<![CDATA[Damn Small Linux Forums - User Feedback]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:04:33 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Gaming]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-273.html Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:16:49 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-273.html
Has anyone done other retro or new games?

If anyone is wondering how I extracted QFG1 from a GOG.com exe, here is what I did:

I installed dosbox, innoextract, and p7zip-full from the terminal:
sudo apt install -y dosbox innoextract p7zip-full

Then I made a directory:
mkdir -p ~/games/qfg1

Then I extracted the files from the GOG exe:
innoextract --gog -d ~/games/qfg1 "setup_quest_for_glory_-_so_you_want_to_be_a_hero_2.00_(28045).exe"

Then I used DOSBOX as normal to mount the drive then run the game


Have a great one any other gamers,
Will]]>
Has anyone done other retro or new games?

If anyone is wondering how I extracted QFG1 from a GOG.com exe, here is what I did:

I installed dosbox, innoextract, and p7zip-full from the terminal:
sudo apt install -y dosbox innoextract p7zip-full

Then I made a directory:
mkdir -p ~/games/qfg1

Then I extracted the files from the GOG exe:
innoextract --gog -d ~/games/qfg1 "setup_quest_for_glory_-_so_you_want_to_be_a_hero_2.00_(28045).exe"

Then I used DOSBOX as normal to mount the drive then run the game


Have a great one any other gamers,
Will]]> <![CDATA[Small Suggestion]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-270.html Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:13:32 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-270.html
Here are a few more ideas and issues I have had.

1.  Polish spam-bots on the forum -- can you please zap these guys?  I get emails from every time one of these things post.

2.  It is pretty manual to change the screen timeout.  I wish this was part of the menu GUI system

3.  I have a laptop hooked to an external monitor, even after disabling the laptop monitor through Control Centre/Session/Set Screen Resolution (ARandR) the wallpaper image I selected is stretched in a strange way.  I wish there was a more robust wallpaper GUI to stretch and center the image I select from Control Center/Choose Wallpaper.

4.  When I reboot, the laptop goes back to the laptop screen.  I wish it remembered what to do when the laptop is connected to an external monitor.

Thanks for your work,
Will]]>
Here are a few more ideas and issues I have had.

1.  Polish spam-bots on the forum -- can you please zap these guys?  I get emails from every time one of these things post.

2.  It is pretty manual to change the screen timeout.  I wish this was part of the menu GUI system

3.  I have a laptop hooked to an external monitor, even after disabling the laptop monitor through Control Centre/Session/Set Screen Resolution (ARandR) the wallpaper image I selected is stretched in a strange way.  I wish there was a more robust wallpaper GUI to stretch and center the image I select from Control Center/Choose Wallpaper.

4.  When I reboot, the laptop goes back to the laptop screen.  I wish it remembered what to do when the laptop is connected to an external monitor.

Thanks for your work,
Will]]> <![CDATA[Code]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-269.html Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:01:19 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-269.html
Having tons of fun so far.  Is John doing all the code himself?  I have some programming experience.  If John is not doing all the code himself, how does one sign up to fix small problems (GitHub repo?)?

Have a good one,
Will]]>
Having tons of fun so far.  Is John doing all the code himself?  I have some programming experience.  If John is not doing all the code himself, how does one sign up to fix small problems (GitHub repo?)?

Have a good one,
Will]]> <![CDATA[Suggestion on login background]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-268.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:18:12 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-268.html
The login background still says AntiX.  It shows up right after I log in with my username and password, before the desktop is visible.

My suggestion, come up with a new background that says DSL 2024 that appears, instead of AntiX.

Regards,
Will]]>
The login background still says AntiX.  It shows up right after I log in with my username and password, before the desktop is visible.

My suggestion, come up with a new background that says DSL 2024 that appears, instead of AntiX.

Regards,
Will]]> <![CDATA[Terminal shortcut idea]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-267.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:59:16 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-267.html
Many distros use the shortcut Cntl-Alt-T to start a terminal window.  My suggestion is to add this shortcut by default

Regards,
Will]]>
Many distros use the shortcut Cntl-Alt-T to start a terminal window.  My suggestion is to add this shortcut by default

Regards,
Will]]> <![CDATA[Use as wallpaper bug]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-266.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:51:11 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-266.html Link to Image : https://wallpapercave.com/w/wp6099242

Error I received:

cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/desktop-session/desktop-session-wallpaper/wallpaper.conf': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/desktop-session/desktop-session-wallpaper/wallpaper-list.conf': No such file or directory
cat: /home/willz06jw/.desktop-session/wallpaper.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /home/willz06jw/.desktop-session/wallpaper.conf: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /home/willz06jw/.desktop-session/wallpaper-list.conf: No such file or directory
There was no valid style for wallpaper setting found, defaulting to grey background

When I used the Control Centre/Use Wallpaper menu it worked fine]]> Link to Image : https://wallpapercave.com/w/wp6099242

Error I received:

cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/desktop-session/desktop-session-wallpaper/wallpaper.conf': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat '/usr/share/desktop-session/desktop-session-wallpaper/wallpaper-list.conf': No such file or directory
cat: /home/willz06jw/.desktop-session/wallpaper.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /home/willz06jw/.desktop-session/wallpaper.conf: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /home/willz06jw/.desktop-session/wallpaper-list.conf: No such file or directory
There was no valid style for wallpaper setting found, defaulting to grey background

When I used the Control Centre/Use Wallpaper menu it worked fine]]> <![CDATA[Wifi UI idea]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-265.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:39:32 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-265.html
I think it would help adoption if the initial wifi screen allowed a user to double click on the wifi network shown to connect to it.

Will]]>
I think it would help adoption if the initial wifi screen allowed a user to double click on the wifi network shown to connect to it.

Will]]> <![CDATA[Installation idea]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-264.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:35:50 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-264.html
Let me start by saying that the installation succeeded. 

I wanted to mention that at one part of the installation it seemed like it hung at 97%, with a close button at the bottom of the screen.  I waited a minute or two and then it finished the installation.  I expect that if I had hit that close button it would have screwed up the installation.  I just wanted to mention that.

Will]]>
Let me start by saying that the installation succeeded. 

I wanted to mention that at one part of the installation it seemed like it hung at 97%, with a close button at the bottom of the screen.  I waited a minute or two and then it finished the installation.  I expect that if I had hit that close button it would have screwed up the installation.  I just wanted to mention that.

Will]]> <![CDATA[Newbie idea vomit]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-263.html Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:23:56 +0000 willz06jw]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-263.html
I used to use DSL back in the day, like more than a few of you.

I'm looking forward to a DSL 2024 full release and am going to install on an old netbook someone gave me

Here are some ideas I have had so far:
--Remove the gotcha style ads on the webpage.  If I recommend this distro to someone, and they can't figure out which "Download here" button is real or fake, it would make us both look bad.
--Fix the Paypal error, where you donate and then it doesn't go back to the main page
--Publish a roadmap of future release milestones and estimated times of release
--Remove 2024 from the name, its 2026. How about Freaking Damn Small Linux?
--create 4 versions: DVD-size, CD-size, Zipdisk-size (100MB), and Floppy-size (1.44MB)

I expect the antiX version won't be able to cram into a zipdisk more than my wife's foot can fit into a normal woman's sized shoe, but perhaps we could do what is possible (like a tiny core version for the zipdisk-size and ELKS version for the floppy size) --- and make the rest a work in process. 

Also, open the project up to other developers...you and Cursor can't write the whole thing man!

Have a good one and thank you for your damn awesome work over the years,
Will]]>
I used to use DSL back in the day, like more than a few of you.

I'm looking forward to a DSL 2024 full release and am going to install on an old netbook someone gave me

Here are some ideas I have had so far:
--Remove the gotcha style ads on the webpage.  If I recommend this distro to someone, and they can't figure out which "Download here" button is real or fake, it would make us both look bad.
--Fix the Paypal error, where you donate and then it doesn't go back to the main page
--Publish a roadmap of future release milestones and estimated times of release
--Remove 2024 from the name, its 2026. How about Freaking Damn Small Linux?
--create 4 versions: DVD-size, CD-size, Zipdisk-size (100MB), and Floppy-size (1.44MB)

I expect the antiX version won't be able to cram into a zipdisk more than my wife's foot can fit into a normal woman's sized shoe, but perhaps we could do what is possible (like a tiny core version for the zipdisk-size and ELKS version for the floppy size) --- and make the rest a work in process. 

Also, open the project up to other developers...you and Cursor can't write the whole thing man!

Have a good one and thank you for your damn awesome work over the years,
Will]]> <![CDATA[No Option for TouchPad Tap to Click]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-259.html Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:39:10 +0000 Bill_Chatfield]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-259.html /etc/X11/xorg/conf.d/touchpad.conf:

Code:
Section "InputClass"
  Identifier "touchpad"
  Driver "libinput"
  MatchIsTouchpad "on"
  Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection


It works, but I think the mouse config should be able to do it.]]> /etc/X11/xorg/conf.d/touchpad.conf:

Code:
Section "InputClass"
  Identifier "touchpad"
  Driver "libinput"
  MatchIsTouchpad "on"
  Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection


It works, but I think the mouse config should be able to do it.]]> <![CDATA[No Battery Icon in System Tray]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-258.html Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:53:55 +0000 Bill_Chatfield]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-258.html <![CDATA[PayPal]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-257.html Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:29:16 +0000 Mentor]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-257.html
Then I clicked Donate, went to PayPal, made a donation (which seems to have gone through), but then PayPal could not send me back to the DSL website page that I had come from.
Doesn't bother me, but I thought you might want to know. Hiccups in the payment process are not good for a site that lives by donations.

I am very grateful for your work - it was the original DSL (the 50 MB one, on a Year2000 IBM Thinkpad, that got me started with Linux.

*** My username is because I teach programming to kids at a Coder Dojo (a Raspberry Pi sponsored club ***]]>
Then I clicked Donate, went to PayPal, made a donation (which seems to have gone through), but then PayPal could not send me back to the DSL website page that I had come from.
Doesn't bother me, but I thought you might want to know. Hiccups in the payment process are not good for a site that lives by donations.

I am very grateful for your work - it was the original DSL (the 50 MB one, on a Year2000 IBM Thinkpad, that got me started with Linux.

*** My username is because I teach programming to kids at a Coder Dojo (a Raspberry Pi sponsored club ***]]> <![CDATA[does dsl support 486cpu?]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-256.html Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:31:44 +0000 youxiaojie]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-256.html <![CDATA[AMD Geode driver]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-242.html Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:27:17 +0000 anewangelfades]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-242.html I have just a little request: antiX and its derivatives like this one are (to the best of my knowledge) the only distros who still work on non PAE systems.
I have two netbooks running on an AMD Geode LX-800 CPU, the sam CPU on which the famous OLPC was based on.
I think that it would be really great if they worked "out of the box".
The problem is that the Geode driver in the repositories is an old version which doesn't work with 5.x or 6.x kernels, but just with 4.x kernels, and booting on such machines is incredibly hard, since also a cli boot is really hard to obtain.
Everything is duly explained here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driv...deo-geode/
but basically, for everything to work properly, some particular grub options are needed, as well as the latest 2.18.1 driver.

Do you think it's possible to integrate this in the ISO? I see that in the past xserver-xorg-video-intel was included to support native resolution on some EEE PCs and other machines, and I believe that giving a new life to hardware such as OLPC XO-1 and similar low-budget PCs would be really important.

Thank you in advance!]]> I have just a little request: antiX and its derivatives like this one are (to the best of my knowledge) the only distros who still work on non PAE systems.
I have two netbooks running on an AMD Geode LX-800 CPU, the sam CPU on which the famous OLPC was based on.
I think that it would be really great if they worked "out of the box".
The problem is that the Geode driver in the repositories is an old version which doesn't work with 5.x or 6.x kernels, but just with 4.x kernels, and booting on such machines is incredibly hard, since also a cli boot is really hard to obtain.
Everything is duly explained here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driv...deo-geode/
but basically, for everything to work properly, some particular grub options are needed, as well as the latest 2.18.1 driver.

Do you think it's possible to integrate this in the ISO? I see that in the past xserver-xorg-video-intel was included to support native resolution on some EEE PCs and other machines, and I believe that giving a new life to hardware such as OLPC XO-1 and similar low-budget PCs would be really important.

Thank you in advance!]]> <![CDATA[DSL 2024 = impressive]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-240.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:18:07 +0000 Gyro]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-240.html
Linuxes that didn't run at all: Slitaz 5.0, MX and Manjaro.
Linuxes that that launched but were problematic in some way or other: Debian (no WLAN), Slitaz 3 and 4 and Bunsenlabs.

PS: I just checked, the laptop came out in 2006 and originally it had Windows Vista on it. And it was a slow poke even back then if you ask me.]]>
Linuxes that didn't run at all: Slitaz 5.0, MX and Manjaro.
Linuxes that that launched but were problematic in some way or other: Debian (no WLAN), Slitaz 3 and 4 and Bunsenlabs.

PS: I just checked, the laptop came out in 2006 and originally it had Windows Vista on it. And it was a slow poke even back then if you ask me.]]>