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2 more Puppy reviews

#16 Post by benali72 »

Here are two more Puppy reviews --

From Free Software Magazine dated 2007-09-17 --
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/art ... l_featured

From Desktop Linux dated 2007-10-08 --
http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT7455536044.html

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Minisys Linux or Muppy

#17 Post by metre9dmt »

From www.linux.com, here is Dmitri Popov's review of Muppy. It is nice to know that you can update the system using the sfs files, which was introduced in a previous incarnation of PL Community Edition. Here is the link:

http://www.linux.com/feature/150993

Enjoy.

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Puppy Linux 4.1 Retro Lauded

#18 Post by metre9dmt »

Here's a link where PL 4.1 Retro was praised for its efficiency and completeness. It features a lot of screenshots.

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Lifehacker's comparison and walkthrough

#20 Post by metre9dmt »

Below is the link to a comparison small Linux distributions featuring, among others, Puppy Linux:

http://lifehacker.com/5069054/battle-of ... ux-systems

Just a comment with regards to the negative points: if you save your initial choices to usb drive or hard drive, you won't have to answer the initial configuration questions. With regards to cluttered menus, it is a matter of preference. They should have seen the menu system that I have with Puppy Linux and Windows XP (very frightening! :wink: )

Here's a walkthrough of Puppy Linux 4.1:
http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to- ... 307542.php

The walkthrough is a nice beginner's introduction to Puppy Linux.

Regards to all. By the way, it's All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day this weekend in the Philippines (November 1 and 2).

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#21 Post by code_m »

That lifehacker review was also picked up by OSnews, so that means it's out there in the general public. :-)

here's the link again because metre9dmt seemed to forget the "url" bb line in his post.

http://lifehacker.com/5069054/battle-of ... ux-systems

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#22 Post by cthisbear »

" I have been impressed by it so much that I have installed it on
my hard drive (yup, you read that right) as a quick booting OS.
It takes 30 sec to boot and 12 sec to shut down. "

http://helpforlinux.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... linux.html

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/31777

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#23 Post by linuxcbon »

Some reviews of puppy 4.0

http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?extend.265
Only three problems: my ISA sound card was not detected (so, no sound); my Windows (Samba) network was not detected; and software can only be installed from the limited selection at the Puppy repository.
No instructions provided for configuring a Windows network printer.
Unable to find local Windows network.

http://www.quebecos.com/modules/section ... e&artid=60

http://discuss.extremetech.com/forums/t ... 23820.aspx

http://linuxfr.org/2008/05/05/24033.html

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/05/05 ... ash-drive/

http://experiencelinuxienne.blogspot.co ... -y510.html

http://happylinuxthoughts.blogspot.com/ ... eview.html

http://foreverlinux.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... top-1.html

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#24 Post by afgs »

http://helpforlinux.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... linux.html

"Final Say: Weighing in at 95 Mb Puppy is a good thing to have in your Pen Drive, 'nuff said."

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New Puppy Review

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Computerworld & Infoworld reviews of Puppy Linux

#26 Post by metre9dmt »

Here's two similar review of Puppy Linux. The authors was quoted in writing that 'Puppy Linux manages its constrained environment well.'

From Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/art ... s_topic122

From Infoworld:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/ ... xes_1.html

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Puppy Raspup 8.2Final 8)
Puppy Links Page http://www.smokey01.com/bruceb/puppy.html :D

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#28 Post by WhoDo »

Another nice review for Puppy Linux -

http://tovganesh.blogspot.com/2008/11/o ... puppy.html
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#29 Post by cthisbear »

Kubuntu 8.10 vs Mepis 7.9.94 vs Puppy 4.1.2


" Okay, how about a smack down between 3 of my favorite distros? "

http://desktoplinux.wordpress.com/2009/ ... puppy-412/

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/33556

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#30 Post by cthisbear »

http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2009/02/soft ... rt-12.html

" I then tried Puppy on an old Celeron that had been running Xubuntu, and was a Windows 98 machine when I got it free. "

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#31 Post by technosaurus »

I stumbled on this little video while trying to find a low cost puppy pc... they mentioned puppy in their demo video

http://www.aleutia.com/products/demo.html
Check out my [url=https://github.com/technosaurus]github repositories[/url]. I may eventually get around to updating my [url=http://bashismal.blogspot.com]blogspot[/url].

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#32 Post by cthisbear »

http://www.informationweek.com/news/sof ... =214502378

" Puppy Linux was and is one of my favorites, a distribution that's not only tiny and lightweight but remarkably full-featured. Now in its 4.1.2 incarnation, it crams most everything people need into a mere 100MB package, with additional software available separately and a wide variety of community-remixed editions for even more-specific needs. It's also shaped up as the near-perfect way to rejuvenate older notebooks, since it requires very little in the way of space or system resources to run well. "

Chris.

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Infomation Week's List of Linux Distns -Puppy Linux included

#33 Post by metre9dmt »

Puppy Lovers,

Below is the link on the latest review of Puppy Linux from Information Week:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/sof ... ction=News

Enjoy.

NiCK 8-)

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#34 Post by Lobster »

http://www.informationweek.com/news/sof ... ction=News
That is a very fair round up of what is out there
(incidentally highlight your URL and click on URL to make it a link
- just roll over URL to get another option :)

I value familiarity and so even though I do the odd bit of distro hopping and have tried all the distros mentioned apart from Gentoo (too much time fiddling).
I now prefer to distro hop amongst puplets.

Puppy
Linux - but friskier
Puppy Raspup 8.2Final 8)
Puppy Links Page http://www.smokey01.com/bruceb/puppy.html :D

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Fun with Puppy puplets - having a good time with MiPUP2

#35 Post by metre9dmt »

Fellow Puppy Lovers,

Desktop Linux featured a nice review of MiPUP2 by Dave Dibble. Though he only explored one puplet, Dave describe how flexible Puppy Linux is. From which, various puplets are made.


http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT6545828265.html

Enjoy!!! :D

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