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Puppy Linux

Last Update: Monday 3 November 2008 13:04 GMT

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Puppy Linux Summary
Distribution Puppy Linux
Home Page http://www.puppylinux.com/
Origin Australia
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy
Alternative User Forums LinuxQuestions.org
Documentation http://puppylinux.org/wikka/CategoryDocumentation
Screenshots TCS
Download Mirrors http://www.puppylinux.com/download
Alternative Download Sites MadTux.orgLinuxQuestions.org
Bug Tracker --
Related Web Sites PuppyLinux.orgPuppy WebPuppy for Win98WikipediaDotpups.de (German) • Puppy ChinaPuppy Japan
Reviews 4.x: DedoimedoBlogspotBlogspotLinuxInsiderLinux.comPenguinwayTech Source
3.x: TechieMoeLinux.comDistroWatchLifehacker
2.x: DesktopLinuxCLICKFree Software MagazineReviLinuxCLICKBlogspotPerformancePCMad PenguinLinux.comTuxmachines
1.x: LinuxPlanetDistroWatchInformationWeekLinux.comThePodcastNetworkDesktopLinux
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org
Status This distribution is active.

About Puppy Linux
Yes, Puppy Linux is yet another Linux distribution. What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet quite full featured. Puppy boots into a 64MB ramdisk, and that's it, the whole caboodle runs in RAM. Unlike live CD distributions that have to keep pulling stuff off the CD, Puppy in its entirety loads into RAM. This means that all applications start in the blink of an eye and respond to user input instantly. Puppy Linux has the ability to boot off a flash card or any USB memory device, CDROM, Zip disk or LS/120/240 Superdisk, floppy disks, internal hard drive. It can even use a multisession formatted CD-R/DVD-R to save everything back to the CD/DVD with no hard drive required at all!

Recent Related News
 • 2008-11-03: Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 4.1.1
 • 2008-10-06: Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 4.1
 • 2008-05-05: Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 4.00
 • 2007-10-15: Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 3.01
 • 2007-10-03: Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 3.00
 • 2007-08-04: Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 2.17.1

 • More Puppy news...
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Table Notes and Explanations
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 4.1.1 4.00 3.01 2.17.1 2.02 1.0.9
Release Date 2008/11/03 2008/05/05 2007/10/15 2007/08/04 2006/07/29 2006/05/15
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
CDs 1 1 1 1 1 1
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical --
Default Desktop JWM JWM JWM JWM JWM JWM
Package Management PET PET PET PET TAR.GZ TAR.GZ
Office Suite GNOME Office GNOME Office GNOME Office GNOME Office GNOME Office GNOME Office
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 --
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- --
Package 4.1.1 4.00 3.01 2.17.1 2.02 1.0.9
abiword (2.6.4) 2.6.3 2.6.0 2.4.5 2.4.5 2.4.1 2.4.1
alsa-lib (1.0.18) 1.0.16 1.0.16 1.0.14 1.0.11 1.0.11 1.0.8
amarok (1.4.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
ati-driver (8.11) -- -- -- -- -- --
bind (9.5.0-P2) -- -- -- -- -- --
compiz (0.7.8) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (1.3.9) 1.3.3 1.3.3 1.2.11 1.1.23 -- --
db (4.7.25) 4.4.20 4.4.20 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85
dhcp (4.0.0) 3.0.6 3.0.6 -- -- -- --
emacs (22.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
evolution (2.24.1.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
firefox (3.0.4) 2.0.0.7 2.0.0.7 2.0.0.4 1.5.0.3 1.0pr 1.5.0.3
freetype (2.3.7) 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.1.10 2.1.10 2.1.10
gcc (4.3.2) 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.1.2 3.4.4 3.3.4 3.3.4
gimp (2.6.2) 2.4.0rc3 2.4.0rc3 2.2.15 2.2.11 2.0.6 2.0.6
glibc (2.7) 2.6.1 2.6.1 2.5 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.3.4
gnucash (2.2.7) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.8.3) 1.8.2 1.7.13 1.6.3 1.6.3 1.4.3 1.4.3
gtk+ (2.14.4) 2.12.1 2.12.1 2.10.3 2.8.17 2.6.1 2.4.0
httpd (2.2.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.46) 0.45.1 0.45.1 0.43 0.43 0.43 --
jre (6u10) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (1.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
kaffeine (0.8.7) -- -- -- -- -- --
kdebase (4.1.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
koffice (1.6.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
Package 4.1.1 4.00 3.01 2.17.1 2.02 1.0.9
libgnome (2.24.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
linux (2.6.27.6) 2.6.21.7 2.6.21.7 2.6.21.7 2.6.18.1 2.6.16.7 2.4.27
module-init-tools (3.5) 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.3-pre11 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.1
mono (2.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
MPlayer (1.0rc2) 1.0rc2 1.0rc2 -- -- -- --
mysql (5.0.67) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (2.24.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (177.82) -- -- -- -- -- --
OpenOffice.org (3.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (5.1p1) 4.7p1 4.7p1 4.3p2 4.3p2 3.6p1 3.6p1
openssl (0.9.8i) 0.9.8e 0.9.8e 0.9.8e 0.9.8b 0.9.7 0.9.7
perl (5.10.0) 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.6 5.8.0
php (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
pidgin (2.5.2) 2.4.1 2.4.1 2.0.2 1.5.0 1.5.0 1.5.0
postfix (2.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (8.3.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (2.6) -- -- 2.4.3 2.4.3 -- --
qt-x11 (4.4.3) 4.3.2 4.3.2 3.3.8 3.3.6 3.3.4 3.3.4
samba (3.2.4) 3.0.26 3.0.26 3.0.25b 3.0.22 3.0.14a 3.0.14a
sendmail (8.14.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
thunderbird (2.0.0.18) -- -- 2.0.0.4 1.5.0.2 -- --
udev (133) 124 -- -- -- -- --
vim (7.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfce (4.4.3) -- -- 4.3.99.2 4.3.99.2 -- --
xine-lib (1.1.15) 1.1.14 1.1.8 1.1.7 1.1.4 1.0 1.0
xorg-server (1.5.3) (7.3) (7.3) (7.0) (7.0) (6.8.1) (6.8.1)

Previous releases:
1.0 - 2005-03-29
0.9 - 2004-06-27
0.8 - 2004-02-01
0.7 - 2003-09-20
0.6 - 2003-08-24
0.5 - 2002-07-23
0.4 - 2002-07-12


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