User Feedback :: new extensions in 0.7
I am new to dsl, and I have done a hd-install on my compac presario laptop. Have previously tried suse, rh, mandrake and debian (hd-installed knoppix really) and they have worked fine too, only a bit slow. DSL was therefore a brilliant choice for me as I have only 56MB of RAM. I am really happy with it, and I have spent the day playing around with it. But I have one question:
at the webpage (damnsmalllinux.org) it is written in the release notes that extensions for abiword, openoffice, etc. has been included in 0.7. I cannot find any, or figure out how this works. I have managed to install firefox, but I would also like to install abiword. I have read lots of posts in the forum about apt-get, but I haven't managed to install abiword this way. Anyone knows about the abiword extension and how it works?
remo
I would like to learn how these extension things work - I downloaded a few of them, but they're in a format that I don't know how to use / install. Anyone wanna explain to the dumb one (me) ?/
>>PhrozenFear
Download DSL v0.7 and in the "Getting Started" section you can read about myDSL. Using the extensions is quite simple. They are made for use with v0.7
The whole concept is to download extenstions only once. Store them on a hard drive, pen drive, or on the root of the cdrom. They are automatically incorporated into DSL including icons and dynamic fluxbox menus. When new version of DSL comes out. No problem. Your favorite apps don't need to be downloaded again.
This provides so much flexibilty.
So I gotta burn DSL, read the getting started within that, then re-burn it with the new extensions ? Sounds kinda evil to me... Or is there a "Getting Started" somewhere on the website I could read ?
Not really! I use frugal and install iso from the web to a hard drive partition! I can test and try out anything with frugal with the web option! You don't need to burn a CD to get a new version of DSL. But then again you will want too.
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