Damn Small Linux is Now Version 4.1

Damn Small Linux, also known as DSL, is now version 4.1, bringing you a lot of updates and fixes to the older version. DSL has an almost complete desktop and a lot of console tools, so you will do nearly every task you will have.

This new edition comes with the following bugfixes, improvements and additions:

￭ Updated pciutils to 2.2.9
￭ New iconView.lua - View & Edit xpm icons
￭ New notepad (editor.lua)
￭ New mini-icons in jwm mydsl menu when available
￭ New boot option user=name
￭ New boot option settime settime=its_server_name use with tz=XX/Yyyyy
￭ Updated torsmo to v0.18 - now supports noswap
￭ Updated .dfminfo now a plain text file.
￭ Updated processing order of extensions with .tar.gz now last to better support myconf.tar.gz
￭ Root menu solely under user control - defaults to selected window manager menu.
￭ Updated firefox default preferences to use SansSerif font.
￭ New key bindings for jwm. Ctrl s=shade, d=desktops, z=menu, v=min, b=resize, n=move, m=max
￭ Added 'toram' to frugal installed grub checkfs menu item.
￭ Updated several murgaLua programs to reflect the dropped fl_ask GUI widget.
￭ Updated "Getting Started" with Esc and Backspace key definitions for dfm
￭ Better support for alternate window managers. - see /opt/.mydsl_menu/ and ~/.{wm}.inc
￭ Streamlined MyDSL download procedure - dropped use of sudo and download location prompt.
￭ Removed background/wallpaper control from dfm and .xinitrc
￭ Created /opt/.backgrounds, use xsri in window file include
￭ Updated wallpaper.lua to use new structure
￭ Dropped unused emelfm wrapper.
￭ Dropped SWM - Small Window Manager.
￭ Fixed System.map link error.
￭ Added pop-ups to jwm tray
￭ Added *.siag to supported dfm extensions (.dfmext)
￭ Restored fluxter.bb to 4-in-a-row (same location as in 4.0).
￭ Fixed bug in exitcheck (/opt/.filetool.lst)
￭ Fixed reported bug in cpanel when booted legacy

If you don't know by now, DSL can boot from an USB pen drive, business card CD and even from within another operating system. It is also highly extendable, without the need to customize (modular grow). Damn Small Linux has originally been created as an experiment to see how many usable desktop applications can fit in a 50MB Live CD.

You can download Damn Small Linux 4.1 right now from Softpedia!






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