User Feedback :: Do you use myDSL extensions?
I have used the myDSL extensions for several apps. It is a great way for us newbies to get apps up and running with minimal hassles. I have had a problem or two with some, but even so, they are greatly appreciated.
I don't use a lot of MyDSL extensions on any one computer, usually less than 5, but I have DSL running in a few places, and each one uses a different batch depending on the task that machine (or virtual machine) is setup for.
I use 'em - they're a very useful and varied selection. I think there should be more, though. And many are woefully out-of-date (e.g. soundtracker). I have installed a couple of .deb apps with apt-get. Mostly I want the latest hard-to-manually-install apps as MyDSL extensions, for example Muse (very hard to set up by hand) and Ardour. If someone has Muse, please make a .dsl.
irssi, p7zip, screen, xine
That is (almost) all. At times I need dosfstools to check a flash drive or something, dosbox to play a little, ctorrent to download something... Minute applications for minute use. One of the things I like best of myDSL is when a Gentoo user talks me of this and that application and ask me about those and I am able to download and install those from the myDSL repository. It's just that good.
I used imagemagick on my Debian box to slightly retouch some of my photos until that box died. I use xpaint now, and I like the little toy.
Most of the graphical apps I don't use, but I recognize sh, vi, /alias luacalc (in irssi) and then some are no substitute for those more compfortable with GUI things like emelfm, mc, beaver or calcoo, and those are great even if I don't use those.
Office applications are able to handle most of the formats you would find sent to you by email. If someone feels dissatisfied with siag, ted or wordview.lua, 'beautifying' the desktop with abiword or the like is allways an option with myDSL. About xpdf, maybe it would be more interesting to include the pdf rendering library poppler, but I am not so strongwilled to hack something just to use xpdf without the xpdf gui.
Finally, using xine instead of xmms is just a matter of tastes and flamewars, so I would stop the review right in the spot. 
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