I just became a Puppy user after 5 years with Linspire/Freespire. I moved to Puppy 4.1.2 because Freespire was not reading my .wav files and I couldnt fix it.

In less than 2 hours time I had Puppy reading ALL files I had and also got tightvnc installed and running to my telephone server and also got it connected to my LAN and into the internet and one of my printers working. That must be some kind of a record for ease of installation.

Puppy is touted as being small and for old computers. Mine is a newer computer and I see no limitations in Puppy because of its size.

This is a winner.

I agree that Puppy is a great distribution and handy to use when I travel with my company laptop.

Yeah,...
I keep Puppy 4.1.2 on a couple of computers...and I use it more than any other OS. I like to try out different distros and stuff,...but I always know I can fall back on, and count on Puppy!

well check out betapup420 I have a custom build that rocks it comes with two windows manager icewm check out woof and build a custom ubuntu or Slackware or Debian or arch pup. puppy been around since 2005 and Barry does a good job but he is retiring.

I cannot give enough KUDO'S to Puppy 4.1.2. Puppy 4.1.2 is simply the rock I stand on.

Guess what-Puppy-4.2 is out-
( http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05400 )

And it's rockin' on my PC. Hell, I might even retire my much-beloved Kubuntu!

Cheers

it just get's better !

I have to chime in with just a couple of agreeing comments.

I have used Puppy on and off since 2.0. I used to use it only on old equipment because I felt it was a little too limited for my main needs, but still a great little distro. I have just in the last couple of days tried 4.2 on a Medion Netbook with the standard netbook specs (Atom N270, 1GB mem, Ralink 2860 wireless, Intel graphics, HDA Sound). EVERYTHING worked immediately and, like all Puppies, it runs from RAM so it is blazingly fast. I am truly stunned.

I have two netbooks, an AAO (which I believe is a superior build to the Medion) which runs Ubuntu Jaunty. I realize that running from the hard drive like Jaunty does is going to limit the speed, but the difference is absolutely incredible.

I haven't figured out the webcam or microphone yet, but that will come. Puppy is a keeper for this little netbook.

I unserstand that Barry is retiring and will no longer develop Puppy. But with the quality and popularity of this distro, I cannot see it fading away. I believe the community would not let that happen.

Puppy does indeed rock. I have been using Puppy since 2.0 and at that time everyone was talking about how great Knoppix was. When I ran into trouble and needed a rescue disk I tried Knoppix of course and it just couldn't do what I needed, so I tried Puppy and it worked no problem. That's when I fell in love with the pup, and it continues to get better with each release.

All computers should come with Puppy preinstalled on the mother board similar to Asus Express Gate.

Does puppy linux still run everything as root?
As nice as it is, if that is true, I wouldn't recommend using it.

Actually, yes, it does. While it's true that running as root is one less layer of Linux security, it still has the rest- priorities & permissions, data execution prevention, etc.

BTW- I don't know when it was added, but Pup 4.20 includes a firewall.

Cheers

I should have looked which forum this was. I have a habit of replying from the rss recent list and not noticing which forum it is (gets me into trouble at times offering the wrong advice in the slackware forum). I didn't realize I was in a puppy forum. I'm usually not such a troll.

P.S. Dragonslayer48dx. I like your sig. It know the feeling. I just turned 50 this year.

Actually, I considered your post to be a valid question and opinion, considering your title [Guru]. I am curious though what all the hoopla's about, considering that even root has limited (or no) direct access to system files. (unlike with Windows)

Off topic reply:

50?? Hell, you're still a young pup. I can barely remember being 50!

Cheers