Comments on TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: DSL 4.2: A Good Thing that Comes in Small Package

On my commodity P3 desktop, I'm running a frugal-t...

2008-03-23T10:26:00.000+08:00

On my commodity P3 desktop, I'm running a frugal-toram DSL (dual-booted with Debian Etch). I've modded the fan out of my power supply and also cool the undervolted 566 MHz CPU passively with a Zalman CNPS-3000+. After the PC finishes booting DSL, it ceases to produce any noise after switching off the last moving part, which is the HDD. That also reduces this silent PC's consumption to around 31 Watts - which is pretty neat, I must add! :) I operate another P3 that has the same system as above, but this one runs at 25 Watts, must be because of the lighter graphics (again with DSL).
Note that I'm typing this very message from DSL on that box right now! =)

So YES, it _is_ a very useful distro indeed!

I've done several "frugal" installs that all work ...

2008-03-01T03:33:00.000+08:00

I've done several "frugal" installs that all work wonderfully, resurrecting four old laptops (all pentium 1, 28MB/48MB/48MB/80MB or ram) and playing around on Virtual PC.

@ mike: DSL runs good when u install it on a hard-...

2008-03-01T00:02:00.000+08:00

@ mike: DSL runs good when u install it on a hard-drive. and its easy. i'm using it on an old laptop which became kinda fast when i dumped windows 98 and installed DSL!

Interesting and good review. I like smaller distro...

2008-02-28T11:38:00.000+08:00

Interesting and good review. I like smaller distros also like Zenwalk but I've never used DSL before. Does it do well when installed on a hard drive? I mean, I want to know if anyone is still using it as a full desktop OS?