Puppy Linux 4.3.1

Van Chocstraw

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Nov 16, 2009, 6:11:17 PM11/16/09

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This is new a really great program to install and run. Try it. it's only
a 100mb iso.

Dan C

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Nov 16, 2009, 10:18:26 PM11/16/09

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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:11:17 -0500, Van Chocstraw wrote:

> This is new a really great program to install and run. Try it. it's only
> a 100mb iso.

It's not a "program"...

Nothing real "new" about it, either...

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Gordon

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Nov 17, 2009, 1:42:28 AM11/17/09

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Van Chocstraw <boobooil...@roadrunner.com> wrote in
news:qvidnasQP9GIQZzW...@giganews.com:

> This is new a really great program to install and run. Try it. it's only
> a 100mb iso.

How is Puppy compared to other Linux distros?

atec7 7

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Nov 17, 2009, 8:50:43 AM11/17/09

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Quite good BUT getting some things going can be a chore

Dan C

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Nov 17, 2009, 8:54:33 AM11/17/09

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Small. Very limited.

Jamie

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Nov 19, 2009, 8:19:17 AM11/19/09

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In <Xns9CC5E7178381...@94.75.244.51>,
Gordon <go...@alltomyself.com> mentions:

Not really a distro and I wish people would quit calling it that (I admit,
I don't know quite what to call it)

Puppy linux is a pretty neat way to run "something-to-the-effect-of" linux
off of a CDROM.

Very handy tool in case you screw up your machine and need to go online
to fetch something.

It's certainly NOT a linux you'd want to actually "install".

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atec7 7

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Nov 19, 2009, 8:56:22 AM11/19/09

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Jamie wrote:
> In <Xns9CC5E7178381...@94.75.244.51>,
> Gordon <go...@alltomyself.com> mentions:
>> Van Chocstraw <boobooil...@roadrunner.com> wrote in
>> news:qvidnasQP9GIQZzW...@giganews.com:
>>
>>> This is new a really great program to install and run. Try it. it's only
>>> a 100mb iso.
>> How is Puppy compared to other Linux distros?
>
> Not really a distro and I wish people would quit calling it that (I admit,
> I don't know quite what to call it)
>
> Puppy linux is a pretty neat way to run "something-to-the-effect-of" linux
> off of a CDROM.
>
> Very handy tool in case you screw up your machine and need to go online
> to fetch something.
>
> It's certainly NOT a linux you'd want to actually "install".
>
> Jamie

I cant really agree with tha
It installs well enough but unless you are equipped with some skills
not for the initiated certainly

Whiskers

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Nov 20, 2009, 1:58:27 PM11/20/09

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On 2009-11-19, Jamie <nos...@geniegate.com> wrote:
> In <Xns9CC5E7178381...@94.75.244.51>,
> Gordon <go...@alltomyself.com> mentions:
>>Van Chocstraw <boobooil...@roadrunner.com> wrote in
>>news:qvidnasQP9GIQZzW...@giganews.com:
>>
>>> This is new a really great program to install and run. Try it. it's only
>>> a 100mb iso.
>>
>>How is Puppy compared to other Linux distros?
>
> Not really a distro and I wish people would quit calling it that (I admit,
> I don't know quite what to call it)
>
> Puppy linux is a pretty neat way to run "something-to-the-effect-of" linux
> off of a CDROM.
>
> Very handy tool in case you screw up your machine and need to go online
> to fetch something.
>
> It's certainly NOT a linux you'd want to actually "install".
>
> Jamie

What makes it 'not Linux' or 'not a distro'?
<http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy> It's one of a bunch
of Linux distros intended to be small and to run well on limited hardware.
Deli Linux, Damn Small Linux, Firefly, Antemium, and others, are in the
same category.

Of course, you don't get that small without sacrificing some of the bells
and whistles that can make Mandriva, SuSE, etc, so attractive, and it
might be considered eccentric to run Puppy on a Cray.

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