Is Puppy Linux for me?
by vmelkon from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5DDBW)
Hello,
I have never tried Puppy Linux before.
I have a Windows background.
I have been using Kubuntu for 1 y (18.04 and then 20.10) on multiple machines.
It's pretty descent. They just don't put the latest software in Discover and some of them don't run.
Eclipse doesn't run.
VirtualBox runs but you can't install VMs with it. You can an error msg.
I have a few question because I don't want to download the wrong thing.
1. I see that on http://puppylinux.com/
there is
FossaPup64 9.5
409 MB
Why is it so small?
I once had a bad experience with Debian. I installed it (300 MB) and then, there is no GUI.
I don't want a stripped down OS. Let it have a full GUI, very user friendly, LibreOffice, GNU Paint, KCalc.
2. I don't want a network installation.
I will copy the ISO to DVD and will install on a few PCs, maybe.
I will also install in a VM, maybe.
3. All my PCs have 64 bit CPUs and 8, 16, 24 GB of RAM.
4. Video card, graphics card, graphics adapter, GPU.
One PC has nVidia GTX 980 4 GB.
for gaming.
The terminal is great but it is time to make a GUI for some of these operations.
All gamers want to click and install the nVidia drivers.
I will be installing the closed source driver since apparently, it is more feature rich. For example, S3 texture compression is copyrighted.
5. Software installation. My experienced with Kubuntu is that software installation is a hassle.
Discover is great the softwares there are old.
Example:
_1. Eclipse is old and doesn't run. So I had to download Eclipse from the official site and then the issue is, should I install with sudo or not.... Too much of a headache.
On top of that, it does not create a start menu entry.
I understand that the fault lies with the guys at Eclipse.
_2. LibreOffice.... So I stop with the boring stories.
_3. NetBeans
_4. VirtualBox
Is Puppy Linux up to date? Do they push the latest?
For example, LibreOffice is at 7.0.4.2.
~~~~vmelkon
I have never tried Puppy Linux before.
I have a Windows background.
I have been using Kubuntu for 1 y (18.04 and then 20.10) on multiple machines.
It's pretty descent. They just don't put the latest software in Discover and some of them don't run.
Eclipse doesn't run.
VirtualBox runs but you can't install VMs with it. You can an error msg.
I have a few question because I don't want to download the wrong thing.
1. I see that on http://puppylinux.com/
there is
FossaPup64 9.5
409 MB
Why is it so small?
I once had a bad experience with Debian. I installed it (300 MB) and then, there is no GUI.
I don't want a stripped down OS. Let it have a full GUI, very user friendly, LibreOffice, GNU Paint, KCalc.
2. I don't want a network installation.
I will copy the ISO to DVD and will install on a few PCs, maybe.
I will also install in a VM, maybe.
3. All my PCs have 64 bit CPUs and 8, 16, 24 GB of RAM.
4. Video card, graphics card, graphics adapter, GPU.
One PC has nVidia GTX 980 4 GB.
for gaming.
The terminal is great but it is time to make a GUI for some of these operations.
All gamers want to click and install the nVidia drivers.
I will be installing the closed source driver since apparently, it is more feature rich. For example, S3 texture compression is copyrighted.
5. Software installation. My experienced with Kubuntu is that software installation is a hassle.
Discover is great the softwares there are old.
Example:
_1. Eclipse is old and doesn't run. So I had to download Eclipse from the official site and then the issue is, should I install with sudo or not.... Too much of a headache.
On top of that, it does not create a start menu entry.
I understand that the fault lies with the guys at Eclipse.
_2. LibreOffice.... So I stop with the boring stories.
_3. NetBeans
_4. VirtualBox
Is Puppy Linux up to date? Do they push the latest?
For example, LibreOffice is at 7.0.4.2.
~~~~vmelkon