Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Oct 2007 16:12 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"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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2005-07-12
I absolutely love this distro! While I don't use it for my every day desktop, I enjoy using it as a demo to show Linux to friends and acquaintances.
Two things that make Puppy Linux stand out for me are it's small size (around 90 MB), and the fact that if you have 128 MB of RAM or more, it will run completely out of RAM, making it extremely fast!
I found an old 128 MB USB Flash drive, and for kicks, followed the easy instructions on the Puppy Linux website and installed Puppy to the Flash drive. It totally fit, with a bit over 20 MB remaining, and on computers that boot from USB, it will boot fairly quickly and run like a charm!
Kudos to Barry Kauler and crew for creating and maintaining this excellent Linux distro!