Damn Small Linux is a practical choice for revitalizing aging hardware

Damn Small Linux 2024 packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies. DSL 2024 also has many text-based applications that make it handy to use in a term window or TTY. DSL 2024 currently only ships with two window managers: Fluxbox and JWM. Both are lightweight, fairly intuitive, and easy to use. DSL has four X-based web browsers: Firefox-esr (Extended Support Release, fully HTML5 compatible) NetSurf GTK (quick, easy on RAM, good HTML4 and CSS support) Dillo (super-light GUI browser) Links2 (text and light GUI browser) For office applications, DSL has: AbiWord word processor Gnumeric spreadsheets Sylpheed email client Zathura PDF viewer For multimedia applications: MPV (video and audio) XMMS (a lightweight audio player) Other applications: mtPaint (graphics editing) gFTP (FTP, SFTP, and SCP) Leafpad (quick editing) zzzFM (file manager lifted straight out of antiX) There are ... Read full article.