to install a linux distro, damn small linux. Install damn small linux to a flash drive in windows pen. Is there any way to install programs on the command line or any other way i dont care what i have to do i. To compare the software in this project to the software available in other. Damn small linux was created by john andrews, and is basically a trimmed down version of an early knoppix build, making it perfect for smaller drives. Damn small linux dsl is a simple, small system that you can boot up easily, fast and light enough that you can bring for your travel. If you like damn small linux, please consider donating.
It will leave some free for memory allocations for dealing with interrupts and the like. Trying to use damn small linux but my mouse doesnt work showing of 3 messages. Qemu or just about any other bootable media that can contain the required 50 mb. Reading the dsl webpage i thought it would be fantastic to run dsl on the laptop. Dsl is based on debian, so it is possible to use aptget after a hard drive install once the dpkg database is restored. You can probably also do it manually through the terminal, but it is a little more complicated.
Video on how to install damn small linuxdsl in a pendrive and how to boot it up from windows by rajat mendus rhce red hat certified. In order to keep damn small linux small, it has a lot of features cut out. Its been great fun exploring linux distros with parallels workstation. Run virtually on windows desktops using a special embedded version of. Dsl is not a new kid on the block, but i have only realise its usefulness when i carry along my 4gb usb drive with dsl installed for my travel.
Damn small linux is a very versatile 50mb mini desktop oriented linux distribution. Many distros will automatically mount usb drives when inserted, but dsl might be too lightweight. Anonymous reader writes here a quick view at damn small linux, a great but little distribution, fitting perfectly in an usb pen. Damn small linux was the first distro to give me a hard time. It is free and open source software under the terms of the gnu gpl and other free and open source licenses. This how to explains a step by step procedure to install damn small linux dsl onto a memory stick usb card, thumb or pen drive in microsoft dos or freedos. What is able to do an old computer with the right software. Damn small linux or dsl is a computer operating system for the x86 family of personal computers. Once apt is enabled, the user can install packages from debians repositories. Damn small linux dsl a small, business card size computer operating system based on knoppix. There is a graphical userinterface, multimediatools, internetstuff and somthing more. I have almost sucessfully booted from the live cd using the bootfloppy. Damn small linux a lightweight linux distro for old.
These instructions are for the hd install of version 1. A 50 mb linux distribution with even firefox installed. It is a business card size live cd that installs to usb sticks and disk drives, and runs embedded as a guest os. Additionally, dsl hosts software ranging from large applications like openoffice. Install to usb from within windows damn small linux. This will provide a full standard dsl install, and it will be bootable. Trying to use damn small linux but my mouse doesnt work. How to install damn small linux operating systems wonderhowto. Books about gnulinux have become so numerous over the past decade that it is pretty hard to find anything original among them, but the recently published dsl linux operating system in less than 50 mb by mike weber, published by a gnulinux training company, achieves this feat first, it centers on damn small linux dsl, a distro which fits on a credit cardsized 50mb mini cd.
Damn small linux demonstration 1 damn small linux commonly abbreviated dsl is a computer operating system for the x86 family of personal computers. I havent demanded much of parallels or the linuxes running under it. Download an iso, fire it up with parallels and off we go. The computer this works on is a millenniumpc with an intel celeron. Damn small linux dsl is a very versatile 50mb mini desktop oriented linux distribution. If you like damn small linux you can install it on your hard drive. You can install linux on you you computer and this helps your dsl run faster. Damn small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things. It boots directly into ram off a cd ora a usb stick and can be used as a desktop or a firewall. Boot from within a host operating system thats right, it can run inside windows. Much like puppy, damn small linux is particularly wellsuited for older and slow pcs. If im able to install it on the harddrive i still have almost 1gb.
I am getting ready to build my f5 bigip application delivery controller, commonly known as load balancer, home lab and one of the things i need for the lab is to have servers in the internal network side. But over time damn small linux grew into a community project with hundreds of development hours put into refinements including a fully automated remote and local application installation system and a very versatile backup and restore system which may be used with any writable media including a hard drive, a floppy drive, or a usb device. Damn small linux is a distro that offers a gui based os for low resource systems and some applications for normal users taskalike. Boot from a business card cd as a live linux distribution livecd boot from a usb pen drive.