Features
The current version of DSL is 4.4.10, released November 18, 2008. DSL currently includes the following software:
- Text editors: Beaver, Nano, Vim
- File managers: DFM, emelFM
- Graphics: mtPaint (raster graphics editor), xzgv (image viewer)
- Multimedia: gphone, XMMS with MPEG-1 and VCD support
- Office: SIAG (spreadsheet program), Ted (word processor) with spell checker, Xpdf (viewer for PDF documents)
- Internet:
- Web browsers: Dillo, Firefox, Netrik
- Sylpheed (E-mail client)
- naim (AIM, ICQ, and IRC client)
- AxyFTP (FTP client, BetaFTPD (FTP server)
- Monkey (web server)
- SMB client
- Rdesktop (RDP client), VNC viewer
- Others: DHCP client, SSH/SCP client and server; PPP, PPPoE, ADSL support; FUSE, NFS, SSHFS support; UnionFS; generic/Ghostscript printing support; PC card, USB, Wi-Fi support; calculator, games, system monitor; many command-line tools
DSL has built-in scripts to download and install Advanced Packaging Tool (APT). Once APT is enabled, the user can install packages from Debian's repositories. Additionally, DSL hosts software ranging from large applications like OpenOffice.org and GCC, to smaller ones such as aMSN, by means of the "MyDSL" system, which allows convenient one-click download and installation of software. Files hosted on MyDSL are called "extensions". As of June 2008, the MyDSL servers were hosting over 900 applications, plugins, and other extensions.
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