Damn Small??™s default desktop is pretty simple. The window manager is the powerful, yet efficient,
FluxBox window manager (based on BlackBox). Right-click the desktop to see a menu of features
you can select. Here are a few things you want to do when you first boot up Damn Small:
Enhance your desktop??”Right-click to see the Damn Small menu, and then select
Desktop???Full Enhanced Desktop. This adds some icons to your desktop to launch
applications, some applets in the lower-right corner to display system information, and
a workspace editor. Select Desktop again if you want to change the styles (colors and
window borders), or Configuration to change desktop behavior.
Get a network connection??”If you don??™t automatically get on the Internet at boot time,
select System???Net Setup from the Damn Small menu. Then you can choose to configure
your Ethernet card, DSL connection, dial-up modem, or wireless card.
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Browse the Web??”Damn Small comes with the Firefox and Dillo Web browsers. Select
Apps???Net???Browsers, and then choose either Firefox or Dillo to start browsing. The
Dillo browser is small and fast, and can run on any X window manager because it doesn??™t
require GNOME libraries.
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