About Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux is a unique family of Linux distributions meant for the home-user computers. It was originally created by Barry Kauler in 2003.
Puppy Linux advantage
- Ready to use → all tools for common daily computing usage already included.
- Ease of use → lots of included help & hints
- Relatively small size → typically 500 MB or less.
- Fast and versatile.
- Customisable within minutes → can be made permanent with remasters.
- Different flavours → optimised to support older & newer computers.
- Variety → hundreds of derivatives (“puplets”), one of which will surely meet your needs.
If one of these things interest you, read on.
Yes, but what does it look and feel like?
Recent releases - each Pup has its own look and feel…..
First thing first
Puppy Linux is not a single Linux distribution like Debian. Puppy Linux is also not a Linux distribution with multiple flavours, like Ubuntu (with its variants of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc) though it also comes in flavours.
Puppy Linux is a collection of multiple Linux distributions, built on the same shared principles, built using the same set of tools, built on top of a unique set of puppy specific applications and configurations and generally speaking provide consistent behaviours and features, no matter which flavours you choose.
There are generally three broad categories of Puppy Linux distributions:
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official Puppy Linux distributions → maintained by Puppy Linux team, usually targeted for general purpose, and generally built using Puppy Linux system builder (called Woof-CE).
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woof-built Puppy Linux distributions → developed to suit specific needs and appearances, also targeted for general purpose, and built using Puppy Linux system builder (called Woof-CE) with some additional or modified packages.
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unofficial derivatives (“puplets”) → are usually remasters (or remasters of remasters), made and maintained by Puppy Linux enthusiasts, usually targeted for specific purposes.
Why not try it? Download now!
Get the ISO, burn it to a CD/DVD using your favorite CD/DVD burner, or flash it using dd (Windows version) to your USB flash drive, or visit our download page for more comprehensive information. Official Pup build recipes are kept at Woof-CE on GITHUB.
| Latest Version | Architecture | Compatibility * | Download link |
|---|---|---|---|
| BookwormPup64 10.0 | x86_64 64-bit | Debian Bookworm 64 | Main - Mirror |
| BookwormPup32 23.12 | x86 32-bit | Debian Bookworm 32 | Main - Mirror |
| F96-CE_4 | x86_64 64-bit | Ubuntu Focal 64 | Main - Mirror |
| S15Pup64 22.12 | x86_64 64-bit | Slackware64 15.0 | Main - Mirror |
| S15Pup32 22.12 | x86 32-bit | Slackware 15.0 | Main - Mirror |
* Compatibility: A Puppylinux distribution can also be built and assembled using packages and components from another Linux distribution called in Puppy the “binary compatible” distribution. The choice of a binary compatible distribution determines the availability of additional packages, among other things.
Download Sites
All the “official” Puppies since version 2 are hosted at Ibiblio.
Ibiblio also hosts the puppy specific packages (pet) used to build puppies as well as squashfs files (sfs) with kernels, kernel sources, large applications and application frameworks.
The Ibiblio puppylinux directory is mirrored by several sites world-wide.
The NLUUG and the UoC mirrors in Europe and the AARNET and the Internode mirrors in Australia are known to update regularly and are usually faster than Ibiblio.
Mirrors may take up to a day to incorporate changes in Ibiblio.
Questions?
It has been said that the best experience of Puppy Linux is not from the software itself, but from the community that gathers around it. Whatever you have in mind - praises, curses, questions, suggestions, or just plain chit-chat, we welcome you to join us at Puppy Linux Discussion Forum or just check the download page for the latest puppylinux woof-ce builds. There is also an Alternative Forum which will be used only “in emergency” to explain what is happening.