LxPup is a version of Puppy Linux using the LXDE desktop environment and is an updated “descendent” of loukitchou’s LxPup13.01.LxPup offers the Openbox window manager, LxPanel panel manager and PCManFM file manager.There are various 'flavours' of LxPup some built as derivatives of official Puppy Linux builds (based on Slackware and Ubuntu components) and one a new woof-ce build (Slackware based). The various flavours offer different kernels and access to the software repositories of the base system.LxPup combines all the significant advantages of Puppy Linux - small iso size, extensive hardware support, wide range of applications built-in, live cd and frugal installs, friendly supportive user forum etc etc, with the lightweight but modern LXDE desktop environment.Visit the support website for more details.
Links to popular distribution download pages. Important: We recently upgraded our forum software - please let us know if you run into any issues. Puppy Linux 5.4.3 Precise Puppy, EN. Puppy Linux is a powerful but small Linux live distribution, that can be installed to your USB Stick or your harddrive, if you want to.
Two of my favorite things are dogs and Linux. When I am not having fun with my Linux box, I am playing or cuddling with my dog. And so, whenever there is a way to mix these things, I am all for it. That's probably why Puppylinux is so endearing to me. Make no mistake, however, the operating system is much more than a cute name. Actually, it is a solid distro for breathing new life into ancient computers.Today, Puppylinux 7.5 sees release. Named 'Xenialpup,' the ISO is an insanely small 330MB.
Well, that is a diminutive operating system by today's standards at least. Heck, you can even burn it to a CD rather than a DVD - very useful for an old PC without a DVD drive. You don't need to install it to the hard drive if you don't want - it can be used as a live environment from optical disk, memory card, or flash drive. Despite its focus on being lightweight, it is still very capable too. 'It comes in both 32bit and 64bit versions that can boot in both BIOS and UEFI enabled computers. The 32bit version has kernel 4.4.95-noPAE for better compatibility with older hardware while the 64bit has Kernel 4.9.58 for better modern hardware support.
True to puppylinux tradition both versions come with a full range of communications, productivity and entertainment applications as well as a wide range of the unique puppy-specific utilities and applications,' Philip Broughton, The Puppylinux team.ALSO READ:Broughton further says,'Xenialpup is built using Woof-CE (woof-CE at GitHub) 'The Puppy builder' system, which can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of any other distro or home grown packages. Xenialpup is a true community edition 'CE', with contributions from many within the Puppylinux community.'