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Re: Damn Small Linux 2024

Date 2024-04-01 13:16 -0600
From Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.announce
Subject Re: Damn Small Linux 2024
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On 4/1/2024 5:22 PM, Marco Moock wrote:
> On 31.03.2024 um 22:42 Uhr Kyonshi wrote:
> 
>> On 2/2/2024 3:35 AM, Marco Moock wrote:
>>> Damn Small Linux 2024 has been released afters years of stalled
>>> development.
>>>
>>> https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
>>>
>>> They now have a limit of 700MB for their distribution.
>>>    
>>
>> which means it's not really Damn Small anymore.
> 
> In current times, this might be still damn small - compared to current
> games that need 50GB.
> 
>> It's ok, but 700mb used to be the standard for live discs. I guess it
>> isn't anymore. I also guess nobody is using live discs anymore.
> 
> Not possible anymore, the applications and system components have
> enlarged.
> 
> 

I think the bigger issue is that modern laptops for example come without 
disc drives at all.

Nothing more stupid than wanting to watch a DVD from my collection and 
realizing that the only way to do that is trying to get the ancient DVD 
player out of storage.

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Damn Small Linux 2024 Marco Moock <mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-02-01 20:35 -0600
  Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-03-31 22:42 -0600
    Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-04-01 09:22 -0600
      Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-04-01 13:16 -0600
        Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-04-01 19:45 -0600
          Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-04-02 12:19 -0600
            Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-04-02 21:50 -0600
              Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-04-03 19:36 -0600
                Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-04-03 20:26 -0600
                Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Gosseyn <alan@gosseyn.net> - 2024-04-10 17:20 -0600
        Re: Damn Small Linux 2024 Gosseyn <alan@gosseyn.net> - 2024-04-10 17:19 -0600

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