Puppy Linux
A tiny family of distros that boot from USB and run entirely in RAM, built from Debian or Ubuntu packages. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- Linux distribution
- Developer
- Puppy Linux community (woof-CE)
- Created by
- Barry Kauler
- First release
- 2003
- License
- GPL and other free licenses
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free
- Website
- https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io
- Family
- Debian
- Based on
- Debian (BookwormPup64) or Ubuntu
- Package manager
- Puppy Package Manager
- Package format
- PET (Puppy package)
- Release model
- Fixed releases
- Release cadence
- Irregular
- Support lifetime
- As long as its base
- Init system
- Its own
- Default desktop
- JWM and ROX
- Immutable
- No
- Made for
- Desktop
- Backed by
- A community
- Beginner friendliness
- 3 of 5
- Architectures
- x86_64, x86, arm