Revisiting Puppy Linux

"Open source," shares Jon Orech via a tweet today, "is free like a puppy." This tweet reminded me of a short blog entry I wrote about PuppyLinux...

One of my favorite distributions of GNU/Linux is PuppyLinux. In fact, I carry one around with me wherever I go, and I'm sure to have it whenever I visit some place with computer access but I don't want to use their Windows machine, burdened with who knows what keyloggers, etc. For fun, I even run PuppyLinux on my Macbook, although I also have UbuntuLinux loaded to do the real work. PuppyLinux is just fun to use and fast.

A nice article appears introducing folks to PuppyLinux:

Fast, small, lightweight—and still a full-featured GNU/Linux: Puppy Linux combines a complete set of applications with great flexibility, yet it requires minimal hardware. This article introduces this increasingly popular GNU/Linux distribution.Puppy Linux offers a full-featured, high performance system that doesn’t require state of the art hardware.

When you read it, be sure to check out the comments section to read the success stories. Get PuppyLinux online at PuppyLinux.com...

Give it a spin! It's gotten even easier to install PuppyLinux and other GNU/Linux distros. Instead of burning a CD (gee, who does that anymore?), make a USB Flash drive...these are inexpensive, and boot up fast! These instructions help you do that (it's really a short 3-4 step process, not very technical).