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| Damn Small Linux is a business-card-sized (50 MB) bootable live CD Linux distribution. Despite its size, it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop. <snip> I believe DSL is a nearly complete desktop. It includes: A desktop environment Containing the FluxBox window manager, and emelFM and Midnight Commander file managers Office applications Containing a spreadsheet; a spellchecker (U.S. English); a word processor (Ted-GTK); a calculator; SQLite, which is used to manage an address book; and four text editors (Beaver, Vim, Zile, and Nano) Graphics editing and viewing Containing Xpaint, Xzgv, and Xpdf Multimedia applications Containing XMMS (MP3, OGG, and MPEG player) and CD-burning capabilities Internet applications Containing Dillo and links-hacked web browsers, Sylpheed email, and Naim (AIM, ICQ, and IRC) Networking clients Containing PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), DHCP, FTP, SSH/SCP, VNCviwer, and Rdesktop Networking services Containing SSH/SCP, web, FTP, and NFS servers Hardware support Containing USB, PCMCIA, generic and GhostScript printer support, and wireless networking <snip> - John Andrews |