Damn Small Linux is een bootable Linux-live-cd gebaseerd op de Linux distributies van Knoppix en Debian. Het besturingsysteem wordt ontwikkeld met de gedachte om een compacte distributie beschikbaar te stellen die kleiner is dan vijftig megabyte. DSL wordt geleverd met verschillende programma's zoals een mediaspeler, tekstverwerker, webserverservices en internetapplicaties. De ontwikkelaars hebben Damn Small Linux 3.1 uitgebracht met de volgende lijst van aanpassingen sinds versie 3.0.1:
DSL v3.1 is now released. Final change log:
- Converted 54 Lua and Lua/Fltk programs to Lua 5.1.1 Fltk 1.1 via MurgaLua interface.
- Updated sqlite to 3.3.6
- Made unionfs the default boot. Use "legacy" option to skip.
- Improved mount tool for "after boot" pendrive support & sort order & missing devices.
- Updated hard drive install for consistent fstab - cdrom & floppy
- Updated hard drive install - lilo to partition instead of MBR to support GAG bootloader.
- Updated frugal lilo - dropped hda requirement & lilo to partition to support GAG bootloader.
- Improved frugal_grub.sh to support Poormans via Bootfloppy installs.
- Improved frugal_lilo.sh to support Poormans via Bootfloppy installs.
- Improved dsl-hdinstall & dsl-installboot to support Poormans via Bootfloppy installs.
- Updated mkdosswapfile to support Poormans via Bootfloppy.
- New boot option 'dosswapfile' to autoscan or specify dosswapfile.
- New boot option 'fuse' to load upon boot the fuse system.
- New License section to "Getting Started" document.
- Changed mydslPanel, dpkg-restore & gnu-utils made consistent with other extensions to use /opt/.mydsl_dir.
- Changed mkmydsl script -boot-load-size 4 for beter hardware compatibility.
- Improved root's PATH, changes .fluxbox/menu .xtdesktop/Aterm.lnk, and /root/.bashrc
- Improved Antiword fonts.
- Added right-click to MyDSL Icon for easy UCItool access.
- Changed color escape codes to echo commands.
- Made mydsl boot option consistent with restore boot option.
- Enhanced exitcheck to warn if no backup device when requested to save special settings.
- Enhanced .torsmorc for ACPI battery indicator - BAT1
- Updated .fluxbox/menu & .jwmrc for recent menu changes.
- Added TMPDIR environment variable.
- New theme - envane
