DSL is a desktop distribution
Nick Myra writes on OS.NewsForge.com about how his main desktop runs Damn Small Linux. DSL started as a pocket-sized CD distro but has evolved into something entirely cooler. As Gary (featured columnist here at Distro Jockey) would probably agree with, Damn Small Linux is as damn powerful as it is damn small.
It can be used to run on a tiny partition on an older computer and can compete with almost any other system for productivity. It can’t actually make the processor go any faster, but it can run programs that together require far less computing to do the same task as other, larger programs. At its base DSL has Fluxbox as a window manager which provides very low overhead for very nearly as much functionality as KDE or Gnome. DSL also comes with a control panel that lets you really mess with your system.
DSL’s control panel is one of its coolest features. It lets you easily start your Web, FTP, or SSH server, back up and restore your LiveCD settings and files, set up and configure your Ethernet, modem, and printer hardware, and more. Of course, you could do all this configuration from the command line, but the GUI makes it so easy. DSL has great support for wireless LAN cards too, including wlanconfig, ndiswrapper, and Prism2 support.
