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Second, you have to copy the files over from the LiveCD using the "Puppy Universal Installer". I had troubles with "ext4" file system, so re-formatted to "ext3". I created a 19GB (sda1) for my files, and 700MB (sda5) for swap. First, you have to use Gparted to partition the disk. Installation to the hard drive was quite involved, certainly not for the beginner. Unfortunately, the trade-off is a lack of application choices. Like DSL above, you can opt to run MacPup entirely in 128MB of RAM. While traditional Puppy Linux clutters the screen with apps, the MacPup tries to have the look-and-feel of the MacOS by having a launcher tray at the bottom center of the screen.īoth MacPup and Puppy Linux can run in very small amounts of RAM and disk space. The latest version is 529, based on Pupply Linux 5.2.60 Precise, compatible with Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. Installing DSL Linux on the hard drive converts it into a Debian distribution, which then allows more options for applications.
From hitting the power-on button to playing the first note of MP3 music was about 1 minute. For example, the xMMS plays MP3 music, but I did not find it as friendly as iTunes or Rhythmbox.īoot time is fast. Of course, there are always trade-offs, and in this case, apps were chosen for their size and memory footprint, not necessarily for their user-friendliness and eye candy. This baby can run in as little 16MB or RAM! If you have 128MB of RAM or more, the OS can run entirely from RAM, providing much faster performance. The Damn Small Linux project was dormant since 2008, but has a fresh new release for 2012. Here are some Low-RAM alternatives I tried: While I am a big fan of SUSE, Red Hat, and Ubuntu, these all require more RAM than available on grandma's laptop. The PLoP Boot Manager is also available on the. This worked great on my grandma's system. The allows you to first boot from floppy or CD-ROM, and then allows you to boot from the USB.
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On my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 laptop, I had to also install p7zip and p7zip-plugins first.
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Some Linux distributions offer both a full LiveCD+Installer version, as well as an alternate text-based Installer-only version.
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Windows and Mac OS users can try out Linux without impact to their existing environment.
The "Live" version allows you to boot up and try out the operating system without modifying the contents of your hard drive.