Most recent edit on 2008-01-13 19:18:01 by Darrelljon [added divider line]
No differences.
Edited on 2007-11-23 22:55:15 by Wosh
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CategoryDocumentation
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CategoryDevelopment
Edited on 2007-11-02 19:31:08 by KluNine [added slitaz, & some info re kolibri]
Additions:
Under 25MB
- KolibriOS∞ - (1.44Mb) An entire OS that fits on a floppy, written in assembler for x86-32; forked from MenuetOS.
- SliTaz∞ - (24Mb) Live CD using Xvesa, with JWM, Firefox, EmelFM2 and some other apps. (Main page with substantial info is in French, but also some minimal info in English here∞.)
Distros under 50Mb fit onto a MiniCD.
- Mitrax∞ - (<50Mb) MitraX is live distro based on Slackware
Deletions:
KolibriOS∞ - (1.44Mb)
Distros under 50Mb fit onto a MiniCD.
- Mitrax∞ - (<50Mb) MitraX is live distro based on Slackware
Edited on 2007-09-25 10:14:43 by Darrelljon [added KolibriOS]
Additions:
Below are some graphical distros that are similar to Puppy in goals and design.
KolibriOS∞ - (1.44Mb)
Deletions:
Below are some Linux distros that are similar to Puppy in goals and design.
Edited on 2007-08-10 19:59:38 by Darrelljon [added Jinx]
Additions:
1) Jinx∞ - (44Mb) with Opera 9, Flash, Textmaker and Planmaker.
Edited on 2007-08-05 16:08:42 by Darrelljon [added TinyFlux and TinyMe]
Additions:
1)TinyMe∞ - (177Mb) based on pcLinuxOS
- TinyFlux∞ - (223Mb) based on pcLinuxOS
Edited on 2007-08-02 21:42:04 by Darrelljon [added Kurumin Light]
Additions:
Under 50Mb
Distros under 50Mb fit onto a MiniCD.
Under 256Mb
- Kurumin 6 Light - (182Mb)
Distros under 700Mb fit onto most CD-Rs.
Deletions:
Under 100Mb
Edited on 2007-07-31 22:24:27 by Darrelljon [removed quote mark from Featherweight]
Additions:
1) FeatherLinux∞ - (<128Mb) not as good, a Knoppix based distro, can't boot off read-only sticks
- Featherweight∞- (<250Mb). based on Feather Linux. The goal is to be a full featured Linux that isn't bloated.
Deletions:
1) FeatherLinux∞ - (<128Mb) not as good, a knoppix based distro, can't boot off read-only sticks
Featherweight∞- (<250Mb). based on Feather Linux. The goal is to be "a full featured Linux that isn't bloated.
Edited on 2007-07-31 22:22:17 by Darrelljon [added mitrax]
Additions:
1) Mitrax∞ - (<50Mb) MitraX is live distro based on Slackware
Edited on 2007-07-28 13:41:27 by Darrelljon [moved AntiX]
No differences.
Edited on 2007-07-28 13:39:04 by Darrelljon [tweaked Kanotix derivatives]
Additions:
1)Kanotix CpxMini∞- (230Mb) quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk.
Kanotix Lite∞ (551Mb)
Deletions:
1)CpxMini∞- (551Mb) Miniature version of Kanotix, quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk.
Edited on 2007-07-28 13:34:23 by Darrelljon [cleaned up -deleted some comments]
Additions:
1) DamnSmallLinux-Not∞ - (84Mb) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition with Abiword and Gnumeric.
Featherweight∞- (<250Mb). based on Feather Linux. The goal is to be "a full featured Linux that isn't bloated.
AliXe∞ (278Mb) - Slax based
AntiX∞ (410Mb) MEPIS based
CpxMini∞- (551Mb) Miniature version of Kanotix, quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk.
MEPISLite∞ (626Mb) MEPIS based
Deletions:
1) DamnSmallLinux-Not∞ - (84Mb) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition.
Featherweight∞- (<250Mb). Featherweight Linux is based on Feather Linux, which is in turn based on Knoppix. The goal of Featherweight Linux is to be "a full featured Linux that isn't bloated with a kazillion gigs of crap that I'll never use. I want a small footprint that is light and fast, even on older machines, but still carries a knockout punch."
AliXe∞ (278Mb)
AntiX∞ (410Mb)
CpxMini∞- (551Mb) Miniature version of Kanotix, quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk. cpm-mini has things built in like GCC and Klik, but the copy-to-flash-drive script is broken.
MEPISLite∞ (626Mb)
Edited on 2007-07-28 13:11:56 by Darrelljon [cleaned up]
Additions:
Under 100Mb
DamnSmallLinux∞ - (<50Mb) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition. Based on 2.4.x kernel (puppy uses 2.6.x) Also has good way of running programs using .uci .unc
Austrumi∞ - (<50Mb) Austrumi is a business card size bootable live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware.
Luit∞ - (<50Mb)
DamnSmallLinux-Not∞ - (84Mb) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition.
Under 128Mb
- DeLi∞ - (<128Mb) Desktop Light
- SLAX Popcorn Edition∞- (<128Mb) Quite good, It's a smaller version of SLAX∞
- FeatherLinux∞ - (<128Mb) not as good, a knoppix based distro, can't boot off read-only sticks
Under 700Mb
- Slax∞ - (~200Mb) Distro based on Slackware using KDE
- Runt∞- (~200Mb); future development is uncertain
- Featherweight∞- (<250Mb). Featherweight Linux is based on Feather Linux, which is in turn based on Knoppix. The goal of Featherweight Linux is to be "a full featured Linux that isn't bloated with a kazillion gigs of crap that I'll never use. I want a small footprint that is light and fast, even on older machines, but still carries a knockout punch."
- Flash Linux∞- (<256Mb) Gentoo-based, initially designed to run off of a 256Mb USB key.
- AliXe∞ (278Mb)
- AntiX∞ (410Mb)
- CpxMini∞- (551Mb) Miniature version of Kanotix, quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk. cpm-mini has things built in like GCC and Klik, but the copy-to-flash-drive script is broken.
- MEPISLite∞ (626Mb)
- eLive∞ (662Mb)
- SAM∞- (699Mb) SAM Linux is a LiveCD based on PCLinuxOS.
Reviews
Deletions:
Light-weight distros that are somewhat similar to Puppy
- DamnSmallLinux∞ - (<50MB) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition. Based on 2.4.x kernel (puppy uses 2.6.x) Also has good way of running programs using .uci .unc
- SLAX Popcorn Edition∞- (<128MB) Quite good, It's a smaller version of SLAX∞
- Austrumi∞ - (<50MB) AUSTRUMI is a business card size bootable live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware.
- FeatherLinux∞ - (<128MB) not as good, a knoppix based distro, can't boot off read-only sticks
Bigger small Distros
- Slax∞ - (~200MB) Distro based on Slackware using KDE
- Runt∞- USB only 128 meg; future development is uncertain, as the author has moved to CA to work for Google
- Featherweight∞- ~250MB. Featherweight Linux is based on Feather Linux, which is in turn based on Knoppix. The goal of Featherweight Linux is to be "a full featured Linux that isn't bloated with a kazillion gigs of crap that I'll never use. I want a small footprint that is light and fast, even on older machines, but still carries a knockout punch."
- SAM∞- SAM Linux is a LiveCD based on PCLinuxOS.
- Flash Linux∞- A Linux distro, based on Gentoo, initially designed to run off of a 256MB USB key.
- CpxMini∞- Miniature version of Kanotix, quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk. cpm-mini has things built in like GCC and Klik, but the copy-to-flash-drive script is broken.
- Mandriva Move/Flash∞
Other Small Distros
The other main approx-50M distros are:
**Luit Linux**
Modular
Contains Open Office version
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**DSL**
Damn Small Linux
based on Knoppix
easy HD install
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**Austrumi**
Latvian with English support
Nice interface, good apps
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**Feather**
based on DSL - for USB keydrives
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**BBC-Linux**
trouble shooting distro
specialised
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Edited on 2007-04-16 21:12:54 by BostonVaulter
Additions:
Hardware detection is a work-in-progress, and will probably never catch up with DSL as the latter is based on Knoppix, whereas Puppy is built from scratch by Barry (recently with much-appreciated help from the guys on the Puppy Forum). On the other hand, being built from scratch is an advantage, as Puppy is highly optimized for smallness and speed. Puppy has the largest number of applications in the 50M distro, not as later add-ons. Puppy has over 2M of html docs included in the distro, which is unique. Puppy has Tcl/Tk which is also unique, which can be considered as a viable alternative to Perl. Puppy has shsql/Quisp, DSL has sqlite.
Deletions:
Hardware detection is a work-in-progress, and will probably never catch up with DSL as the latter is based on Knoppix, whereas Puppy is built from scratch by myself (recently with much-appreciated help from the guys on the Puppy Forum). On the other hand, being built from scratch is an advantage, as Puppy is highly optimised for smallness and speed. Puppy has the largest number of applications in the 50M distro, not as later add-ons. Puppy has over 2M of html docs included in the distro, which is unique. Puppy has Tcl/Tk which is also unique, which can be considered as a viable alternative to Perl. Puppy has shsql/Quisp, DSL has sqlite.
Edited on 2007-04-16 21:09:43 by BostonVaulter
Additions:
1) DamnSmallLinux∞ - (<50MB) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition. Based on 2.4.x kernel (puppy uses 2.6.x) Also has good way of running programs using .uci .unc
Deletions:
1) DamnSmallLinux∞ - (<50MB) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition. Based on 2.4.x kernel (puppy uses 2.6.x)
Edited on 2007-04-05 02:50:28 by BostonVaulter
Deletions:
1) Mitrax - based on Austrumi (It seems to have disappeared)
Edited on 2007-04-05 02:50:20 by BostonVaulter
No differences.
Edited on 2007-04-05 02:48:32 by BostonVaulter
Deletions:
1)Beatrix∞- (No longer developed)
Edited on 2007-04-05 02:48:07 by BostonVaulter
Additions:
Light-weight distros that are somewhat similar to Puppy
Bigger small Distros
Other Small Distros
Deletions:
Light-weight distros that are somewhat similar to Puppy
Bigger small Distros
Other Small Distros
Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2007-03-14 20:45:37 by BostonVaulter []
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About Puppy
Puppy Linux is a light-weight, yet fully featured, Linux distribution. It aims to be quick and useful on older machines, without sacrificing functionality. Puppy Linux is superior to other light-weight Linux distros because it has a lot of programs that haven't had featured lopped off to make them smaller.
Below are some Linux distros that are similar to Puppy in goals and design.
Light-weight distros that are somewhat similar to Puppy
- DamnSmallLinux∞ - (<50MB) popular distro using Knoppix hardware recognition. Based on 2.4.x kernel (puppy uses 2.6.x)
- Austrumi∞ - (<50MB) AUSTRUMI is a business card size bootable live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware.
- FeatherLinux∞ - (<128MB) not as good, a knoppix based distro, can't boot off read-only sticks
- SLAX Popcorn Edition∞- (<128MB) Quite good, It's a smaller version of SLAX∞
- Mitrax - based on Austrumi (It seems to have disappeared)
Bigger small Distros
- Runt∞- USB only 128 meg; future development is uncertain, as the author has moved to CA to work for Google
- Featherweight∞- ~250MB. Featherweight Linux is based on Feather Linux, which is in turn based on Knoppix. The goal of Featherweight Linux is to be "a full featured Linux that isn't bloated with a kazillion gigs of crap that I'll never use. I want a small footprint that is light and fast, even on older machines, but still carries a knockout punch."
- SAM∞- SAM Linux is a LiveCD based on PCLinuxOS.
- Beatrix∞- (No longer developed)
- Flash Linux∞- A Linux distro, based on Gentoo, initially designed to run off of a 256MB USB key.
- CpxMini∞- Miniature version of Kanotix, quite good but 250 MB, "toram" boot option runs off ram-disk. cpm-mini has things built in like GCC and Klik, but the copy-to-flash-drive script is broken.
- Mandriva Move/Flash∞
- Slax∞ - (~200MB) Distro based on Slackware using KDE
Linux is all about choice. Each distro has chosen a mix of tools and applications that suit particular users, and no one distro is better all around, although some would like to be. Make sure you choose the distro that's right for you.
"Just discovered Puppy! What a gem!" -
Plockery
Other Small Distros
The other main approx-50M distros are:
**Luit Linux**
Modular
Contains Open Office version
|
**DSL**
Damn Small Linux
based on Knoppix
easy HD install
|
**Austrumi**
Latvian with English support
Nice interface, good apps
|
**Feather**
based on DSL - for USB keydrives
|
**BBC-Linux**
trouble shooting distro
specialised
|
Review of Small Distros∞ (2005)
1. DSL is sub-50M but is lacking many heavy-duty applications, or rather, they have to be added separately, which is really cheating as by the time you've added a few decent apps like Abiword, Mplayer, printer support, Gnumeric, or whatever, the size has blown out to something enormous. DSL does have basic applications, like Links web browser, very basic multimedia support, very basic wordprocessing, but I don't think they will satisfy you for very long. DSL is based on Knoppix and has probably the best hardware detection and under-the-hood infrastructure. For example, Perl -- I don't know how much space Perl needs in DSL, but it must be massive. DSL has minimal docs in the distro.
2. I haven't looked at Feather closely, but it is based on DSL and is about 62M. I looked through the package list, and again, the applications are extremely basic.
3. Austrumi is a very interesting distro as it has focussed on getting some really heavy-duty apps into 50M. Namely, Mplayer, Abiword (wordprocessor), Gnumeric (spreadsheet) and Opera (web browser). Abiword and Gnumeric need the GTK2 libraries and also Gnumeric needs the Gnome libraries, which are massive. So, how does Austrumi do it? -- by cutting corners elsewhere. I noticed that Abiword has been cut right down in Austrumi and cannot import/export MS DOC files. Many tools and apps that you will find in Puppy and DSL are not in Austrumi. Austrumi lacks kernel modules, limiting its hardware compatibility. Opera is also much smaller than Mozilla-based web browsers (Opera is also shareware/adware, closed source). Austrumi has the Mplayer media player (also very cut-down).
So, in what way does Puppy "fall short" compared with these distros?
Hardware detection is a work-in-progress, and will probably never catch up with DSL as the latter is based on Knoppix, whereas Puppy is built from scratch by myself (recently with much-appreciated help from the guys on the Puppy Forum). On the other hand, being built from scratch is an advantage, as Puppy is highly optimised for smallness and speed. Puppy has the largest number of applications in the 50M distro, not as later add-ons. Puppy has over 2M of html docs included in the distro, which is unique. Puppy has Tcl/Tk which is also unique, which can be considered as a viable alternative to Perl. Puppy has shsql/Quisp, DSL has sqlite.
Comparing "heavy duty" apps bundled in the 50M distro, not as later addons, Puppy and Austrumi are way ahead. Furthermore, most of the heavy-duty apps in Puppy are, unlike Austrumi, not cut-down. Puppy has a a fully-functional Abiword wordprocessor, and fully-functional (with the full set of plugins) Gxine/Xine media player with Firefox/Mozilla plugin. In terms of the count of number of heavy-duty apps, Puppy is well ahead of Austrumi.
Okay, the above comments are from me, the developer of Puppy, so are going to be biased. So, DSL, Feather and Austrumi enthusiasts, don't get upset. Whenever anyone has asked, "which 50M distro is best", my standard reply has always been "if the cap fits, wear it". However, I am editing this page just before releasing Puppy version 0.9.9, which now features Puppy Unleashed, a tool to create your own custom Puppy out of whatever applications you want. Thus, you can have a 50M live-CD distro, that loads totally into ramdisk at bootup, blindingly fast, with your own custom selection of apps.
So, why not just admit it?
Puppy is the best!!!
See also Barry's comments on his
FAQ page∞.
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