Linux.com: A Walk in the Park with Puppy Linux | Linux Today

Linux.com: A Walk in the Park with Puppy Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 23, 2006

“Puppy Linux is a small Linux live CD distribution that can boot
from a CD, DVD, or USB drive; a hard disk is optional. According to
the Puppy Linux Web site, Puppy’s goals include being Linux
newbie-friendly, booting and running quickly, and including all the
applications typical users need. The newest version is its most
usable yet.

“The brand new puppy-2.02-seamonkey version was released late
last month. The minimum requirements are a 100MHz CPU and 64MB of
RAM or better, which makes it a great way to extend the life of old
PCs. The ISO image is only 72MB, but it is packed with a wide range
of software of all kinds. Commonly used applications such as word
processing, spreadsheet, and Web editor tools are all available on
the live CD…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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