Barry Kauler (original) Larry Short, Mick Amadio and Puppy community (current)
OS family
Linux (Unix-like)
Working state
Current
Source model
Primarily open source
Initial release
0.1[1]/ 19 June 2003; 20 years ago (2003-06-19)
Latest release
9.5 [2] (FossaPup64) / 17 September 2020; 3 years ago (17 September 2020)
Marketing target
Live CD, Netbooks, older systems and general use
Package manager
Puppy Package Manager
Platforms
x86, x86-64, ARM
Kernel type
Linux
Default user interface
JWM / IceWM + ROX Desktop
License
GNU GPL and various others
Official website
puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io
Puppy Linux is a family of light-weight Linux distributions that focus on ease of use[3] and minimal memory footprint. The entire system can be run from random-access memory (RAM) with current versions generally taking up about 600 MB (64-bit), 300 MB (32-bit), allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started. Applications such as AbiWord, Gnumeric and MPlayer are included, along with a choice of lightweight web browsers and a utility for downloading other packages. The distribution was originally developed by Barry Kauler and other members of the community, until Kauler retired in 2013.[4] The tool Woof can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of other Linux distributions.[5]
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^"Puppy Linux FossaPup64 Puppy 9.5 Released". September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
^Fosdick, Howard (October 8, 2007). "An in-depth look at Puppy Linux". DesktopLinux. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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^"Announcement and release notes for Lucid Puppy 5.0".
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Global Information
[2] (FossaPup64) / 17 September 2020