Ok, I've found out about mods that disable the permadeth, the best one seems to be "Compromising Survival" since it gives you various options.
Here's the problem: I can't get the file anywhere, does anyone have it and could be so kind to give it to me?
It would be sad if modding would be completely tied to Steam for this game and I'm sick of the permadeth tbh and just want to enjoy this game and have the possibility to tackle certain situations more than once until I'm better at it (and I've played it a lot already but there's always something new that kills you instantly).

It can be found and [url=http://forums.kleientertainment.com/files/file/386-compromising-survival/]here, but I can't get to the file.

Please help.

Ok, I have the file now I can't find the bloody mods folder in GoG's Linux version. :/

Edit: Found in
/root/opt/GOG Games/Dont Starve/game/dontstarve64/mods/
How odd.

Where did you read that? I just tried it with Wolfgang and it's working very well.
I heard about the meat effigy but didn't manage to build one yet.

Oh sorry, I phrased that poorly. I meant that the use of the effigy is not as good of a solution as the mod since only Wilson can build it. It works very well. By the time of my first Winter I was no longer concerned with dying because of the effigy. I would always build one, and leave supplies in a nearby chest to build one or two more. So whenever I died and respawned at the effigy I could immediately build another one. The only downside is that an effigy reduces your max number of hitpoints a bit which is why I only ever have one built at a time.

Anyone can build a meat effigy, not just Wilson. If your sanity is low enough, rabbits and bunnymen will become beardlings and beardlords respectively and will start dropping beard hairs when killed. It is much more convenient to make for Wilson, but the effigy is by no means a Wilson-only item.

Oh? Well that's awesome news thanks! I didn't know that, and I didn't feel like playing as any of the other characters, without that kind of safety net.