Puppy Linux News

New Wary Puppy is Released

April 5, 2012 - Wary Puppy 5.3 is released, see the announcement by Barry Kauler. There is now greater support for internationalization, and lots of bugs have been fixed. Language "langpacks" are now available with included translations for both the system and applications. It has also been updated to version 2.6.32.59 of the LTS kernel.

Download wary-5.3.iso here or there, size = 136.7 MB, md5sum = d8b496afe0970a124fa69a62dd608801

Wary 5.3 runs well on old PCs, but it can upgrade display for new PCs with the new Xorg 7.6 - try Menu-Setup-Video Upgrade Wizard. The screenshot shows the Wary desktop.

Read more about Wary Puppy 5.3, visit the forum discussion, or check the Wary updates.

For former releases and additional list of Wary characteristics, read more below:

Read more... Comments (0) Added by raffy April 5, 2012 (7:30PM)

Lucid Puppy 5.2.5 is Released

April 2, 2011 - Lucid Puppy 5.2.5 is released!

Download version 5.2.5 from ibiblio.org: Get lupu-525.iso or explore the folder.
Download version 5.2.5 from nluug.nl: Get lupu-525.iso or explore the folder.
MD5 Checksum: b6658ab75cd5d48f358f0ee31b06b934
ISO Size: 128MB


Lucid Puppy 5.2.5 desktop with first-run and browser wizards.

New in Lucid Puppy 5.2.5 (released April 2, 2011):

• Bash 4.1.0, Syslinux 4.03, e2fsprogs 1.41.14, JWM 500, Gnumeric 1.10.13;
• updated PBurn and Gnome-MPlayer 1.02;
• built from Woof of February 26, 2011.

Lucid Puppy 5.2 (released January 5, 2011):

• is still compatible with Ubuntu packages;
• has QuickSet for point-and-click desktop configuration;
• has QuickPet for updates, diagnostics, and package installs;
• has alternative window managers (XFCE, Fluxbox) through the package manager;
• includes language packs for 11 different languages;
• a true Puppy Linux built using Woof, the magical build script of Chief Developer Barry Kauler.

Announcement and Release Notes

Forum discussion

Tips and Tricks

Comments (7) Added by raffy April 2, 2011 (7:10AM)

Fatdog64 500 is Released

July 2, 2010 - Kirk and Jamesbond released Fatdog64-500 final. The release has matching PETs and SFSs.

December 24, 2010 Update: Fatdog64-511 for bug fixes is released. See the Forum.



The kernel is version 2.6.34 and the window manager is Openbox /LXPanel. Fatdog has always included the latest Firefox, GIMP (image editor), and KINO (video editor). Its default wallpaper is the classic Seagull that was with Puppy since version 1. Fatdog is traditional in looks but bleeding-edge in content!

Kirk wrote: Xorg auto configures itself and the default keyboard is "US" and the default timezone is gmt -5. You can change these in the setup menu. The old xorgwizard is still there, renamed xorgwizard-old. If you want a detailed xorg.conf go to Menu - Setup - Xorg Video Wizard. Firefox (and Xine) runs as user spot, anything you download goes into the Downloads folder on the desktop. At the first shutdown, after making your save file, you'll be asked if you want to move the Downloads folder to the same place as your save file. Most will want to answer yes to that. Fatdog64-500 uses many scripts from Woof, but Fatdog64 is not built using Woof due to Fatdog being 64bit.

Download the ISO from ibiblio (click here to open the ISO folder). Additional packages like PETs are installed from the package manager, while SFS can be downloaded from here - to use SFS, copy to /mnt/home and reboot (this assumes that you are already using a save file). Read here about the SFS.

For more information and feedback, visit the Forum.

Comments (2) Added by raffy December 24, 2010 (10:00PM)

XOpup 1.0 is Released

October 17, 2010 - XOpup 1.0 is released. The XOpup is a result of almost a year of labor and advocacy from forum member mavrothal - see the Forum announcement.



Mavrothal was glad that his persistence plus the help of developers finally led to this release. He acknowledges the help of "01micko with crucial input from Mitch Bradley, Anna, Paul Fox, Edie Owens and ttuuxxx".

Mavrothal continues: XOpup-1 is based on Puppylinux 5.1.1 with several customizations to fit the hardware. In addition to the custom kernels and under the hood optimizations, it includes custom desktop, quickpet, first-run screen, battery monitor, touchpad widget for XO-1, swap-file maker and power management. It also includes other goodies like the free-memory deamon, the lupu-511 "light" version of the Midori browser as default, and all the standard Puppylinux 5.1.1 applications and programs.

Download XOpup 1.0
[tar.gz] 114 MB, md5sum = e01bced2c4d24677119291ec3a3ef501

The compressed tarball shall be expanded to a DOS/VFAT or Linux/Ext2-3 formatted USB or SD flash and used to boot the XO-1 or XO-1.5. Read more details in the build announcement.

For feedback, visit the Forum

Comments (0) Added by raffy October 17, 2010 (7:10PM)

Puppeee 1.0 for the eee is Released

August 7, 2010 - Puppeee, amazing distro for the eeePC, is released.



In the puppeee home page, Jemimah wrote: Puppeee is an ultralight, user-friendly Linux distribution for the EeePC

Puppeee should work on EeePCs with Intel GMA900, GMA950, and GMA3150 graphics cards. This is most 10 inch or smaller models. There is partial support for the 1101HA/1201HA with the GMA500 using Xvesa.

Jemimah has described Puppeee's development in the Forum: Puppeee comes with a custom ultralight preemptive kernel optimized specifically for Atom or Celeron processors - the result is fast boot time, high performance, and low power usage.

Download Puppeee and read the install instructions given in the same page. For feedback, visit the puppeee forum.

Read more... Comments (1) Added by raffy August 7, 2010 (6:00PM)

Quirky is Released - Barry's Testing Platform

June 5, 2010 - Quirky 1.20 is released. Get the qrky-120.iso from here and read Barry's announcement. Note: qret-120.iso is the retro version (using the kernel of version 4.3.1).

May 5, 2010 - Quirky 1.00 is released, a 106-MB test platform for cutting-edge features of Puppy Linux.

Q1.00 is a multimedia special that should be able to play most multimedia formats. It also supports 3G modems.

The Linux kernel version is 2.6.33.2 and the default window manager is Openbox with Fbpanel (JWM is also available).

The builder of Q1.00 is "Woof", Barry Kauler's scripts for building a Puppy Linux distro from another distro's binary packages. However, Q1.00 is "home-grown" as Barry used binaries that he himself built from T2.

With Q1.00 released, a home-grown Woof-let, other Puppy Linux devs can use its tested features to deliver new Woof-lets from mainstream distros, benefitting the user with a wide array of packages while keeping the OS compact.

See Barry's announcement and go to the download folders at ibiblio.org or nluug.nl. Get quirky-100.iso, 106 MB, md5sum = ed663f31c5ac2f4ae4819dcf3b8d2199

For feedback, visit the Forum.

Comments (1) Added by raffy June 5, 2010 (6:07PM)

Go-OpenOffice Available as sfs4

Oct 31, 2009 - Forum member playdayz made available Go-OpenOffice 3.1.1 (see his Forum post):

"If anyone is interested I made an sfs of go-openoffice 3.1.1. The hype is that it is faster starting up (it is fast in my experience), lighter weight, more compatible with microsoft office documents, and with a less cluttered interface.. This is No frills.. there are no menu entries or other conveniences. The desktop files for each program are in /opt/openoffice.org3/share/xdg, and you can drag them to the desktop for convenience. "

Important: Use this only with Puppy 4.3.1 or newer version. Look here for an example of the use of sfs in PuppyLinux 4.3.1 (bugfix version of 4.3).

Download the sfs 163 MB md5sum 63c6a76d95a806c4c8ca9fc802585b35
Mirror with sfs3 (for Puppy 4.2.1 or earlier)

Comments (2) Added by raffy October 31, 2009 (7:15AM)

Reviews of Puppy Linux 4.3.0

Here are the reviews of Puppy Linux 4.3.0/4.3.1 (Links will be added as they are discovered - thanks to cthisbear):

• Oct 20, 2009 - DesktopLinux Review of Reviews: Puppy Linux 4.3 gains bugfix, rave reviews
• Sept 22, 2009 - Distrolove@Blogspot: Puppy Linux 4.3 -Linux 2u
• Sept 21, 2009 - DesktopLinuxReviews.com: Puppy Linux 4.3
• Sep 19, 2009 - Linux Magazine: Time for a New Puppy: Puppy Linux 4.3
• Sept 18, 2009 - H-Online: New version .. mini system

Michael (see below) added his favorite review of Puppy 4.2:

• June 30, 2009 - Techexposures: Super Fast Linux Review

Comments (4) Added by raffy October 20, 2009 (4:06AM)

Puppy Linux 4.3.1 Bugfix Release

Puppy Linux 4.3.1, a bugfix release for 4.3.0, is out. Read Barry Kauler's announcement.

For minimal download (if you have the 4.3.0 installed), get this PET then click on it to run (it will upgrade your system).

For downloading the bigger files, go to the download directory at ibiblio or nluug and view the readme.
Note: The main download is pup-431.iso = 105 MB with md5sum of 561c83156b4dae5da0b6135b53d8c421.

See the Release Notes (all notes for version 4.3.x)

Comments (2) Added by raffy October 17, 2009 (5:24AM)

OpenOffice and C-IDE sfs for Puppy 4.30

Barry Kauler has built and posted sfs4 packages for Puppy Linux 4.30:

• OpenOffice 3.1.1 sfs 176 MB - Office suite that can open MSOffice 2007 files. See the Forum discussion (do not download from there as the format is for older Puppy version);
• Anjuta C-IDE 71 MB - development environment for C/C++ (For programmers only - use it with devx sfs).

To use the sfs, download from ibiblio and place in your /mnt/home directory (you must be saving files already to your data drive).

Start Menu - System - BootManager and click on the "Choose which extra SFS" button.


Choose from the left box the sfs to be loaded and click the "Add" arrow to place it on the right box.


Click OK, reboot and start using the sfs!

NOTE: These sfs4 packages will work only with Puppy Linux 4.30 or newer (i.e., not on older versions). Also, you must be using pup_save.2fs, such as with live CD, USB or frugal installation, NOT full installation.

For full installation, mount the sfs by clicking on it and then copy the files to the proper directories of your full install. Click again on the sfs to un-mount it. Reboot or refresh menus. See also the SFS installer package for full installation here.

For feedback, please visit the Forum.

For "GO-office" version look here.

For other languages, see this page.

Comments (7) Added by raffy October 1, 2009 (7:00PM)