

Rdesktop ( Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) viewer.AxyFTP ( File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client), BetaFTPD (FTP server).naim ( AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, and IRC client).Office: Siag Office ( spreadsheet program), Ted (word processor) with spell checker, Xpdf (viewer for Portable Document Format ( PDF) documents).Multimedia: gphone, XMMS with MPEG-1 and Video CD (VCD) support.Graphics: mtPaint (raster graphics editor), xzgv (image viewer).The system requirements are higher for running Mozilla Firefox and optional add-ons such as the office suite.Īs of July 2014, version 4.4.10 of DSL, released November 18, 2008, was current.

DSL has been demonstrated browsing the web with Dillo, running simple games and playing music on systems with a 486 processor and 16 MB of RAM. The minimum system requirements are a 486 processor and 8 MB of RAM. He currently continues his work on Tiny Core Linux which he created in April 2008.ĭSL was originally based on Model-K, a 22 MB stripped down version of Knoppix, but soon after was based on Knoppix proper, allowing much easier remastering and improvements.ĭSL supports only x86 PCs. After issues with the main developers, Robert was, by his account, exiled from the project. For five years the community included Robert Shingledecker who created the MyDSL system, DSL Control Panel and other features. DSL was originally conceived and maintained by John Andrews.
