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This is an old revision of PuppyVersionIndex made by CrustyLobster on 2012-03-11 21:02:43.
Quick guide
There is a lot of chice and possibilities within Puppy. Our latest official puppy53 Puppy 5.3.1 'Slacko' is out and highly Slackware compatible. Recommended for most new users. Slacko is not compatible with Puppy526 Lucid which has been our recommended Puppy for the last two years. Clean installs are recommended for new Puppy versions.
A version of Slacko with a newer Linux kernel is being developed - see below.
For older hardware Wary 5.2 might be more efficient. Puppy Wary is compiled in Puppy using a mature kernel.
Unique configurations of Puppy (puplets) exist. For those migrating from Windows or hardware less than 5 years old Saluki may be a good choice.
Expected in 2012 is our first port to specific ARM hardware with PARM for the Raspberry Pi motherboard. This will lead to further support for other ARM powered devices.
Long Term Support Wary old hardware Racy newer hardware
Developing
New 5.2.2.8 is recommended for language translators. Important bug fixes and enhancements for better and more complete translation.
Run MoManager and review translations, also you might find more to do in the 'doc_strings' category.
SlackoNews Puppy 5.3.3 'Slacko' RC2 - new kernel
Fatdog 64-bit only
Saluki 012 beta developing
Drake Puppy + Mageia (beta)
Dpup Puppy + Debian (alpha)
General Information Official Version Indexes | Localization Major Derivative Indexes
Hardware |
Also see
Puppy Linux Repo - distro list and host