The past few months have seen a flurry of Linux distribution updates, and this one is certainly no exception. What’s particularly intriguing about an announcement made last Friday, however, is that it ...

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 ...

Damn Small Linux is a light-weight operating system designed to run on older computers which might not have the speedy processors, large hard drives, or vast amounts of RAM available on newer systems.

Last week we were talking about Damn Small Linux, but before we continue on with that we need to mention a few other items. First, you will remember from two weeks ago that the standard configuration ...

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 ...

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.

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, etc etc.<br><br>The problem ...