In fact Puppy can be run on a computer that doesn't even have a hard drive installed. You can run it on a Windows computer, without changing the Windows installation on the hard drive. It all loads into your computer's RAM for use and the settings and documents all saved at the end of the session. Puppy Linux actually does not need to be 'installed' like a traditional operating system, instead it is normally run it from a DVD or a USB device. If your computer does not have an optical drive, you can run it from a USB drive, as described below. If your computer has a DVD drive you can pick up a Puppy Linux DVD at the NCF office or download the ISO file from and burn it to a DVD yourself with an ISO writer.

As a tool for recovering data, by booting to Puppy Linux and clicking on the icon for the hard drive and then copying documents onto an external device, such as a USB drive.

As a traditional desktop for getting work done on a desktop tower, laptop or netbook computer.

Puppy Linux can be used for several purposes:

4.3 Puppy Linux installation (with your own USB).

4.1 Run Puppy Linux (if you have a DVD already).

It also has dozens of additional free software applications available at no charge, that can be installed. Puppy Linux comes with a web browser, a word processor, text editor, spreadsheet and many other applications most users need. Puppy supports dial-up on external hardware modems very well and, best of all for dial up users, each release has no system updates to download.

It is free software, issued under free licenses. Its system requirements are low, too, which makes it compatible with old hardware.īeing Linux-based, Puppy Linux has very few issues with malware or spyware and is very stable.

This makes it very fast, even on older computers. Puppy Linux is a very lightweight operating system that loads entirely into your PC's RAM. It makes a good Windows replacement, especially on old Windows XP hardware. It has an interface that is similar to Windows and so is easy to learn for Windows users. Puppy Linux is a free Linux operating system that is very easy to use.

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