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Posted: Sep. 15 2005,05:36 QUOTE

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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...


Good point. Very true ..  

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my first post -  you CAN have GTK2 apps in under 50MB...


Again, I concur..

I think everyone begnis to think about what would be lost if some gtk2 code
was placed in DSL , which would replace some other bits in the original distro.
It seems like a give and take ..

I read just as many posts about how we should do exactly the opposite,
and add more cli-type apps, in favor of losing some of the gui and eye-candy.

Can't please them all..  :)

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Posted: Sep. 15 2005,08:39 QUOTE

I don't really think Delphi was trolling etc.

We're all just very attached to DSL here, with good reason, and I think there's little doubt that it is the best-developed and supported micro distro available for the general user (IMHO).

Nonetheless, comparison & debate re the pros and cons of alternatives is a good thing.


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Posted: Oct. 12 2005,15:34 QUOTE

Woot! :)
We have an updated Firefox!
Plus many other great updates.
Nice work on 2.0 RC1!
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Posted: Oct. 12 2005,16:02 QUOTE

Something I find really interesting is that people keep refering to "really old hardware" as an 800MHz 512Mram machine as really old.  It may be old compared to the newer machines but many of us would love to have such a system.  When I think about old systems I think about 486es and pI systems.  DSL is exactly what I need for my systems (my compaq 7800 laptop is the fastest @ 266mhz).  There is no way I can run other distros without giving up the GUI.  For me DSL is the perfect balance.  I have extended my system with mydsl and synaptic and there is not much I can't do with the system.  Also, as I have stated elsewhere, my kids love it.
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Posted: Oct. 12 2005,17:26 QUOTE

Yeah, my computer is a 400 mhz and it is not old. I can do whatever I want with it.
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