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which can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of any other distro.
There are many "puppies" built with Woof, and this image gives an
appreciation of some of them and how they fit into the Woof time-line: |
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"Puppy distro" built by Woof is a distinctive distribution in its own right, with
unique features. You choose a puppy based on your particular needs, be
it specific hardware, software, or access to and compatibility with the
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Woof release notesWoof is the substratum of all puppies built from Woof, so these notes are common to all. To see the complete history of Woof, go to my blog: http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewCat=WoofSince the commencement of the Woof project in November 2008 there has been rapid development, too much to list on this summary page. However, here are highlights since the release of Puppy 4.3.1 (2009-10-17), in no particular order:
Please note that some puppies that are not built from the latest version of Woof, or remasters of an earlier release of Puppy, may not have all of the above features. |
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Quirky 1.0I, Barry Kauler, the founder of Puppy Linux and Woof, created Quirky as an
avenue to explore new ideas. There may be some features in this
distro that you won't find in other puppies, either different
applications and utilities, different system scripts/behaviour, or even
some fundamentally new underlying behaviour. This is very much a
moving target. Quirky is currently built from packages compiled in T2.
Some of the ideas may be a bit strange, hence the name "Quirky"! |
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Quirky 1.0 release notesQuirky is built from the latest Woof, so all the above Woof features apply. In addition, here is a summary of features specific to Quirky 1.0, in no particular order:
Please give feedback on the Puppy Linux Forum: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=10. Also, monitor my blog for the latest news: http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewCat=Quirky |
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Quirky 1.1The main focus was to fix bugs in 1.0, but I also upgraded many applications. Most importantly, SeaMonkey has migrated from the 1.x series, after we solved some bugs with the 2.x series. JWM is now the default window manager and tray, as it is noticeably faster (and looks nicer) than Openbox/Fbpanel. Two showstoppers were Ayttm and You2pup did not work, both fixed. |
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Quirky 1.1 release notes
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Quirky 1.2This continues bug fixing of 1.0/1.1, but also many packages are upgraded and new packages and ideas incorporated. In particular, a wider range of video/audio formats are supported, which is the main reason the live-CD iso file is a little bigger. There is now a very small HTML viewer for displaying local help files -- this has basic CSS support. |
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Quirky 1.2 release notes
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Quirky-Retro 1.2This is the same as Quirky 1.2, identical in every way, except built with the 2.6.30.5 kernel, the same one as used in Puppy 4.3.1. This build is for people who have true SCSI drives and/or access the Internet by telephone modem dialup. We compiled a huge number of drivers for analog modems for this kernel. The "standard" Quirky 1.1 does have some modem drivers also -- if you find that it doesn't work with your modem, try our Quirky-Retro! Note also, sometimes an older Linux kernel works better with older PC hardware, but there are so many variables -- try both! You can find links to Quirky-Retro at the Download Page. Note that the live-CD file is named 'qret-120.iso'. |
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Puppy 4.xThe packages for Puppy 4.0 were compiled from source using T2 (http://t2-project.org) back in November 2007. There have been upgraded packages since then, however the original base packages (such as Xorg 7.3) are still being used. In fact, the latest official release, 4.3.1, has been and continues to be our most popular Puppy, and is still "going strong", with many puplets (other puppies based on 4.3.1, such as Puppee, NOP and Lighthouse Pup). Arguably, if this guy works for you, why change?Puppy 4.3.1 release notes: http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.3.htm The 4.x series is currently undergoing upgrading, with significant improvements. The proposed 4.4 is currently at alpha status: http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Puppy44 . |
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Wary and Very-WaryWary is intended to be state-of-the-art, built with the latest Woof and recent packages, except for some rollbacks where newer packages are considered less than satisfactory. Currently, Wary uses the same T2 packages as Quirky, but Xorg is rolled back to version 7.3 (as, quite frankyly Xorg 7.4 and 7.5 have a lot wrong with them). Wary may be your better choice for older video hardware. Very Wary goes one step further and also rolls back the kernel to version 2.6.30.5 -- again, this may suit older hardware, also we have a large collection of drivers for old analog modems with this kernel -- we are unable to compile many of these drivers with later kernels. |
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Upup (Karmic, Lucid)"Upup" is our generic name for puppies built with Ubuntu packages. Our latest is "Lupu", built with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx binary .deb packages. What you get is a very small distro (the live-CD is about 130MB) yet with just about every application you would need and the speed and ease-of-use that Puppy is famous for. All of the advantages of Puppy, plus binary compatibility with Ubuntu .deb packages -- Puppy's own Puppy Package Manager will install any packages from the vast Ubuntu repositories!The official release of Lupu (Lucid Puppy) is 5.0, but there is an experimental 5.0.1 1 | |||
FatDog64FatDog64 is recently compiled from source using T2 and optimised for the Intel 64-bit x86 (and compatible) CPUs. This built tends to be leading-edge in terms of features and application versions. |
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PuppeeePuppeee is a remaster of Puppy 4.3.1, optimised to run on the EeePC netbook. A lot of work has gone into compatibility with EeePC hardware, so this distro is a good choice if you have one of these netbooks. The developer is also planning "Fluppy", which will target a wider range of netbooks. |
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So many more puppies!It is so easy to create a custom Puppy, either by using Woof or remastering the live-CD (there is an super-easy remaster program in the Setup menu), and this has resulted in a huge choice of custom puppies. The main problem is finding out just what is available. A good starting point is the Community News page:http://puppylinux.org/news/ |