Puppy Linux advantage- Ready to use: all tools for common daily computing usage already included.
- Ease of use: grandpa-friendly certified™
- Relatively small size: 300 MB or less.
- Fast and versatile.
- Customisable within minutes: remasters.
- Different flavours: optimised to support older computers, newer computers.
- Variety: hundreds of derivatives ("puplets"), one of which will surely meet your needs.
If one of these things interest you, read on..
BookwormPup64 highlights- Woof-CE build of Bookworm64 (with customized desktop presentation)
- GTK3 graphical interface (with GTK2 limited to a few legacy applications)
- X.org graphical server (rather than Xwayland)
- Overlay file system (rather than Aufs)
Apt/Synaptic package management provided by the included bdrv. The original Puppy Package Manager (PPM) is also included but functionality is now constrained to minimize conflict with Apt/Synaptic. Even so, PPM retains compatibility with legacy pet packages.
- DKMS support (Debian's out-of-tree driver building infrastructure) which includes the kbuild.sfs (small builtin subset of the traditional kernel sources).
- Bluetooth support
- ConnMan network manager
- Pipewire audio
- Zstd rather than xz compression of SFS files (faster decompression and lower CPU consumption, but 8-15% increase in SFS size)
- Generous assortment of builtin applications available in each menu category (or use APT/Synaptic package management to install your choice of additional applications available in the comprehensive Debian repositories)
- Firefox-ESR browser included as the sole application in the optional adrv. Please note: the adrv is easily removed if a different internet browser is preferred. Additionally, in this release there is no default ydrv, so the user may optionally create and populate a supplemental ydrv with preferred applications.
- Desktop management by JWMdesk-3.7 and companion applications, plus the added convenience of the versatile Synapse Application/File Launcher. For Synapse usage guidelines, please go to Puppy Menu -> Help -> HOWTO use the Synapse Application Launcher.
Visit the Puppylinux website here:
https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/index.htmlVisit the Puppylinux forum here:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/