<s>
Damn	B-Operating_System
Small	I-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
(	O
DSL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
family	O
of	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
and	O
other	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
applications	O
on	O
older	O
PC	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
machines	O
with	O
486	B-General_Concept
and	O
early	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
microprocessors	B-Architecture
and	O
very	O
little	O
random-access	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
(	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
originally	O
began	O
as	O
an	O
experiment	O
to	O
see	O
how	O
much	O
software	O
could	O
fit	O
in	O
50	O
MB	O
eventually	O
became	O
a	O
full	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
storage	B-General_Concept
media	I-General_Concept
with	O
small	O
capacities	O
,	O
like	O
bootable	O
business	O
cards	O
,	O
USB	B-Protocol
flash	O
drives	O
,	O
various	O
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Zip	B-Operating_System
drives	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
currently	O
continues	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Tiny	O
Core	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
which	O
he	O
created	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSL	O
supports	O
only	O
x86	B-Operating_System
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimum	O
system	O
requirements	O
are	O
a	O
486	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
8	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSL	O
has	O
been	O
demonstrated	O
browsing	O
the	O
web	O
with	O
Dillo	B-Application
,	O
running	O
simple	O
games	O
and	O
playing	O
music	O
on	O
systems	O
with	O
a	O
486	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
16	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
requirements	O
are	O
higher	O
for	O
running	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
and	O
optional	O
add-ons	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
office	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSL	O
has	O
built-in	O
scripts	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
install	O
Advanced	B-Application
Packaging	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
(	O
APT	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
APT	B-Application
is	O
enabled	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
install	O
packages	O
from	O
Debian	O
's	O
repositories	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
DSL	O
hosts	O
software	O
ranging	O
from	O
large	O
applications	O
like	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
and	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
(	O
GCC	B-Application
)	O
,	O
to	O
smaller	O
ones	O
such	O
as	O
aMSN	B-Protocol
,	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
the	O
MyDSL	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
convenient	O
one-click	O
download	O
and	O
installing	O
of	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	O
hardware	B-Architecture
detection	O
may	O
fail	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
user	O
may	O
want	O
to	O
use	O
something	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
default	O
settings	O
(	O
language	O
,	O
keyboard	O
,	O
VGA	O
,	O
fail	O
safe	O
graphics	O
,	O
text	O
mode	O
...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cheat	O
codes	O
affect	O
many	O
auto-detection	O
and	O
hardware	B-Architecture
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
cheat	O
codes	O
also	O
affect	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
regular	O
area	O
contains	O
extensions	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
proven	O
stable	O
enough	O
for	O
everyday	O
use	O
and	O
is	O
broken	O
down	O
into	O
different	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
apps	O
,	O
net	O
,	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
uci	O
(	O
Universal	O
Compressed	O
ISO	O
-	O
Extensions	O
in	O
.uci	O
format	O
are	O
mounted	B-Application
as	O
a	O
separate	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
minimize	O
RAM	B-Architecture
use	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
testing	O
area	O
is	O
for	O
newly	O
submitted	O
extensions	O
that	O
theoretically	O
work	O
well	O
enough	O
,	O
but	O
may	O
have	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
Frugal	O
 '	O
installation	O
:	O
DSL	O
's	O
'	B-Application
cloop	I-Application
 '	I-Application
image	I-Application
is	O
installed	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
file	O
,	O
to	O
a	O
hard	B-Application
disk	I-Application
partition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
likely	O
more	O
reliable	O
and	O
secure	O
than	O
a	O
traditional	O
hard	O
drive	O
installation	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
cloop	B-Application
image	O
cannot	O
be	O
directly	O
modified	O
;	O
any	O
changes	O
made	O
are	O
only	O
stored	O
in	O
memory	O
and	O
discarded	O
upon	O
rebooting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
dsl-version-embedded.zip	O
'	O
:	O
Includes	O
QEMU	B-Application
for	O
running	O
DSL	O
inside	O
Windows	O
or	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
dsl-version-initrd.iso	O
'	O
:	O
Integrates	O
the	O
normally-separate	O
cloop	B-Application
image	O
into	O
the	O
initrd	B-Application
image	O
;	O
this	O
allows	O
network	B-Device
booting	I-Device
,	O
using	O
PXE	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
regular	O
toram	B-Operating_System
boot	O
,	O
requires	O
at	O
least	O
128mb	O
ram	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
dsl-version-syslinux.iso	O
'	O
:	O
Boots	O
using	O
syslinux	B-Application
floppy	O
image	O
emulation	O
instead	O
of	O
isolinux	B-Application
;	O
for	O
very	O
old	O
PCs	B-Device
that	O
cannot	O
boot	O
with	O
isolinux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
dsl-version-vmx.zip	O
'	O
:	O
A	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
hard	O
drive	O
image	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
in	O
VirtualBox	B-Operating_System
,	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
Workstation	I-Operating_System
or	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSL-N	O
uses	O
version	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
widget	I-Application
toolkit	I-Application
and	O
version	O
2.6	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
can	O
also	O
boot	O
DSL	O
using	O
a	O
boot-floppy	O
created	O
from	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
floppy	O
images	O
( 	O
 '	O
bootfloppy.img	O
'	O
;	O
'	O
bootfloppy-grub.img	O
'	O
;	O
'	O
bootfloppy-usb.img	O
'	O
;	O
or	O
'	O
pcmciabootfloppy.img	O
'	O
)	O
on	O
very	O
old	O
computers	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
El	B-Device
Torito	I-Device
Bootable	I-Device
CD	I-Device
Specification	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DSL	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
is	O
loaded	O
from	O
the	O
floppy	O
disk	O
into	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
runs	O
DSL	O
from	O
the	O
CD	O
or	O
USB	B-Protocol
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSL	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
as	O
X-DSL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-DSL	O
requires	O
a	O
modified	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	O
or	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
hard	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
have	O
also	O
run	O
X-DSL	O
from	O
a	O
USB	B-Protocol
flash	O
drive	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
USB	B-Protocol
adaptor	O
included	O
with	O
Phantasy	B-Application
Star	I-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
which	O
plugs	O
into	O
the	O
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
slot	I-Device
and	O
includes	O
one	O
USB	B-Protocol
1.1	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-DSL	O
boots	O
into	O
a	O
X11-based	O
GUI	B-Application
;	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
controller	B-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
mouse	O
pointer	O
and	O
enter	O
text	O
using	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-DSL	O
has	O
a	O
Fluxbox	B-Language
desktop	O
,	O
with	O
programs	O
for	O
E-mail	O
,	O
web	O
browsing	O
,	O
word	O
processing	O
and	O
playing	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-DSL	O
can	O
be	O
customized	O
by	O
downloading	O
extensions	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
MyDSL	O
servers	O
as	O
DSL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
distributions	O
derived	O
from	O
Damn	B-Operating_System
Small	I-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
include	O
Hikarunix	O
,	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
CD	O
image	O
that	O
runs	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
Go	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Damn	O
Vulnerable	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Live	O
USB	B-Protocol
of	O
Damn	B-Operating_System
Small	I-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
created	O
manually	O
or	O
with	O
applications	O
like	O
UNetbootin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
List	B-Application
of	I-Application
tools	I-Application
to	I-Application
create	I-Application
Live	I-Application
USB	I-Application
systems	I-Application
for	O
full	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
damnsmalllinux.org	O
site	O
was	O
inaccessible	O
again	O
sometime	O
in	O
2015	O
to	O
February	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
