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Puppy Linux - karsen - 01-26-2009
Puppy Linux is a very fast, and very small Linux Distro. Excellent for older computers. I just installed it on a very old Compaq Presario laptop. I've had Windows ME, Windows XP and Ubuntu installed on that particular machine. Nothing touches Puppy in terms of speed. It feels like a brand new computer.
If you've got an old computer sitting around that'd you'd like to squeeze a little more life out of give Puppy Linux a try. I'm donating this particular machine to a family in need, hope they don't mind doggies!
Re: Puppy Linux - mrbigstuff - 01-26-2009
Hmm. Thanks for the info. I'm not much of a hacker but I can try anything once...
Re: Puppy Linux - karsen - 01-26-2009
It's not hacker stuff at all. Just a very simple OS with basic web browsing, email, word processing, image editing and music playing capability.
Re: Puppy Linux - Seacrest - 01-26-2009
http://www.puppylinux.org/
Re: Puppy Linux - ztirffritz - 01-26-2009
I've used that on a few REALLY old machines that I was getting rid of at work. They had HDs that were only 2-4 Gb. Worked well enough.
Re: Puppy Linux - volcs0 - 01-26-2009
I was going to try this on an old G3 iBook, but it looks like it won't work on PowerPC machines - at least according to this:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=759733402&t=28625