Search Members Help

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic

Question: Smaller, nearly apps-less DSL? :: Total Votes:67
Poll choices Votes Statistics
no, It would be nearly useless without basic desktop apps. 15  [22.39%]
no, DSL would lose its identiry and become another knx. 10  [14.93%]
yes, If apps of my choice can be easily added via myDSL. 37  [55.22%]
yes, Only if you offer more cloops for UCI type extensions. 5  [7.46%]
Don't know. What is this mydsl thing anyway? 0  [0.00%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted
Pages: (17) </ ... 7 8 9 10 11 [12] 13 14 15 16 17 ... >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

new topic new poll
Topic: Smaller, nearly apps-less DSL?, Survey Part 2< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
kerry Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 706
Joined: April 2006
Posted: April 30 2006,21:19 QUOTE

I only run from ram with the toram option, so call me selfish, but i'd be happy. :laugh:
But if your running the live cd the extra apps being there can be hidden(maybe deleted) so that when the selection for install is selected there not copied over to the installed system. Now i know that you can leave stuff out when copying so this should not be that much of a problem. :D
Back to top
Profile PM 
ZoOp Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 218
Joined: Sep. 2005
Posted: April 30 2006,23:22 QUOTE

in my opinion, a minimal DSL version with current kernel starting in x with the control panel and mydsl browser would be sufficient. I would consider other apps as optional, i.e. as to be used following your own purposes. Just keep it smaller!
yours
z
Back to top
Profile PM 
lovdsl Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 359
Joined: Feb. 2006
Posted: May 01 2006,01:29 QUOTE

I fail to see how making dsl smaller will help anyone.
perhaps when dsl boots to x
it should have tursmo/fluxter/icons off
leave the tray at the bottom and slit top center
have wmdrawer auto load in the slit with two icons.
emelfm and mydsl
when mydsl is clicked it will list first programs already installed and when clicked will add an icon to the drawer.
all my dsl extensions will be listed aswell and when clicked will be downloaded and installed and an icon placed in the drawer.
if a connection is required you will be prompted to connect.
if the program you want is not in the list it is simply not available..make your request. or create it and offer it to the community.
sometimes what you can not see does not hurt you.
just two cents
Back to top
Profile PM 
kerry Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 706
Joined: April 2006
Posted: May 01 2006,01:52 QUOTE

It's about the size and how you want to use the space gained from not having the apps that are there, that a person may or may not use. I would most deffintly prefer different apps to the one that comes stock. I'm currently using DSL on 2 computers one is a regular desk top and one is a laptop, both do not have hard drives, i run totally in ram in ram. That is were i can see the difference in having a choose. I love the base system but prefer other apps that are available in the myDSL browser, if given a choice would you not pick the app you prefer, instead of having 2 apps that one you use and that one you don't that will just sit there taking up space.
Back to top
Profile PM 
lovdsl Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 359
Joined: Feb. 2006
Posted: May 01 2006,02:19 QUOTE

I see your point..
I installed dsl to a dx2 66 with 400meg hd and 48meg ram. I could not use firefox, etc but had lots of room to run all available .dsl that would work on the machine. size was not a great issue. thus the post
I can see running in low ram createing an issue.
personally I would seek more ram or install to hd..
guess it never hurts to ask for a differant os.
there are few as wonderfull as dsl to choose from.
Back to top
Profile PM 
82 replies since Mar. 27 2006,20:07 < Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Pages: (17) </ ... 7 8 9 10 11 [12] 13 14 15 16 17 ... >/
new topic new poll
Quick Reply: Smaller, nearly apps-less DSL?

Do you wish to enable your signature for this post?
Do you wish to enable emoticons for this post?
Track this topic
View All Emoticons
View iB Code