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I want to be able to develop applications using C and C++  ???.  Can I do that with the DSL OS? My laptop doesn't meet the hardware requirements for the newest version of Linux or its flavors.

Sure, why wouldn't you?

Just remember that DSL uses the old 2.4 kernel. This means you might have not be able to run new software designed for later kernel versions. If you want to use the latest version of a modern IDE, definately check whether it, and its dependancies, would run with a 2.4 kernel.

If it won't work, DSL-N uses kernel v2.6. Then there are always other options like TinyCore and Puppy Linux which use much more modern kernels.

Thanks for responding CNK!

Have you worked with C or C++ using DSL?

No, I've never tried.

But good luck, whatever you go for.

I realize it is a while since the last post, but having used DSL on and off for years I have just discovered that it includes a C compiler as standard: tcc. It's a very neat compiler, which compiles very quickly and has some nice built in features including a memory checker and a stack trace output on error, so no need for a separate debugger to find out where your program crashed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_C_Compiler

This won't help you with c++ but if you install gcc (gcc1-with-libs.dsl) you get gcc and g++ so can compile C and/or C++, this package also contains make. The gnu debugger is separate however, you need to install the gdb.dsl package... however this looks quite an old version.

I think you should think carefully before.