DSL Loaded

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: DSL Loaded
started by: Waterns

Posted by Waterns on Mar. 23 2005,15:54

How about making a loaded version of DSL? I know the current "core" version has many applications and such but how about having a sort a download tool that you can use to download various apps/games for different servers. I believe it would work similar to apt-get.

Posted by mikshaw on Mar. 23 2005,16:23

DSL has the "myDSL" system, which allows you to download and install user-created packages from an ever-growing repository.

You can use the myDSL application in the menu to automatically download and install these programs, or you can use a web browser, ftp, or wget to retrieve them from < ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/ >

You could also "enable apt" and use apt-get or dpkg to install debian packages.

Posted by Waterns on Mar. 24 2005,16:13

Yea thanks for the link. It doesnt work (something with me timing out with the FTP) but after going to the DSL main site I found a link to the repository which has many things that I need. But going on with my eailer post, I still think that a major part of DSL should be packet downloads upon request sorta thing.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Mar. 24 2005,21:17

Perhaps your ISP blocks ftp activity.
The myDSL system is exactly what you suggest,
and works for me on several boxes in several locations flawlessly.

73
ke4nt