An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks With Puppy Linux 4
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 06:42.
The latest release of Barry Kauler's Puppy Linux version 4.0 has a lot to bark about. Installed directly on a hard drive, it lacks some of the bells and whistles found in more popular Linux desktop versions. But run it from a USB (universal serial bus) drive in RAM (random access memory), and Puppy growls impressively.
The ability to carry an entire operating system (OS) on a flash drive and run it with all my files and settings intact is a powerful lure. Running Puppy Linux in RAM from any computer is one of this distro's best features. And because the entire OS lives in at least 128 MB of RAM once booted, Puppy Linux is lightning fast.
Filling a Need
I first tried the previous version of Puppy Linux about six months ago when looking for a Linux distro to run on my HP Pavilion laptop. I still needed to run Windows XP and did not want to partition the 80 GB hard drive or otherwise put my needed files at risk with a dual boot configuration.
This review dissected Puppy 4 better than Barry himself ?
What the review misses is about the JWM sweet spot. It is only good for 1024x768 resolution. For most netbooks, Puppy has to use xvesa more than xorg drivers. Maybe that is why Barry longed to do OS for netbooks for a change of pace.
All he had to do is go back to FVWM(800x600/800x480)?
Of course, FVWM can be shrunk into 320x240 movies for cellphone(smartphone and iphone using Prex OS)? iphone can do ebay windows now.