I love DSL
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: I love DSL
started by: Lord Graga
Posted by Lord Graga on Feb. 23 2004,20:18
Heh, I dunno how I found DSL, but it doesn't matter... I love it :)Here's the reasons why I choose DSL as my main distro:
* It autoconfigures everything. From my ankward via-rhine (VIA Eden 5000) to my connection, and even the sound plays without a single error/glitch. It's awesome, because if I have to configure anything, then it'll break ;) When it's starting up for the first time it politely asks for some passwords, and I type them in. Then I open a shell in X and type "dpkg-restore", and apt-get is enabled. That's all. It's simple. And I like that :)
* It installs easely. Every other distro that I have tried has 10 to 20 steps where I don't have a clue what to answer! Here, what I see is what I get, and I like that. I can just open up a shell, use cfdisk to create partitions and type "dsl-hdinstall". And whoopie! It's done installing in 2 minutes! No woes! And I like that :)
* It's fast enough! And I like that :)
* It's has apt-get, which I like, even though dependencies are killing me :P I don't like dependencies, but I like the debian package system.
* It's easy to configure, becuase it's based on Fluxbox. I am currently messing around with icons and my menu. And it works. And I like that! Now I just need to find out how to get ROX up'n'running so that I can sexualize my desktop. I think that DSL should have an "Install ROX" besides "Install Firebird" (which is Firefox now :P). I would like that :)
So, two thumbs up :)
Lord Graga
Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 24 2004,02:59
Funny you should ask...Check out the post below:
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It works with versions 0.5.x Does not work with version 0.6
Posted by Rapidweather on Feb. 24 2004,05:35
I also find that the Opera 6.12 scripts have a hard time, almost impossible, in DSL 6. We need some more install scripts for that made. -----
Posted by Lord Graga on Feb. 24 2004,08:54
Hmm, it's a shame that they wont work on DSL .6, but, oh well, the most important thing is to get my hands in some PLE133 northbridge drivers that works with DSL :PThanks for your replies.
Posted by sjborch on Feb. 26 2004,00:13
I think he likes it.