Damn Small Linux 4.2.1 - Final

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Damn Small is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution. DSL was originally developed as an experiment to see how many usable desktop applications can fit inside a 50MB live CD. It was at first just a personal tool/toy. 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 is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:

• 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

Change in DSL v4.2:

* New mtpaint replaces xpaint.

* New black/blue theme with "Fractal Movements" background.

* New folder for better support of Visual Styles for JWM .jwmrc-theme and downloadable themes.

* New setTheme.lua, drag-n-drop or double click application style.

* New folder for better support of backgrounds, downloadable "DSL Classics"

* New generic folder.xpm link for easier themeing of folders.

* Updated wallpaper.lua, drag-n-drop or double click application style.

* Improved support for JWM keybindings with .jwmrc-keys

* Improved support for battey names in torsmo, fetched from /proc

* Improved handling of multline menu items as MyDSL folder application shortcut icons.

* Improved cleanup of shortcuts upon normal shutdown.

* Fized bug so that /cdrom/mydsl is not processed twice.

* Fixed "?" icon to open "Getting Started"

* Updated iconViwer for mtpaint change.

* Many icons have been changed, updated, or replaced.

* Updated /opt/.dfmext with more associations.

* Cleanup of xmms when started from dfm icon.

* Cleanup of usused files, modules, and directories (pnp,xfs, hfs,hfsplus,bfs,befs,adfs,ujs,minix,efs)

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Updated to 4.2.1.