We've written about portable apps quite a number of times in the past, but why bother with just apps when there's a whole OS that'll fit on a 50MB USB stick? Damn Small Linux, sometimes abbreviated ...

Yep, Damn Small Linux is really, really small – as the DSL home page claims: “50 megabytes of penguin power.” And because it requires no host kernel patches or drivers to run, QEMU (a freeware ...

There was a time when the gulf between a new computer and one a decade or more old was so large as to be insurmountable; when a Pentium was the chip to have an older computer had a 16-bit 8086 or 286.

I wouldn't think that you would have to install anything to get DSL working. You should be able to set your gateway IP address and go. Many times internet service ...

Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a lightweight GNU/Linux distribution designed to breathe new life into old computer hardware by offering a full desktop operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware ...

OK hey all, I am using Damn Small Linux as I type here on my old Dell laptop. I like it, it is very snappy, the HD is powered down, so I'm expecting good battery life ...

Honestly, François, why does ultimate always have to mean bigger, faster and more resource-intensive? Mon Dieu, sometimes all this speeding up just seems to make things work more slowly. Although I ...