The New DSL 2024 has been reborn as a compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It 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 three GUI-based games picked because they are fun and relatively light.

DSL 2024 is also loaded up with a whole bunch of handy term-based applications:


• Ranger file manager

• VisiData a powerful CSV and spreadsheet tool

• FZF fuzzy finder

• Tmux terminal multiplexer

• Mutt email client

• Cmus music player

• CDW CD burner

• Htop, an interactive process viewer

• SurfRaw (with wrapper) to search from the term

• Weather App

• MPV video/audio player with wrapper

• Vim and Nano for editing

• Five term-based games

• Two term-compatible web browsers: W3M and Links2
...and much more

Visit the DSL linux website here:

https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Support the DSL developers here:

https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/support.html