iB::Topic::Why's DSL built on old Software

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » User Feedback » Why's DSL built on old Software

		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

Pages: (6) </ 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 >/

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

Topic: Why's DSL built on old Software, Great Little Distro

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

mikshaw

Group: Members
Posts: 4856
Joined: July 2004

Posted: Sep. 15 2005,03:13

I'd like to disagree with the "greater number" of apps....Austrumi, as far as i can tell, is focused mostly on X applications, where DSL has a large number of console apps and scripts. Also, as was mentioned, the myDSL system provides a way to easily extend the functionality of DSL beyond what is available in the base CD.

What I'd really like to know, though, is what is your point? This is the DSL forums...not astrumi. What is the point of coming to a forum of DSL users telling them that another distro is better? You know you're just going to start arguments....i've seen it numerous times on many forums. Don't troll, k?

--------------
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

delphi

Group: Members
Posts: 4
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: Sep. 15 2005,03:37

Quote (joer @ Sep. 14 2005,23:10)

But then we are now comparing Austrumi + Slackware against DSL.

Not quite. Austrumi uses Blin boot script (which you can beef-up using Slackware packages) . DSL uses (regarded as the best) Knoppix boot script.

Quote (joer @ Sep. 14 2005,23:10)

I don't feel like dancing anymore.

Ok, cheers ;)

delphi

Group: Members
Posts: 4
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: Sep. 15 2005,03:45

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Sep. 14 2005,23:12)

When I see this "unregistered" drive-by F.U.D. in DSL forums,
I immediately get suspicious.. of course, this reply of mine
is exactly what a drive-by would hope to accomplish, right?
traffic? attention? recognition? curiosity?

Wrong on all accounts ;) No need to get "suspicious" - as you can see from my previous post the 'unregistered' status was a cookies-issue. And yes, DSL IS (as I've pointed out already) more mature than Austrumi, so many (but not all) of your obervations are correct.

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Sep. 14 2005,23:12)

It is my wish that austrumi continues to progress.
It shows much potential..

I'm not 'attached' to any particular distro and I'm happy any that suits my needs and my only wish posting was, as already expressed, to point out that all of them can benefit (just look what effect Knoppix had) from each other...

delphi

Group: Members
Posts: 4
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: Sep. 15 2005,03:54

Quote (mikshaw @ Sep. 14 2005,23:13)

I'd like to disagree with the "greater number" of apps...

Ok. "greater" is a relative term I guees and depends on what you need.

Quote (mikshaw @ Sep. 14 2005,23:13)

What I'd really like to know, though, is what is your point?

Ah, that's simple: please (re)read my first post - you CAN have GTK2 apps in under 50MB...

SaidinUnleashed Offline

Group: Members
Posts: 1428
Joined: Mar. 2004

Posted: Sep. 15 2005,04:05

Decided to try Astrumi just for the hell of it.

And it pooped on every box I tried it on, in one way or another.

Main box: No likey the netcard
Dell 8600 lappy: No likey the pcmcia
Thinkpad: No likey the X server
Tiny Toshiba: Would not boot at all
ECS Lappy: No likey the X server
Dell 2600 Lappy: No likey the X server

And all of these computers except the 2600 work fine with stock DSL, and the 2600 just needs Xfree86.

I wasn't really impressed.

-J.P.

--------------
They say if you play a Microsoft CD backwards, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing, cause if you play it forwards, it installs Windows.

Unleash the power of the TILDE~~~

25 replies since Sep. 09 2005,12:53

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

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

Pages: (6) </ 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 >/

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » User Feedback » Why's DSL built on old Software