Remember the Live Linux called Nimblex, that I wrote about sometimes ago? Puppy was designed to be a very small version of Live Linux. It has only 97.6MB in size almost half of Nimblex.

Puppy Linux can run from CDs, USB sticks or Zip disks. It includes applications such as SeaMonkey/Mozilla Application Suite, AbiWord, Sodipodi, Gnumeric, and Gxine/xine. Puppy Linux has reached version 3.0 which is compatible with Slackware 12 and allows user to install Slackware packages.

Here are the features of Puppy Linux version 3.0:

• Jwmconfig Joes Window Manager updated
• Network Wizard upgraded
• Network detection backgrounded at bootup (faster booting)
• JWM window manager 2.0.1
• Unleashed Puplets (Puppy derivatives) can be created without Xorg and SeaMonkey
• Xvesa improved and wide screen support added
• SeaMonkey upgraded to version 1.1.2 (comes with spell check)
• Xine-lib to 1.1.7
• Gxine to v0.5.11
• Compatibility with using Slackware software
• Correct handling of frugal install in a folder
• zdrv_xxx.sfs eliminated, now inside initrd.gz
• simple and fast boot scripts with optimized boot
• all modules now in the initial ramdisk, so all modules available
• pup_220.sfs and pup_save.2fs can be in a chosen location
• will boot on a PC with 48MB of ram
• easy to swap kernels

Download the operating system from this page.