Still pounding on it.  Super-solid here so far (nice job and thanks!)--more machines to try.  Got a list going and I'll be back when I get it concise.  For now, questions:

1)  Is there anything in here that'll do screen dumps besides xwd (the format of which is ~low utility w/o convert from imagemagick). 
2)  Seeing feh and fbi for images...and mtpaint--is that it?

Thanks.  And thanks again for doing it at all--this is deeply cool to have in 2024!

Tried to install Zoom today since it seems that the webcam on my laptop is ready to go. Zoom isn't part of the regular debian repository but it can be downloaded. So I installed the dependencies and then, as said, I tried to install it. Unfortunately it depends on several packages that are held back with the antix desktop metapackage. In other words it didn't work in the present environment. So I'll have to wait for the next version of dsl that probably will sort out a lot of the present snags.

// meo

I remember vividly how cool it was to run DSL entirely from RAM. So, that's a feature I would like to see in upcoming releases. That would be really nice and since the specs of the computers (even older ones) usually have sufficient RAM to be able to use that boot option I think many users would like it.

// meo

I did a bit of testing.  Before running an upgrade you will need to hold back the antiX package that will update the desktop application defaults.  If not it will override the default terminal, browser and editor so those menu items will not work any longer.  It will override without checking what is installed.

To avoid this open up a terminal and paste in this command:
sudo apt-mark hold desktop-defaults-antix

In the next alpha release I will make sure this is already taken care of.

I have installed DSL on a 64Gb USB on SONY VAIO VGN SR290J purchased on the Year 2010.  
DSL is working fine and fast enough.
Initial boot time is quite high even upto 10 Min.

I have a issue only after upgrade. The GUI termianl is missing after upgrade.

I had to re install DSL just to retain my terminal in GUI mode.

man command is available for limited (but useful) commands.

info command is missing, but not much of an issue on ALPHA mode of the OS

Did anyone else faced any similar issue, afer update / upgrade

Any response is appreciated

You need to get isohybrid on the system that you are going to use to make your USB pen.  

Steps:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install syslinux-utils
isohybrid dsl-2024.alpha.iso

After that, I just used the regular DD method outlined here:
https://linuxiac.com/how-to-create-boota...d-command/

I will have a script in the next alpha release of DSL 2024 that should do this for you.

If you are going to install Firerfox via apt you have the option of firefox and forefox-esr.  For simmplicity I believe most people will be happier with choosing firefox-esr.   

If you want to use the firefox package there will be issues with audio because it works with PulseAudio instead of Alsa. 
To overcome this in the term do:
apulse firefox

That will launch firefox with pulse emulation and give firefox sound.

This isn't necessary with firefox-esr, it will work with Alsa instead of PulseAudio.

DSL is working nicely on SONY VAIO VGN Laptop, 2010 Year model, having 4 Gb RAM

Loved and used DSL and DSL-N back in the day, excited to see it up in this new iteration and as I have used antiX for years enjoy the hybrid of both, thanks John! My issues currently (and I know we're talking -alpha- so not a full-on release yet) is Badwolf freezes on my old Thinkpad (without hard drive so using live usb). I installed elinks using apt and it worked flawlessly! Tried to also install Firefox, wouldn't install, neither FF nor Firefox ESR. Thanks for your excellent work May the new DSL live long and prosper!

I can see in the VMWare bar that my webcam, a Realtech Integrated_Webcam HD, and the fingerprint device, a Shenzhen Goodix Fingerprint Device, are detected. Can those devices be enabled or are they just detected by the virtualization software(VMWare)?

// meo