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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RE: Isn't it based on Slackware 12?
by fretinator on Tue 9th Oct 2007 18:40
in reply to "Isn't it based on Slackware 12?"
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I was under the impression that the latest version is based on Slackware 12
I may be over my head here, but I think what they have done is make Puppy "compatible" with Slackware 12 packages. They made sure that certain versions of important libraries were compatible. The actual OS is not based on Slack, just many Slak 12 packages can be installed (I wouldn't think all could).
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2005-11-15
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.