Why I Haven't Reviewed Puppy Linux | Linux Today

Why I Haven’t Reviewed Puppy Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 26, 2007

“Every time I write a review I get comments and e-mails asking
me to review Puppy Linux. Puppy has lots of people who really seem
to love and zealously support the distro. I invariably download a
copy (most recently 2.17) and try and run it. I invariably give up
on it very quickly. I Here’s what I recently shared by e-mail with
someone on why I haven’t reviewed Puppy:

“‘Puppy certainly works on desktop hardware. I can make X work
on almost anything in most distros but his [Barry Kauler’s] is an
exception…'”


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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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