X-DSL 0.3 review

X-DSL can be run as a live CD on a modded Xbox or installed to the Xbox hard drive

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: X-DSL Team

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X-DSL can be run as a live CD on a modded Xbox or installed to the Xbox hard drive. It will automatically boot into X Windows where you can use your Xbox controller to control the mouse pointer and a virtual keyboard to enter text.

X-DSL has fluxbox based desktop, with applications for a number of common tasks including:

Mozilla Firefox web browser
AxY GTK+ graphical FTP Client
Sylpheed graphical email client
Naim console based AIM, ICQ, IRC
VNC and Remote Desktop clients
FLWriter word processor
Siag spreadsheet
Graphics editing and viewing using Xpaint and xzgv
Viewers for PDF, Word and Postscript files
emelFM file manager
XMMS audio player
Monkey web server
FTP server
SSH client/server

X-DSL can be customised using myDSL extensions with over 200 extensions currently available from the Damn Small Linux repository.

What's New in This Release:
Based on Damn Small Linux 1.4
Another rewrite of the the install scripts
Improvements to loopback install to allow swap file on the same partition
Added raincoat
Added tool to show current IP Address (Under System, Net Setup in the desktop menu)