DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: DSL website bugs
Whilst playing with Netrix, I noticed that it complainted about bad html when accessing the main DSL website. http://damnsmalllinux.org/index.html
I ran the website through the W3C website validator and it too complained.
http://validator.w3.org/check?u....ex.html
I thought you may want to look at this.
Also, on the Featured applications page, I think this needs to be updated as well. Links now replaced by Netrix, and FlWriter now replaced by Ted.
Finally, on the DSL iso there is a script /KNOPPIX/usr/local/bin/links
Perhaps that is no longer needed now either.
I could be wrong about all this but thought you might like to take a look.
regards b1m1
Thanks, those are on my 'to do' list.
The following is valid 4.01 transitional...
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Damn Small Linux (DSL), 50 megabytes of penguin power</title>
<meta name="Description" content="Take Tux with you everywhere, Damn Small Linux is the perfect geek companion.">
<meta name="Keywords" content="dsl, damn, linux, business card, cd, x windows, fluxbox, damn small"></head>
<body bgcolor="#888888" >
<center>
<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" border="2" width="640">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"> <img
alt="Damn Small Linux"
src="damnsmall.jpg"><BR>
<center>
</center>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2>What is Damn Small Linux, a.k.a. DSL?</h2>
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<br><br>
<b>DSL is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution.</b><BR><br>
Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:
<ul>
<li>Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)</li>
<li>Boot from a USB pen drive</li>
<li>Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows)</li>
<li>Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install"</li>
<li>Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install</li>
<li>Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram</li>
<li>Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!)</li>
<li>Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize</li>
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<p>DSL was originally developed as an experiment to see how many usable desktop applications can fit inside a 50MB live CD. It was at first just a personal tool/toy. But over time Damn Small Linux grew into a community project with hundreds of development hours put into refinements including a fully automated remote and local application installation system and a very versatile backup and restore system which may be used with any writable media including a hard drive, a floppy drive, or a USB device.</p>
<p>DSL has a nearly complete desktop, and many command line tools. All applications are chosen with the best balance of functionality, size and speed. Damn Small also has the ability to act as an SSH/FTP/HTTPD server right off of a live CD. In our quest to save space and have a fully functional desktop we've made many GUI administration tools which are fast yet still easy to use.
What does DSL have?</p>
<p>XMMS (MP3, CD Music, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, links web browser, FireFox, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor (FLwriter), three editors (Beaver, Vim, and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and xzgv), Xpdf (PDF Viewer), emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript printer support, NFS, Fluxbox window manager, games, system monitoring apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, some wireless support.</p>
Curious about who we are? Check out the <a href="/contributors.html">contributors page</a>.<br><br>
Current version <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=4;t=13435;r=1">2.4</a>, screenshots: <a href="/dsl-2.4.jpg">1</a> <a href="/dsl-2.3jwm.jpg">2</a> <br>
Current RC version: <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=36;t=13648">3.0RC1c</a>, <a href="dsl-3.0RC1.jpg">screenshot</a><br>
<BR>
<a href="/shots.html">Older Screenshots</a><br>
<BR>
<BR>
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<b>Where to go to from here?</b>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<a href="/applications.html">Applications</a>
</td><td>
see what we packed inside...
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/packages.html">Packages</a>
</td><td>
what DSL is made of
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/download.html">Download</a>
</td><td>
a list of various download sites
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/notes.html">Notes</a>
</td><td>
our answer to a changelog
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/off-site.html">Off Site</a>
</td><td>
links of interest elsewhere
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/milestones.html">Milestones</a>
</td><td>
DSL accomplishments
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/wiki/index.php/FAQ">FAQ</a>
</td><td>
have questions? look here first!
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">Wiki</a>
</td><td>
community knowledge
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi">Forums</a>
</td><td>
real time community knowledge
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="talk">Blogs</a>
</td><td>
you are invited to blog away!
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/store/">Mini-ITX Store</a>
</td><td>
mini computers and components
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/income-guide/">Income Guide</a>
</td><td>
independent developers should read this!
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/doingthings/">DSL At Work</a>
</td><td>
Doing things with DSL
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/writers-wanted.html">Writers Wanted</a>
</td><td>
For our web-zine
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="http://www.dslos.com/start/">Donate</a>
</td><td>
where we ask for your help
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/dsl-n/">DSL-N Home</a>
</td><td>
the home page for DSL's big brother
</td></tr><tr><td>
<a href="/dsl-n/f/">DSL-N forums</a>
</td><td>
to talk about DSL-N
</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>
<i>or scroll down for DSL Goodies info</i>
</td></tr></table>
<BR>
<br>
<p>
(please go to the <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi">user forum</a> for <a href="/f/">tech questions</a>)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<BR><BR><BR>
<B><I><font color=blue>DSL Goodies!</font></I></B>
<a name="goodies"></a><BR><BR>
To keep this project alive and funded we sell merchandise which we think the average geek will appreciate.
<BR><BR>
You may want to support us by <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/cd.html"><font color=blue>buying DSL on a CD</font></a>, we sell them in full and mini sizes.
<BR><BR>
Another great way to support our project is to buy a <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/usb.html"><font color=blue>Bootable USB pen</font></a> which is capable of <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/usb-qemu.html"><font color=blue>booting inside Windows</font></a>.
<BR><BR>
Are you a gadget-geek? Check out the DSL <a href="http://damnsmalllinux.org/store/"><font color=blue>Mini-ITX and Small Computer Store</font></a>.
<br>
Also, be sure to chech out our <a href="http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/store/Mini_ITX_Systems/Damn_Small_Machine"><font color=blue>Damn Small Machine</font></a>.
<BR><BR>
<hr>
other languages:<br>
<P align="right"><font size="-1"><a href="index_es.html">es</a>,<a href="index_it.html">it</a>,<a href="index_de.html">de</a></font> </P>
<hr>
Ideas on <a href="fundraising/">fundraising</a>
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EDIT: there's a p tag prior to the forum link that doesn't make any sense to me, but still does not produce an error at w3c. It was a tag that i added which fixed most of the <a> tag errors, but the closing </p> tag itself was listed as an error. go figure.
original here.