Who's a Good Boy? A Puppy Linux Mini-Review

I bow my head to the eternal Puppy Linux.<p>Not that I want to see the end of Microsoft like many do. In fact, I don&#x27;t care. But it could be in real trouble if the masses suddenly became aware of simple, easy, and efficient software like Puppy -- which makes people&#x27;s dependence on MS even more inexplicable.

Can we take a moment to reminisce about the DSL and Knoppix era of running immutable Linux distros off of business card-shaped CDs?

One thing not mentioned, although it is sort of implied if you are already familiar, is the ability to run Puppy&#x27;s latest on absolutely ancient hardware.<p>&gt;General hardware minimum system requirements are:<p>* CPU Type = x86, x86_64, AMD64<p>* 32bit Puppy&#x27;s - CPU = single core Pentium 4 or equiv, RAM = 512mb<p>* 64bit Puppy&#x27;s - CPU = 64 bit dual core, RAM = 1gb

Puppy linux was my first linux install back when I was around 13 years old, and I remember it fondly. I recall I even found it easier to get up and running than ubuntu. (Which is somewhat puzzling in hindsight?)

if you like puppy, check out easyOS too - sort of a successor from the original creator of puppy linux.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;easyos.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;how-and-why-easyos-is-different.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;easyos.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;how-and-why-easyos-is-different.htm...</a>

And old version of Bionic Puppy I had lying around on a USB saved my butt on Friday when the Azure admin nuked my computer out of existence for not having a serial number.

Last time I heard of someone using Puppy Linux was this guy creating a Cursed™ NAS that works entirely on RAM.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eTSuSAn0o7c" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eTSuSAn0o7c</a>

Puppy Linux made me think of the first distribution I used on a 486dx4-100: Peanut Linux !