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Puppy Linux 3.01 Review

Dec 12, 2007, 10:00 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

[ Thanks to Matt D. for this link. ]

"I just finished taking the latest version of Puppy Linux for a spin and was planning on doing a review. However, considering this was on my notebook, that meant connecting to the Internet, preferably via wireless.

"I'm not a Linux developer, so I can only assume that distros like Ubuntu Gutsy, which are known for running a new wireless stack are a curve ahead just like a lot of other distros in testing. But I was shocked and disappointed to discover that WPA remains but a pipe dream in the latest release. In Ubuntu Gutsy, despite network-manager challenges, I was able to get WPA2 working using Wicd on both RT61 and RT2500 wireless cards..."

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