I was looking at an older laptop which was being refurbished.....
The previous owner had Puppy Linux on it.
I did a bit of research on it myself. It is a very low footprint of Linux which can be kept completely in RAM if a computer has 256 Megs of Ram. I am thinking about downloading and experimenting with it.
Curious if anybody has played with it themselves and their thoughts on it?
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Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
Re: Puppy Linux
It's great as a USB linux distro, but it's lack of substance on the desktop (it uses a very lightweight DE) means I wouldn't want to use it for everyday use. Besides, it's meant to be booted off a thumb drive or cd. Psycho Smiley has a little more experience, but he's been pretty inactive for the last little while. Mind you, since this is an older laptop, something like Puppy Linux might suit it better than say Ubuntu. You may want to look into other low resource distros as well.
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Re: Puppy Linux
All of my computers are reasonably able to handle XP at the moment
One reason I am curious is because I help people sometimes restore their computers.....
My usual trick is to reformat the hard drive in whatever OS they have a key for. I am just trying to come up with options if they don't have a key and need their OS redone.....
Saw Puppy Linux and thought it might be a potential option
One reason I am curious is because I help people sometimes restore their computers.....
My usual trick is to reformat the hard drive in whatever OS they have a key for. I am just trying to come up with options if they don't have a key and need their OS redone.....
Saw Puppy Linux and thought it might be a potential option
"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
Thomas Paine
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
Re: Puppy Linux
In that case, I'd be more inclined to go with Ubuntu or another mainstream desktop distro. You're not going to get the support, not to mention the ease of application installation with Puppy Linux (although it is admittedly relatively easy to install programs) as you are with Ubuntu.
My niece: "Yeah, from the fridge!"