Too much time has passed since we talked about a Linux distribution, don't you think? Obviously, there are plenty of sites with links to entire hordes of Linux distros, but what about the best Linux distribution? I know - there's no such thing as "best Linux distribution," but some of those available are considered by a lot of people to be the best, and Damn Small Linux is one of them. What? I don't hear you! "Damn Small Linux" sounds like something new to you? No problem, we're going to fix that right away, especially since the last version, 4.4, was officially released today...
OK, so what's that special with
Damn Small Linux, shortly known as DSL? Well, DSL is a free Linux distribution designed to run using a graphical interface on older computers, going as far back in time as 486/early Pentiums! Obviously, it is also capable of working with very little memory, making it perfect for those that don't have powerful hardware, or simply want to keep around that ancient computer they purchased a decade ago.
Powered by Joe's Window Manager, or simply JWM, DSL 4.4 includes an impressive amount of software, including the popular Firefox, Netrik and Dillo Web browsers, the image viewer known as Xzgv, the Xpaint photo editor, as well as the notorious XMMS, the Vim text editor, and many others.
The best part with this Linux distro is that DSL is very small, having only 50MB in size, and you can easily boot it from an USB flash drive, a 8cm CD, convert it into a Debian OS but, most important of all, it can run on a 486DX processor with as little as 16MB of memory!
Where to get it? Just go to the
Damn Small Linux download page and pick your favorite download link!
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