Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Oct 2007 16:12 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Linux "Guest columnist Howard Fosdick has previously used Puppy Linux to successfully revive 'mature' PCs. Now, he takes a broader, deeper look at the parsimonious distribution and its potential value on normal desktop PCs, covering its features, flexibility, capability to peacefully coexist with Windows, ease of use, and limitations."
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Isn't it based on Slackware 12?
by xzgv on Tue 9th Oct 2007 18:36 UTC
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From the article:
"Unlike most Linux distributions, Puppy is not based on some other distro. It was created from scratch to meet these goals."

I was under the impression that the latest version is based on Slackware 12.