User Feedback :: Moving Forward - What's Your Desire?



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i like my dsl small and fast, and modular. scalability is the key.

Exactly. Dsl is really fast on -98 AMD Athlon 600mhz and 256mb ram.
I voted to "Remove many apps providing a tiny core based on using MyDSL 2.4" but I wouldn't remove too many just enough to be able to update the kernel to 2.4.34.  I use DSL on laptops and old desktops which had windows 95 on them.  I feel that DSL is a big security improvement over windows 95 and I will never go back.  My thoughts is that a new kernel will be even more secure and may support more devices like scanners.  I like the 50 Meg size so I can download easier and do frugal installs without using a big hard drive.  A hobby of mine is using DSL to restore old PC's and I give them to friends who need a PC.
I didn't vote, but I agree that if room is needed, apps like firefox could be stuffed off onto .uci.   What I like about DSL is its modularity, and wouldn't want to lose that in the shuffle.  As for kernel modules, things like imm.o (zip-plus), and like someone else said, winmodems.  (needn't be included in base, just available for adding-on by users).    The MyDSL files kind of remind me of mac os 8 where the extensions, left in a certain folder, were automatically added at boot.  I notice there are 3 ways to add mydsl: .dsl, .uci, and .unc.  Does this mean that the ultimate best way to add modules is still being searched for?  I wouldn't mind it if the add-on apps were loaded via bootlocal.sh, with bootlocal.sh being loaded from a location specified in the kernel command line
i like the way damn small has been designed, i started using it on version 3.01.  it is ready to use out of the box and can very easily be modified for individual tastes.  i voted to simply update to 2.4.34 rather than bloat damn small and upgrade apps that may not need upgrading.  i
With the advent of unc extensions & auto-loading of GTK at boot-time there isn't any need to have Firefox in the base system. Dillo is sufficient for most browsing & Opera or Firefox can readily be added via unc. This would also remove the gripes from some about the age of the Firefox version in the base system as the latest version could be readily provided via an extension. Removing this bloated app would give plenty of room for a newer kernel & assicoated modules to keep the base system compatible with legacy systems.
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