Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution that is very small and focuses on ease of use. If the computer has at least 256 MB of RAM, the entire operating system and all the applications will run from RAM, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts. Applications such as SeaMonkey, AbiWord, Gnumeric, and Gxine/xine are included. The distribution is actively developed by Barry Kauler and other active members of the community. Puppy is an independent Linux distribution (i.e. not based on Debian, Fedora, SuSE, etc.). Puppy Linux is a full-Fledged operating system bundled with application suites covering a wide variety of tasks which can be used productively by general users. However, because Puppy is small-sized and can boot from many media, it is also useful as a rescue disk, a demonstration system, or for reviving old computers. Puppy can boot from: A USB flash drive/keydrive or any other bootable USB storage device (flash-Puppy) A CD (live-Puppy), with six flavors to choose from. A Zip drive or LS-120/240 SuperDisk (zippy-Puppy) An internal hard drive (hard-Puppy) A computer network (thin-Puppy) An emulator (emulated-puppy) A floppy boot disk that loads the rest of the operating system from a USB drive, CD-ROM, or internal hard drive.