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Puppy Linux is a small, but full-featured Linux distribution. Puppy boots into a ramdisk and loads into RAM.

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Puppy Linux is a small, but full-featured distribution. Puppy boots into a ramdisk and loads into RAM. Puppy Linux can boot off a flash card or any USB memory device, CDROM, Zip disk or LS/120/240 Superdisk, floppy disks, internal hard drive.

Website: http://puppylinux.org

Distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Linux

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When does the Puppy linux security model make sense?

I have just spent a few hours playing with Puppy linux, which has some very nice features, but there are some things about its approach to security (at least the default settings) that worry me: It seems that the intended way to use it is to run…
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What is the command line in Puppy Linux that is equivalent to apt-get commands?

I have difficulties of installing apps in puppy linux, I realise that apt-get, yum don't work in puppy linux, what is the correct command in puppy linux that is equivalent to apt-get or yum?
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How do I resize a partition on an img file?

I have a puppy linux img that is 8gb but I need it to fit on a 6gb drive. How do I resize the ext2 partition on the img?
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UEFI and Puppy Linux

I recently installed Puppy Linux on a USB stick using the Universal USB Installer, but I have not being able to boot from it. My notebook came with Windows 8 and had the secure boot activated at UEFI. I disabled the secure boot option, but I am…
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Pendrive Linux with encrypted & persistent storage?

I want to create a cryptowallet on a USB stick. My idea was to find a pendrive Linux to install on a USB stick that I can carry around, put it into any (old) computer, boot and use the wallet. My requirements: works on 32bit / boots on an old…
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How can I change the files of an appimage?

How can I change the files of an appimage? I just want to replace the version of a program with another new one, the app that I need is the blender 2.79b version, and I only could find the blender 2.78c version appimage, in the appimages download…
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Connecting to wireless USB adapter - Puppy Linux Wary

Trying to connect to my WLAN on an Acer Travelmate 2301LM. System installed is a Puppy Linux Wary 5.3. Since it doesn't have an internal adapter, I'm trying to integrate a Netgear N300 WLAN-USB-Mini-Adaptor - precisely a WNA3100M. The Puppy Internet…
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How do you boot Puppy Linux Slacko into the command line?

How do you boot Puppy Linux Slacko (or Precise or Wary) into the command line? I wish to startx only if I need it. Unfortunately it does not seem to copy Slackware's traditional /etc/inittab runlevel methodology.
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Appropriate 2015 distribution for a 2008 netbook?

I bought a netbook (Asus EEE PC 1000H, specs here and here) back when it came out in 2008, and installed Debian 4.0 Etch with Gnome. It worked wonderfully well, and served me appropriately for most of my grad studies. I eventually upgraded to a…
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Slacko vs Precise vs Lucid Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux has 3 flavors available. I am looking for some differences between the three. This way I can make an informed decision on which to go with, instead of randomly picking or just getting the smallest one.
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booting old netbook

I have a complete confusion of boot problems on an old netbook. It's dual boot, details below, used every ~2 months for travelling. 1) One day it simply wouldn't boot. Power-light on, brief flicker of HD light, then blank screen, not even the…
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Filtering images according to file name, why?

When filtering the images using the below code, I also need to filter files. For example,IMG_0079.JPG.JPG, when running the code below it's allowing files with additional .JPG to get filtered out, and I can't seem to discover why? Checking if the…
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Limit internet speed without tc

I have been using deb based Linux for years and I never had problems limiting the internet speed using wondershaper. On my sisters PC I had to install puppy Linux because it's a very old PC. The problem is, wondershaper won't work since it requires…
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Make USB modem work on Puppy Linux 5.28

I have an Alcatel Modem, when I plug it on my old dell c600 with Puppy Linux. This is the log from my Puppy Linux 5.28 on my dell laptop: tail -f /var/log/messages | grep usb user.err kernel:usb 1-1: device not accepting address 9, error…
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/lib/modules/2.6.37.6/build missing in linux puppy? what should I do?

I am new to linux as of yesterday. I'm using linux puppy to try to get the most out of a 10 year old, slow laptop. I installed it fine, no problems there, but as soon as I try to use my usb dongle's install CD, the problems start. The CD included…
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