DSL reincarnated? Cool. It's worth to give it a try, well knowing that it has an old kernel.
My first good experience with Linux was Knoppix3.1 (c't), the Grandfather of LiveLinux. I have a huge stack of Knoppix and other LiveLinux CDs I tried since. I was much impressed by the enormous speed and stability of DSL, limited only by incompatibilities of some data formats with MSOffice, and also was sad when it stopped.
Look into the future, but don't forget where you come from
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