On the first of December 2007 a very tiny FreeBSD-based flavour was launched: D*mn Small BSD (DSBSD). It’s weighing in only under 50mb and comes with a Fluxbox desktop.
There are many Linux distros like this, the most popular distro being D*mn Small Linux (DSL Linux). This must have been the inspiration for Damn Small BSD
Damn Small BSD is a small (50mb or less) FreeBSD live-CD desktop environment geared toward developers and system administrators, but we also include applications that the average user may find handy.
DSBSD comes with everything you need in a basic desktop environment. We include the fluxbox window manager, firefox, xmms, and many other applications. We also include tools to help you get work done, such as an ssh server, a mini httpd, xvncviewer, and more.
The goal of the DSBSD project is to provide a FreeBSD based disto that is able to run on both older hardware with little memory, as well as modern machines, while providing a responsive desktop. SMP and uniprocessor machines are supported and support for more architectures may be provided in the future.
Development is still in a very early initial stage, so there’s no official release yet.
UPDATE:
First pilot, 0.1P1, has been released. This is merely a test of concepts, rather than a real ‘preview’ of what D*mnSmall BSD is. This version doesn’t include any X system yet or any of the goals listed on the website.
Related posts:
- Frenzy 1.1 – development continued
- Evoke (formerly D*mnSmallBSD)
- DesktopBSD 1.7 – last and final version
- Tomahawk Desktop switches to FreeBSD; from Linux
- Introducing VirtualBSD
This is INDEED what BSD needs !!!
In the seem vain of what Damn Small Linux does !
Can’t wait for this
project to evolve !
Great to
see this! Very best wishes to the Damn Small BSD team!
- Andy
Excellent!
I like D.S.L., hoping D.S.BSD will be as great a project….. Good Luck :D
Help !! i
am stack !! please publish how to copy the DSBSD in usb drive and how to run !!
Regards.
David :-)