User Feedback :: How Do You Use DSL (updated)



Quote (ubl @ Jan. 20 2006,14:02)
I use frugal on my older computers, and live cd "dsl toram" for the newer ones.  I'm not a business,  I just have a lot of old computers around (that I use.)  
I'm using DSL2.1b at the moment but there is something funky going on with the cdrom( I have to go into superuser mode to unmount audio cd's.)  I wonder if it might be possible to have two versions of DSL, for older and newer computers.

I am a new dsl user and have just completed a hard drive install (using the latest version of dsl) on to my old Panasonic CF-25  P166 laptop, with 2.7 Gb drive and 96 Mb of RAM. Would I get better performance from an older version. I am quite pleased with the speed as is, considering the antiquity of the hardware :laugh:
I used traditionnal HDD install since version 0.5, but I have being experiencing broken installations with the MyDSL extensions, so I finally tried the frugal, and loved it. I think I will go that way from now on.
I also use traditional HD install DSL 1.5, currently dual-booting with Ubuntu Hoary. I have to say that I'm quite surprise with DSL... it is very easy to install, to run, and also to add some more stuffs from mydsl. I installed Opera and Xine and it's no problem, with Ubuntu fresh install, I couldnt even get the sound working and have to install lots of small files such as codecs, etc etc afterward...

I will try to download OpenOffice and one torrent client later.... if these two work like charm.... then I can use DSL as my primary OS...  :laugh:

Thank you DSL.
dsl frugal install with persistent home/opt on Hard Disk Drive and backup/restore

also use LIVE CD in other comps
Ebayed a cheap almost bare compaq armada 7770 for £25 on ebay, added a 4Gb HDD, a floppy and a lot of cursing after installing win98se.
Decided I needed speed and stability so after trying feather 9 wouldn't run ) and puppy ( coudn't get it to install to hd ) I tried DSL, ran 1st time.... repartitioned ( thank you pqmagict.exe ) added a small ( 1.8Gb ext2 ) linux partition and swap ( 256Mb ) installed it to HD ( 2nd time, my fault for not paying attention ) and it runs like a dream, all I need to do now is get it to see my ACX100 wifi card and set up the sound and i'll be as happy as a pig in mud. In short, DSL saved me from microsoft slavery.... Thanks guys  :)
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