myDSL Extensions (deprecated) :: Different extension types

Can someone briefly explain the different types of mydsl extensions and the differences ?

I know of

.tar.gz
.dsl
.uci (What's a UCI ?)

In computing, the tar file format is a type of archive file format: the Tape ARchive format. These files are produced by the Unix command tar. It is used widely to archive and unarchive files while preserving file system information such as user and group permissions, dates, and directory structures. The gz is the compression aspect of it.

.dsl files are collections of files that have been tarred & gzipped (*.tar.gz) and then renamed *.dsl

.uci - (Universal Compressed ISO - extensions in .uci format mount as a separate filesystem to save RAM space)

Green extensions named *.tar.gz are safer to use on low ram systems, because they only write to /home and /opt, which are already writable.

Yellow and red extensions are named .dsl, because they have to write to more areas of the filesystem, and any part of the filesystem that is to be written to must be unpacked to ram. In other words, they can eat a lot more ram.

.uci extensions are compressed cloop files that are mounted rather than unpacked. These are the safest extensions to use on low ram systems, because they use almost no ram, since they usually exist on a physical drive, and are mounted, rather than unpacked into ram.

All .ucis as well as system extensions, like gnu-utils are rated blue.

Adding this explanation to the Docs.

-J.P.

Thanks,

should uci's show in the mydsl optional menu ? if I put them in the optional folder

no.

.uci's should be in the root of the partition where they will be loaded automatically.

-J.P.

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