As we mentioned last week, a new version of Puppy Linux is out and, because Puppy is extremely lightweight, it's an ideal candidate for installation on a USB stick or similar portable storage device.

Puppy Linux is a niche computing solution that shows the flexibility and usefulness of open-source tools and the staying power of the Linux operating system. Normally in this column, I focus on new ...

Puppy Linux began life as a really cool small-sized Linux distribution designed primarily for lower specification hardware while still providing most of the amenities that make Linux fun and usable.

Puppy Linux is a light-weight Linux-based operating system designed to run well even on older computers with slow processors, little memory, or small hard drives. In fact, the operating system is ...

May sees the release of the new Puppy Linux, version 5.0, also known as Lucid Puppy. For the uninitiated, the main deployment target of Puppy Linux is older, resource constrained computers. In ...

Rescue files from the host PC's hosed hard drive or perform various maintenance tasks (like imaging that drive) Compute on a machine without leaving a trace—like browser history, cookies, documents or ...