Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

mmand1c · Joined: 12 Feb 2017 Posts: 13

What version of Puppy Linux is most stable?And what version of Puppy Linux has least bugs?I really like the speed of Puppy,but Slacko64 6.3.2 has a lot a bugs.I would like to know if there is any version which is stable and beginner-friendly(I used Ubuntu).

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 8021 Location: World_Hub

Either 605, 32 or 64 should be fine >> http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/puppylinux/puppy-tahr/iso/

I say either because I doubt you'd notice the difference >> tahr-6.0.5_PAE.iso << 32b

slavvo67 · Joined: 12 Oct 2012 Posts: 1617 Location: The other Mr. 305

You should define "bugs" a little. Most versions of Puppy and Quirky are reasonably stable. Of course, there could be little bugs in any of them. There can also be issues due to things such as certain hardware you are using or the amount of ram available on your computer.

I think the quality control in Puppy has drastically improved over the years, though, as the team working on Woof-CE have taken the best from the past and updated it for the future.

Are you on a 32 bit computer or 64 bit? Do you have concerns with older distros? I would consider 666philb's Tahrpup or other offerings he may have as a reasonable starter of recent distributions. Limited ram on an older machine, 3 headed dog and UpUp Precise have been my favorites for quite sometime.

I'm sure quite a few people with chime in after me. Everyone has a favorite or two that are reasonably stable.

Good luck and remember, no software is perfect....

Slavvo67

bigpup · Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 12987 Location: S.C. USA

How about telling us what the computer is.
Make and model?

You could be trying to use a version of Puppy that is not designed for the hardware.

What you are calling a bug may be a feature of Puppy.
If you expect Puppy to work exactly like Ubuntu, it does not! Shocked

Like any operating system, Puppy has it's own way of doing things.

LazY Puppy · Joined: 21 Nov 2014 Posts: 2007 Location: Germany

Sailor Enceladus · Joined: 22 Feb 2016 Posts: 1565

Slacko 5.7 was pretty stable I think. T̶a̶h̶r̶p̶u̶p̶ ̶6̶.̶0̶.̶6̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶I̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶i̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶f̶a̶r̶. I usually use Slacko 6.9.6.4 mainly because it uses Slackware 14.2 as a base, BUT I think some things in it are a bit wonky. I've learned to live with it's quirks.

Moat · Joined: 16 Jul 2013 Posts: 967 Location: Mid-mitten

One of my all-time favorites was Barry's last official "regular" Puppy - Precise 5.7.1 Retro. In years of quite regular use, I cannot recall it having ever frozen up on me. Remarkably stable, IMHO - no matter what I threw at it. Libs are still fairly recent (enough, usually), and I believe it's official Ubuntu repos are still being supported for another few months (mid-2017?).

Older libs, but my other all-time favorite, stable and 'everything just works' Pup is Carolina. Geoffrey's/Carolina's application repo is chock full of a fantastic range of great programs, too - with some sweet Carolina extras from forum member Battleshooter as well. Such a great pup, but showing it's age a bit with it's older libs/glibc. And I love the features Xfce offers!

Just my humble opinion.

Bob

mmand1c · Joined: 12 Feb 2017 Posts: 13

My CPU is AMD Sempron 140 , motherboard ASRock N68-S and 2GB of RAM.

I don't think that feature of operating system are crashing of Firefox and many missing libraries.

Maybe I am using version of Puppy that is not designed for my hardware.

Again I will ask my question , what is most stable version of Puppy?

musher0 · Posted: Thu 16 Feb 2017, 05:33 Post subject:

mmand1c,

You have a lot of nerve asking that question, which, IMO, is a hair away
from being an outright insult to the main and even the serious amateur
devs in this community.

All devs here that I know do the utmost to publish "ex-factory" Puppies
with all bugs squished. Should an oversight be found, the users are quick
to report it, so the Puppies become better and better with the feedback of
the users.

Hey man, if you believe Puppy is buggy, get out of here on the double and
go find yourself another, absolutely bugless, distro. (Good luck with that!)

Best regards.

mmand1c · Joined: 12 Feb 2017 Posts: 13

I don't want to insult anyone.This community is really good and I don't think that question like this should be insulting(especially when it isn't rude).I just think that some bugs in Slacko64 6.3.2 could be fixed and I think that community is doing everything they can.That is why I asked if there is any version of Puppy that is more stable.

P.S Many thanks to user Semme,who helped me with some bugs.

LazY Puppy · Joined: 21 Nov 2014 Posts: 2007 Location: Germany

musher0 · Posted: Thu 16 Feb 2017, 07:26 Post subject:

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Sailor Enceladus · Joined: 22 Feb 2016 Posts: 1565

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