Editing Damn Small Linux (section)

{{Short description|Lightweight, desktop-oriented Linux distribution}}
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{{Infobox OS
| name = Damn Small Linux
| logo = DSL-logo.jpg
| logo size = 150px
| screenshot = DSmallLinux.PNG
| screenshot_size = 250px
| caption = Damn Small Linux 4.4.10
| developer = John Andrews, et al.
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| working_state = Current
| released = {{Start date and age|2005|04|13}}
| latest_release_version = {{Wikidata|properties|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}}}
| latest_preview_version = {{Wikidata|properties|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q1072356}}
| latest_preview_date = {{Start date and age|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P348|P577|P548=Q1072356}}}}
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] [[Linux kernel]]
| ui = [[Fluxbox]], JWM<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wingbermuehle |first1=Joe |title=JWM (Joe's Window Manager) |url=https://joewing.net/projects/jwm/ |website=joewing.net |access-date=1 June 2024 |location=St. Louis, Missouri}}</ref>
| license = [[Free software]] licenses<br/>(mainly [[GPL]])
| website = {{URL|www.damnsmalllinux.org}}
}}
[[File:DamnSmallLinux.webm|thumb|Damn Small Linux demonstration]]
'''Damn Small Linux''' ('''DSL''') is a [[Linux distribution]] for the [[x86]] family of [[personal computer]]s. It is [[free and open-source software]] under the terms of the [[GNU GPL]] and other free and open-source licenses. It was designed to run [[graphical user interface]] applications on older PC [[Computer hardware|hardware]], for example, machines with [[Intel 80486|486]] and early [[Pentium]] [[microprocessor]]s and very little [[random-access memory]] (RAM). DSL is a [[live CD]] with a size of 50 [[megabyte]]s (MB). What originally began as an experiment to see how much software could fit in 50&nbsp;MB eventually became a full Linux distribution. It can be installed on [[storage media]] with small capacities, like [[bootable business card]]s, [[USB flash drive]]s, various [[memory card]]s, and [[Zip drive]]s.