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== Features == Version 4.4.10 of DSL, released November 18, 2008, included the following software: * [[Text editor]]s: Beaver, [[Nano (text editor)|Nano]], [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]] * [[File manager]]s: DFM, emelFM * Graphics: [[mtPaint]] (raster graphics editor), [[xzgv]] (image viewer) * [[Multimedia]]: gphone, [[XMMS]] with [[MPEG-1]] and [[Video CD]] (VCD) support * Office: [[Siag Office]] ([[spreadsheet]] program), [[Ted (word processor)]] with [[spell checker]], [[Xpdf]] (viewer for Portable Document Format ([[PDF]]) documents), [[AbiWord]], [[Gnumeric]] * Internet: ** [[Web browser]]s: [[Dillo]], [[Firefox]], Netrik ** [[Sylpheed]] ([[E-mail client]]) ** [[Naim (chat program)|naim]] ([[AIM (software)|AOL Instant Messenger]] (AIM), [[ICQ]], and [[IRC]] client) ** AxyFTP ([[File Transfer Protocol]] (FTP) client), BetaFTPD (FTP server) ** Monkey (web server) ** [[Server Message Block]] (SMB) client ** [[Rdesktop]] ([[Remote Desktop Protocol]] (RDP) client, [[Virtual Network Computing]] (VNC) viewer * Others: [[Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol]] (DHCP) client, [[Secure Shell]] (SSH) and [[secure copy protocol]] (SCP) client and server; [[Point-to-Point Protocol]] (PPP), [[Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet]] (PPPoE), [[Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line]] (ADSL) support; [[FUSE (Linux)|FUSE]], [[Network File System]] (NFS), SSH Filesystem ([[SSHFS]]) support; [[UnionFS]]; generic and [[Ghostscript]] printing support; [[PC card]], Universal Serial Bus ([[USB]]), [[Wi-Fi]] support; calculator, games, [[system monitor]]; many [[Command line interface|command-line]] tools DSL has built-in scripts to download and install [[Advanced Packaging Tool]] (APT). Once APT is enabled, a user can install packages from [[Debian]]'s [[Software repository|repositories]]. Also, DSL hosts software ranging from large applications like [[OpenOffice.org]] and [[GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC), to smaller ones such as [[aMSN]], by means of the ''MyDSL'' system, which allows convenient one-click download and installing of software. Files hosted on MyDSL are called ''extensions''. As of June 2008, the MyDSL servers were hosting over 900 applications, plugins, and other extensions.
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