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.

October 5, 2007 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Rescue files from the host PC's hosed hard drive or perform various maintenance tasks (like imaging that drive) ...

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.

It would be fair to say that the Linux landscape is somewhat cluttered with distributions, each offering a slight value delta to consider. So, I didn't expect to be evaluating yet another distro any ...

Good or bad, useful or not, implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface and Microsoft’s Secure Boot extension might well foul the fuel driving consumer migration to the Linux desktop.