Puppy Linux is a popular Linux distribution specially designed for low-resource computers, it is possible for us to be able to reuse those computers that do not support current systems, Puppy Linux It is capable of running on a computer with 1 Ghz and with only 768 MB of RAM memory.
This distribution is built through different systems, since Not only is it a Ubuntu-based system, it also has its version built on Slackware, with which it offers us a series of alternatives on a unique set of applications and specific configurations.
This distribution has been updated a few days ago for which its most recent version is Puppy Linux 7.5, also known as "Xenialpup" with which several tools are renewed and integrates several improvements.
Among the new changes in this version we find:
JWM window manager and ROX file manager.
- Palemoon browser and Claws mail client.
- FTP, Torrent and Chat applications.
- MPV media player, Simple Screen Recorder and Deadbeef audio player.
- Abiword word processor and Gnumeric extension sheet application.
- Vector and drawing apps.
- Samba file sharing, CUPS printing and CD / DVD utilities.
- Quickpet, a utility to easily install the most popular add-on applications, operating system updates, and bug fixes.
On the other hand this new version comes with Linux kernel 4.4.95 LTS in 32-bit version and this being a non-PAE kernel with which we have greater compatibility with older hardware.
Download Puppy Linux 7.5
As I had mentioned, this new version can now be downloaded from the following link. The ISO image of the system does not represent more than 330 MB with which several tools are already integrated, among which we find the Pale Moon browser, FTP and Torrent clients, office automation tools, image editing tools and others.