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

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adssse

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Posted: Sep. 14 2005,04:17

I really love the concept of dsl. If I need or desire a newer app, chances are it is in the repository and is simple to install. At the same time I dont need to have the bloat of having all the new apps hanging around if I dont want/need them. To me its the best of both worlds.

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Posted: Sep. 14 2005,07:56

Quote (clivesay @ Sep. 09 2005,09:32)

Most all the newer apps are built on gtk2, which is much too large to fit into 50mb.

Eh ? That's simply not correct - look at Austrumi ( http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/2196 ) - not only it's smaller than DSL but has apps like AbiWork, Gnumeric, Bluefish (and the list goes on) all using GTK2...

DSL is a nice and more mature micro distro but it could learn from Austrumi a few things, I believe...

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Posted: Sep. 14 2005,18:37

I have to say, that having a "real X server" sure did look good in Austrumi, but other than that is is pretty much useless. It didn't detect my sound or wirless cards and even though I changed the language to English alot of stuff was still in latavian. Still though, very pretty.

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Posted: Sep. 14 2005,21:49

I cannot get Austrumi to detect and work with my hardware either. So it is a small collection of gtk2 apps that must work for the developers computer. I would suppose that if DSL were to cut way down on hardware, it too could offer up such a collection. But why? It would mean dropping support for older computers. How well does gtk2 apps work in 16MB 486? Besides I like "my choice" offered by "mydsl". It just works!

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Posted: Sep. 14 2005,23:32

I don't remember where i read this but one of the reasons why DSL is based on "old software" (i am not talking about the kernel) is because old programs work better on old computers. Since DSL is a small OS and can be used to give new life to old computers.

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