Puppy Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution created by the Australian developer Barry Kauler. It is designed to run well on old and low-powered computers, since it can load itself entirely into the computer's memory, which makes it fast, and the boot medium can then be removed. The basic system is only a few hundred megabytes in size, and includes a set of simple applications for the web, office work and multimedia. It can be run from a CD or USB drive without installing, and settings can be saved on the drive. Many variants, called puplets, have been made by the community, based on other distributions such as Ubuntu and Slackware.
Before and after
- 20032003 European heat wave
- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
- 2003Rose Revolution
- 2003Launch of Mars Exploration Rover
- 2003Creation of Puppy Linux
- 2003Creation of Scratch
- from 2003 to 2006Serbia and Montenegro
- 2003Launch of Myspace
- 2003Release of Virtual International Authority File
More in Science & technology
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
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