Damn Small Linux, or DSL, was a very small Linux distribution designed to run on old computers, created by the developer John Andrews. The entire system, with a graphical desktop and a set of applications including a web browser, text editor and file manager, fit in about fifty megabytes, small enough for a business-card CD or a small USB drive. It was based on Knoppix, and could run from a CD or from memory, which made it popular for reviving obsolete machines and for use as a portable system. Though development slowed and then halted in the following years, DSL influenced many other lightweight distributions, and has inspired later revivals.
Before and after
- 2 June 2003Launch of Mars Express
- 6 June 2003Release of Latvian Wikipedia
- 10 June 2003Launch of Spirit
- 18 June 2003Release of Google AdSense
- 26 June 2003Creation of Damn Small Linux
- 27 June 2003Release of Wikiquote
- 29 June 2003Death of Katharine Hepburn
- 1 July 2003Founding of Tesla
- 8 July 2003Launch of Opportunity
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- 1952Discovery of einsteinium
- December 1952Discovery of fermium
- 1958Discovery of nobelium
- c. 1980sInvention of laptop
- June 2002Discovery of oganesson
The era
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