Puppy Linux 4.3
One of the nicest things about Linux is its sheer versatility. There are so many different versions of Linux that serve different purposes including being able to take it with you wherever you go. No, I’m not talking about on a laptop or even on a netbook. I’m talking about being able to stick it on a USB device and stick it in your pocket.
Puppy Linux is one of the better known distributions when it comes to Linux portability. Puppy has been around for a long time and version 4.3 was recently released. Compared to some of the desktop distributions, Puppy is incredibly lightweight and weighs in at a tiny 105MB when you go to download it. Yep, that’s it. 105MB.
But don’t let the file size of the Puppy Linux download fool you. There’s a lot of value packed into Puppy Linux as you’ll find out in this review.
What’s New In This Release
There’s quite a bit of new stuff in this version of Puppy Linux including a new system for building Puppy called Woof and a new package manager called, appropriately enough, Puppy Package Manager.
Here’s a sample of some of the other stuff that’s new in this release.
2.6.30.4 Linux Kernel
Dialup Modem Drivers
Pstreamvid
CPU Scaling
JWM Theme Maker
Psync
Mscw
pCD
QUISP
SQLiteManager
Hiawatha
Linux-dvb-apps
Screenshot Utility
Aqualung
Crop Background for Widescreen
NicoEdit
Ext4 Support
There’s quite a bit more so be sure to review the full list at the release announcement link above.
Puppy Linux has a cute (albeit a bit bland) desktop wallpaper.
(15 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)
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It is best for low end computers and perfect for netbooks and sure it is best than windows 98. Now I can say it is a perfect windows killer.
To read more about Puppy 4.3 visit
http://distrolove.blogspot.com/2009/09/puppy-linux-43-linux-2u.html
Quit your bellyaching now that Puppy Multi-User version is here!
http://puppylinux.org/news/puplets/puppy421multiuseriso/
# su spot
# whoami
spot
# cd ~
# pwd
/root/spot
# exit
exit
# whoami
root
#
The only issue with puppy is the lack of java.Does anyone know how to get java on this lovely distro i tried the latest Macpup it looks wonderful but unlike puppy could not find the network on one of my machines and I thought it came with java but it was not.
As a multimedia OS I have had great results. The sound is a bit low but it plays ALL kinds of files that a vista machine I know of wont. The speed of the OS already in RAM is amazing. I LOVE puppy linux
Regarding pcPuppyOS, the ‘talented author’ was Jeremy Adelsgruber – I just paid for the work! I stopped development when it appeared that there was little interest in it. I’d be interested in getting it updated if I could get someone to help ‘pay the freight!’