You can revive your aging PC with a lightweight Linux distro such as Puppy Linux and Linux Lite. But which one should you choose?

Quirky is a very interesting Linux distro that is a developmental sideline of the main Puppy Linux family. I expected some quirks in Quirky’s design and performance, despite its mature growth to ...

It would be fair to say that the Linux landscape is somewhat cluttered with distributions, each offering a slight value delta to consider. So, I didn't expect to be evaluating yet another distro any ...

Puppy Linux is a niche computing solution that shows the flexibility and usefulness of open-source tools and the staying power of the Linux operating system. Normally in this column, I focus on new ...

As we mentioned last week, a new version of Puppy Linux is out and, because Puppy is extremely lightweight, it's an ideal candidate for installation on a USB stick or similar portable storage device.

May sees the release of the new Puppy Linux, version 5.0, also known as Lucid Puppy. For the uninitiated, the main deployment target of Puppy Linux is older, resource constrained computers. In ...

The MK802 is a tiny computer that looks like a large USB flash drive. It has a 1.5 GHz Allwinner A10 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of storage, as well as USB and HDMI ports. But one of the most ...

Puppy Linux is a light-weight Linux-based operating system designed to run well even on older computers with slow processors, little memory, or small hard drives. In fact, the operating system is ...

If your aging PC is struggling to keep up with the demands of a modern Windows version, you are not alone. It's pretty common for older hardware to be left behind as software evolves. However, that ...

You may think of operating systems as something you install once and leave on a hard drive. But not every OS needs to tie itself down to a machine. Portable operating ...

You'll find plenty of lightweight Linux distributions. Not all Linux distributions were created to be fast. These speed demons are ready to impress you. Linux is many things to many people. For some, ...