You might want to email the author (at bottom), tell him what you plan, a= nd=20 see if he can add it to the dist. Good luck Jeff! On Tuesday 03 February 2004 08:04 pm, Michael Havens said: ~ ~ Here is some info on D. Small Linux found at http://www.damnsmalllinux.= org/ ~ ~ What is Damn Small Linux? ~ Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux ~ distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functiona= l and ~ easy to use desktop. ~ ~ Why? ~ Because having a working Linux desktop distro on a 50 mb bootable busi= ness ~ card CD is just too cool not to do. ~ ~ Screenshot? ~ damnsmalllinux-0.1=A0=A0right here ~ damnsmalllinux-0.3=A0=A01=A02=A03=A04=A05=A06=A07=A08 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.3.9 (playing mpegs!)=A0=A01=A02 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.3.10 (VNC client shot)=A0=A01 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.3.11 (running Firebird)=A0=A01 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.2 (running Xpaint, XzGV, emelFM, and Sylphed)=A0=A0= 1 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.3 (showing off desktop icons)=A0=A01 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.4 =A0=A01 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.5: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0new baby Tux ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0new theme, Oneko & playing Mpg ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0appfest, including patched Dillo ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.7: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0New apps; X Pacman, Rdesktop, FireBird 0.6.1 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.8: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0Playing a music CD while running in RAM ~ damnsmalllinux-0.4.10: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0Playing w/TuxNES, using Nirc, editing w/Nano, and Surfing = w/Firebird 0.7 ~ damnsmalllinux-0.5.1: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0SciTe, Apsfilter, GostScript, and Ted ~ damnsmalllinux-0.5.2: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0Showing MC, BashBurn, and gTuxnes ~ damnsmalllinux-0.5.3.1: ~ =A0=A0=A0=A0gPhone and Monkey webserver in action ~ ~ What does it have? ~ Damn Small Linux has a nearly complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, a= nd ~ MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, ~ Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (Ted-GTK), four ~ editors (SciTe, nVi, Zile [emacs clone], and Nano [Pic= o clone]), graphics ~ editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf, emelFM (file manager), Naim ~ (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP serv= er and client, DHCP client, ~ PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer ~ support, NFS, Fluxbox window manager, games, system monitoring apps, a host ~ of command line tools, USB suppo= rt, and pcmcia support. For more information ~ check out the applications=A0= pages. ~ ~ If you like DSL you can install it on your hard drive. Because all the ~ applications are small and light it makes a very good choice for older ~ hardware. ~ ~ My goal in creating Damn Small Linux is to have enough tools and toys = on a ~ business card sized CD to get work done *and* have some fun. ~ ~ How? ~ I started with model_k, which did an excellent distillation of Knoppix down ~ to 33 megabytes.=A0 From there I went through and removed what I = could, ~ including Locals and documentation, I know, that's not a good thing, b= ut I ~ had to make room. ~ ~ As many know Knoppix is based on Debian which really made my task a lo= t ~ easier, but the applications on the CD are not pure Debian.=A0 I am usi= ng a few ~ apps that are not available via apt-get. ~ ~ The applications I am using are the best compromises I could find betw= een ~ function and size. ~ ~ To make room I had to remove the entire dpkg database structure.=A0 Bu= t don't ~ freak out, I saved it for folks who want to try to remaster from= my iso. ~ ~ X? ~ It is a combo of Debian packages and the Kdrive Xvesa and Xfbdev serve= rs.=A0 It ~ works beautifully on most computers but it runs slower than what mo= st Linux ~ users are use to.=A0 That's the cost of keeping it all small and= lite. ~ ~ ToDo? ~ Clean up and refine. ~ ~ Where can I download it from? ~ :-)=A0go here. ~ ~ My email address is: ~ john _at_ damnsmalllinux.org ~ (please go to the=A0user forum=A0for tech questions) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ On Tuesday 03 February 2004 07:35 pm, Jeff Garland said: ~ ~ Hi all - ~ ~ ~ ~ My daughter's school has a number of donated IBM 600E laptops with 32= M RAM ~ ~ that are used in her class to help teach typing. Only one probl= em -- they ~ ~ aren't turned on when the kids are using them. Obviously th= is is a ~ pathetic ~ arrangement only slightly better than the kids using paper ~ keyboards... ~ ~ ~ Anyway, they gave me one to check and see if there would be any possibility ~ of ~ getting them working. Happily I have a compatible p= ower supply -- the ~ school ~ doesn't have any, but that's a different issue= =2E=20 When I plugged it ~ in the ~ machine booted up to Win98 and explorer promptly crashed. Well ~ that just gave ~ me an excuse to run Linux, w= hich is what I was thinking ~ anyway :-) ~ ~ ~ So I put in my Knoppix 3.2 disk and she booted right up -- after 10 minutes ~ ~ :-( And unfortunately, it doesn't include KTouch which is t= he main program ~ ~ I'd like to show them. So... ~ ~ ~ ~ I'm looking for advice on a small, bootable distribution that might include ~ ~ KTouch. A second option would be for me to get permission t= o wipe the ~ drive ~ and install Linux, but I'm guessing I still might ne= ed something ~ stripped down ~ to work well on this machine -- so any suggestions on this ~ would be ~ appreciated as well. DamnSmallLinux ~ (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) looks ~ like it might be a good place= to ~ start, but I was hoping not to tinker too much... ~ ~ ~ Thx, ~ ~ ~ ~ Jeff ~ ~ --------------------------------------------------- ~ ~ PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us ~ ~ To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: ~ ~ http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ~ ~ ~ --=20 <:-)~MIKE~(-:> This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spa= m or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blo= cked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. 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