Puppy Linux

Website

Puppy Linux Facts:
  • Puppy Linux is another of the small distros, the one with the infamous Puppy wallpaper.
  • Puppy Linux has inspired scores of derivatives, which are all featured right along with the original distro!
  • Barry Kauler is the creator of Puppy Linux, released in 2003; it has a huge community base

What I like:
  • Puppy is small, like a puppy! Great for older machines
  • Puppy has been or can be tailor made to fit just about anyone..No matter how you like your puppy, it can be done!
  • Community support is VAST! Additionally, there is no "running" of the Puppy "show." If a person wants to add new elements to Puppy or run a forum or anything inbetween, no one will stop it. Taking the core of Puppy and rewriting it is so popular, the resulting new distros are called "puplets" and are displayed right on the website. There aren't really any rules; It's the "anarchist's Linux."

What I didn't like:
  • Keep in mind this doesn't necessarily apply now as there has been a new release of Puppy since my review but again, appearance was a big issue for me..(okay how do I get to be shallow? lol)
  • I got nothin else!

Summary:
It really performs well though and if you aren’t as “eye-candy hungry” as I am, then it really is great, especially for older systems…Note: As of the time I wrote this, I hadn't seen some of the various derivatives that people have made..I am going to revisit this review at a future time or review some of the derivatives that I have seen which are looking really awesome! I gave it a B