455Chapter 18Running Bootable (Web host 4 life) Linux DistributionsDamn Small LinuxIf you
455Chapter 18Running Bootable Linux DistributionsDamn Small LinuxIf you want your desktop Linux distribution to fit in your wallet, Damn Small Linuxis one of your best choices. Damn Small is one of the first distributions based onKNOPPIX to fit on a bootable business card (about 48MB currently). Damn Small Linux is included on the CD that comes with this book. Insert thatCD into the CD drive on your computer, reboot, and press Enter from the LinuxBible boot screen to start Damn Small Linux. There is also an ISOimage of DamnSmall Linux on the CD, so you can burn it to a CD or bootable business card CD. With KNOPPIX inside, you have many of the features you get with KNOPPIX: excellent hardware detection and boot-up to a desktop with network connectivity(provided you have an Ethernet connection with DHCP). Many features specific toDamn Small, however, are there to let you get a workable desktop system in a smallmedium (mini-CD) and low RAM. Damn Small s default desktop is pretty simple. Right-click the desktop to see amenu of features you can select. Here are a few things you want to do when youfirst boot up Damn Small: .Enhance your desktop Right-click to see the Damn Small menu, then selectDesktop.Full Enhanced Desktop. This adds some icons to your desktop tolaunch applications, some applets in the lower-right corner to display systeminformation, and a workspace editor. Select Desktop again if you want to changethe Styles (colors and window borders) or Configuration to change desktopbehavior. .Get a network connection If you don t automatically get on the Internet atboot time, select System.Net Setup from the Damn Small menu. Then you canchoose to configure your Ethernet card, DSL connection, dial-up modem, orwireless card. .Browse the Web Damn Small comes with the Dillo Web browser. SelectApps.Net.Dillo to start browsing. The browser is small, fast, and can runonany X window manager because it doesn t require GNOME libraries. .Configure and read e-mail The Sylpheed e-mail client is also very compactand runs fast. Select Apps.Net.Sylpheed to open it. Configure it and you canbe up and reading your e-mail within a few minutes. .Try out other applications Right-click and look through the menu for appli- cations that interest you. To see descriptions of those applications, visithttp://damnsmalllinux.org/applications.html. .Get other applications Even though it is not included on the Damn SmallCD, you can download the Firefox Web browser from Mozilla to use live withyour Damn Small Linux. Select Apps.Net.Got, the bandwidth, and thenchooseFirefox. On theCD-ROM25_
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