User Feedback :: Very nice job!
Haven;t followed up with DSL since my 8.1 install. Just installed the 1.2 version.
Very nice job guys! this thing now has polish and it seems to run faster than before.
It runs fine as a web appliance installed to hdd on an old toshiba tecra 520cdt, 166 mmx with 96 meg of memory.
IT has resurrected an old k6-2 300 mhz box I was gonna toss, that is now being shipped off as a backup box to a friend...
and it literally SCREAMS on my t23 laptop.
Getting firefox in from the get-go was a real A+ addition.
Keep up the good work!
I second that tjm4fun,
Borrowed the XF86Config-4 file from Knoppix, and now I've got DSL running Fluxbox 0.9.11 under XFree86, which really speeds up GTK2 apps.
I've got Firefox 1.04, Openoffice and Java running as .uci extensions, a nice desktop theme, and last night I was watching divx in mplayer from my USB keychain. Just now I was streaming mp3's from my Windows server using Samba and XMMS, and was showing just 1% CPU usage.
All this from a VIA C3 800Mhz, with 256meg RAM and a 512meg CF card for a harddrive (frugal install), soon to be powered by a 55W DC PSU. Not a fan or moving part in sight. Reminds me of my Acorn Archimedes days when computing was fun.
Couldn't have done it without the wealth of knowledge available in these forums. Thanks guys!
I have to agree, this is an amazing distro. I am running it on an old 233mhz machine that was just sitting in the basement before. With DSL I dont have to deal with the bloat that would make working with this machine nearly impossible. Plus I find it as a great way to learn because although easy to use, it does not spoon feed you the way some distros do. Thanks again to all those involved.
ahodgekins,
I've got a similar system, epia 5000 running frugal
on a CF-2-IDE adapter, 256MB, harddrive-less, fanless, etc..
Occasionally, for upgrades, or just testing,
I'll pop in a 256MB USBpendrive, and boot/run it from there..
Quiet, and runs great as an mp3 server for my jeep..
Nice to see another minimal system running this fine
minimal distro..
Are you running it in the "toram" mode?
Replacing that 256 with a 512 would also improve things a bit.
Adssse,
Does that 233 have enough ram to run in "toram" mode?
My 233 laptops are 96MB/128MB, therefore no toram,
but are still useable for mp3's, mail, browsing, etc..
Curious if 'toram' really helps with a 233MHz processor.
73
ke4nt
It does.
One of my 233 boxes has 512 in it (maxed out, baby), and toram is at least faster than waiting on the 8x cdrom to speed up and read.
It's the 66mhz system bus that really slows it down.
My 233mhz pII laptop is a lot faster. Has 228mb of laptop pc133. Toram mode SMOKES on it.
-J.P.
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