Editing Puppy Linux (section)

=== Release versions ===
[[File:Pup-430.png|thumb|right|Puppy Linux 4.3.0]]
[[File:Lucid Puppy 5.0.0.png|thumb|right|Puppy Linux 5.0.0]]
[[File:Puppy Linux 5.2.8.png|thumb|right|Puppy Linux 5.2.8 ''Lucid Puppy'']]
[[File:Puppy linux 5.3.0 Slacko puppy.png|thumb|right|Puppy Linux 5.3.0 ''Slacko Puppy'']]
[[File:Puppy Linux Slacko 5.4.png|right|thumb|Puppy Linux 5.4 ''Slacko Puppy'']]
[[File:Puppy Linux 5.5 Slacko.png|right|thumb|Puppy Linux 5.5 ''Slacko Puppy'']]
[[File:Puppy Linux Slacko 5.7.png|right|thumb|Puppy Linux 5.7 ''Slacko Puppy'']]
[[File:Puppy Linux Tahrpup 6.0 CE.png|right|thumb|Puppy Linux 6.0.5 ''TahrPup'']]
[[File:Puppy Linux Xenialpup 7.5 CE.jpg|thumb|Puppy Linux 7.5 ''XenialPup'']]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Version
! Release date
|-
| Puppy 0.1
| 18 June 2003
|-
| Puppy 1.0
| 29 March 2005
|-
| Puppy 2.0
| 1 June 2006
|-
| Puppy 3.0
| 2 October 2007
|-
| Puppy 4.3.0
| 5 May 2008
|-
| Puppy 5.0.0
| 15 May 2010
|-
| Puppy 5.2.8
| 4 April 2012
|-
| Puppy 5.3.0–5.7.0
| 24 October 2011 – 8 March 2014
|-
| Puppy 6.0.5
| 26 October 2014
|-
| Puppy 6.3.2
| 21 June 2016
|-
| Puppy 7.5
| 4 December 2017
|-
| Puppy 8.0
|24 March 2019
|-
| Puppy 8.2.1
|1 July 2020
|-
| Puppy 9.5
|21 September 2020
|}

'''Puppy 0.1''' is the initial release of Puppy Linux. It has no [[UnionFS]], extremely minimal persistence support, and has no package manager or ability to install applications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://puppylinux.com/history.html|title=Puppy Linux History|website=puppylinux.com|access-date=2016-08-16|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180615103027/http://puppylinux.com/history.html}}</ref>

'''Puppy 1.0''' series runs comfortably on very dated hardware, such as a Pentium computer with at least 32&nbsp;MB RAM. For newer systems, the USB key drive version might be better (although if USB device booting is not directly supported in the [[BIOS]], the Puppy floppy boot disk can be used to kick-start it). It is possible to run Puppy Linux with [[Windows&nbsp;9x]]/[[Windows Me|Me]]. It is also possible if the BIOS does not support booting from USB drive, to boot from the CD and keep user state on a USB key drive; this is saved on shutdown and read from the USB device on bootup.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.puppylinux.com/development/compileapps.htm | title=Pupsave file | website= PuppyLinux.com | access-date=2010-06-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706022052/http://puppylinux.com/development/compileapps.htm | archive-date= 2010-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20051003#fdow |title=Featured Distribution of the Week: Puppy Linux |date=3 October 2005 |website=DistroWatch.com |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

'''Puppy 2.0''' uses the Mozilla-based SeaMonkey as its [[Internet suite]] (primarily a [[web browser]] and e-mail client).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/7423 |title=Taking Puppy for a short walk |website=Tux Machines |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

'''Puppy 3.0''' features Slackware 12 compatibility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://puppylinux.org/user/news.php?readmore=50 |title=Puppy 3.00 Released (Updated to 3.01) |first=Barry |last=Kauler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108222651/http://puppylinux.org/user/news.php?readmore=50 |archive-date=November 8, 2007 }}</ref> This is accomplished by the inclusion of almost all the dependencies needed for the installation of Slackware packages. However, Puppy Linux is not a [[List of Linux distributions#Slackware-based|Slackware-based distribution]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.puppylinux.com/download/release-3.01.htm | title = Puppy Linux release notes v3.00 | first = Barry | last = Kauler | access-date = 2007-10-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090226082743/http://puppylinux.com/download/release-3.01.htm | archive-date = 2009-02-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20071008#review |title=First look at Puppy Linux 3.00 |first=Susan |last=Linton |date=8 October 2007 |website=DistroWatch |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

'''Puppy 4.0''' is built from scratch using the [[T2 SDE]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.00.htm | title = Puppy Linux release notes 4.00 | first = Barry | last = Kauler | access-date = 2008-11-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090318160949/http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.00.htm | archive-date = 2009-03-18 }}</ref> and no longer features native Slackware&nbsp;12 compatibility<ref name="puppylinux.com">{{cite web | url = http://puppylinux.com/development/package-management.htm | title = package management | first = Barry | last = Kauler | access-date = 2008-11-12 | archive-date = 2012-06-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120623202649/http://www.puppylinux.com/development/package-management.htm }}</ref> in order to reduce the size and include newer package versions than those found in 3. To compensate for this, an optional "compatibility collection" of packages was created that restores some of the lost compatibility.<ref name="puppylinux.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/354928/|title=Puppy Linux 4.3 and Woof [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net|access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090824#feature |title=First look at Puppy Linux 4.2.1 |date=24 August 2009 |first=Jesse |last=Smith |website=DistroWatch|access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/puppy-revisited.html|title=Puppy Linux - revisited - Absolutely stunning!|website= dedoimedo.com|access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref>

'''Puppy 4.2.0–4.3.0''' feature changes to the user interface and backend, upgraded packages, language and character support, new in-house software and optimizations, while still keeping the [[ISO image]] size under 100&nbsp;MB.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.puppylinux.com/download/release-4.2.htm | title = Puppy Linux 4.2 | access-date = 6 April 2011 | first = Barry | last = Kauler | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100103012802/http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.2.htm | archive-date = 3 January 2010 }}</ref>

'''Puppy 5.0.0–5.7.0''' are based on a project called Woof,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://puppylinux.com/woof/ | title = Woof: the 'Puppy builder' | first = Barry | last = Kauler | access-date = 2009-02-13 | work = Puppy developer pages | date = 9 February 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090215224555/http://puppylinux.com/woof/ | archive-date = 15 February 2009 }}</ref> which is designed to assemble a Puppy Linux distribution from the packages of other Linux distributions. Woof includes some binaries and software derived from [[Ubuntu]], [[Debian]], [[Slackware]], [[T2&nbsp;SDE]], or [[Arch Linux|Arch]] repositories. Puppy&nbsp;5 came with a stripped-down version of the [[Midori (web browser)|Midori]] browser to be used for reading help files and a choice of web browsers to be installed, including [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]], [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]], [[SeaMonkey]] Internet Suite, [[SRWare Iron|Iron]] and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]].<ref name="LucidRespository">{{cite web|url = http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/Lucid_Puppy/|title = Index of /puppylinux/Lucid_Puppy|access-date = May 14, 2016|last = Puppy Linux|date=May 2016}}</ref><ref name="LucidRespository2">{{cite web|url = http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet-packages-lucid/ |title = Index of /puppylinux/pet-packages-lucid/|access-date = May 14, 2016|last = Puppy Linux|date= May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20140407#feature |title=First Impressions of Slacko Puppy 5.7 |first=Jesse |last=Smith |date=7 April 2014|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>[http://www.maketecheasier.com/review-of-precise-puppy/2013/07/10 Review of Precise Puppy: Puppy Linux With Ubuntu Favor], MakeTechEasier.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/77456.html|title=Precise Puppy Is a Fast, Furious Distro - Reviews |website= LinuxInsider |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121224#review |title=First look at Puppy Linux 5.4 "Slacko" |date=24 December 2014 |first=Jesse |last=Smith |website=DistroWatch| access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Smith12Dec11" /><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.osnews.com/story/24740/ |title=Puppy Linux: Top Dog of the Lightweight Distros |website= osnews.com |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110418#feature |title=Puppy Linux 5.2.5 - taking a bite out of bloat |date=18 April 2014 |first=Robert |last=Storey |website= DistroWatch |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/216488/for_a_slow_pc_try_puppy_linux_52.html |title=For an Old or Slow PC, Try Puppy Linux 5.2 |first1=Katherine |last1=Noyes |date=11 January 2011 |website=PCWorld |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/puppy-5.html|title=Puppy Linux 5 Lucid Puppy - Nothing but praise |website= dedoimedo.com |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/puppy-linux-50-lucid-puppy-released |title=Puppy Linux 5.0 "Lucid Puppy" Released |author=Michael Reed |date=May 21, 2010 |website=Linux Journal |access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

'''Puppy 6.0.5''' is built from [[Ubuntu version history#1404|Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr"]] packages, has binary compatibility with Ubuntu 14.04 and access to the Ubuntu package repositories. Tahrpup is built from the woof-CE build system, forked from Barry Kauler's Woof late last year after he announced his retirement from Puppy development. It is built from the latest testing branch, incorporates all the latest woof-CE features and is released in PAE and noPAE ISOs, with the option to switch kernels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-tahr/iso/tahrpup%20-6.0-CE/release-Tahrpup-6.0-CE.htm |website=iBiblio.org |title=Announcement and release notes for Tahrpup 6.0 CE |first=Barry |last=Kauler |date=May 2013 |access-date= May 14, 2016}}</ref>

'''Puppy 6.3.2''' is built with Slackware packages instead of Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" packages but is very similar to its predecessor.

'''Puppy 7.5''' is built from Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial Xerus" packages, which has binary compatibility with [[Ubuntu version history#1604|Ubuntu 16.04]] and access to the Ubuntu package repositories. XenialPup is built from the woof-CE build system, forked from Barry Kauler's Woof. It is built from the latest testing branch, incorporates all the latest woof-CE features and is released in PAE and noPAE ISOs, with the option to switch kernels. It has a new [[User interface|UI]], a new kernel update for greater hardware compatibility, redesigned Puppy Package Manager, some bugfixes and base packages inclusion into the woof structure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-xenial/64/release-xenialpup64-7.5.htm|title=Puppy Linux Release Announcement|last=Kauler|first=Barry|website=distro.ibiblio.org|access-date=2017-12-10}}</ref>

'''Puppy 8.0''' is built from Ubuntu "Bionic Beaver" 18.04.2 packages, has binary compatibility with [[Ubuntu version history#1804|Ubuntu 18.04.2]] and access to the Ubuntu package repositories. BionicPup is built from the woof-CE build system, forked from Barry Kauler's Woof. It is built from the latest testing branch and incorporates all the latest woof-CE features.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.puppylinux.com/bionicpup-32-bit-and-64-bit-released|title=BionicPup 32 bit and 64 bit released|first=Bludit|last=CMS|website=blog.puppylinux.com|access-date=24 March 2019|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515164531/http://blog.puppylinux.com/bionicpup-32-bit-and-64-bit-released}}</ref>

'''Puppy 8.2.1''' is built from [[Raspberry Pi OS]] packages, has full support for the Raspberry Pi 0 to the Raspberry Pi 4, and is relatively similar to its predecessor. Raspberry Pi OS is based on Debian, meaning that Puppy Linux still has Debian/Ubuntu support. This version of Puppy Linux is not compatible with personal computers, like desktops or laptops.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}

'''Puppy 9.5''' is built from Ubuntu "Focal Fossa" 20.04 (64-bit) packages, has binary compatibility with [[Ubuntu version history#2004|Ubuntu 20.04]] and access to the Ubuntu repositories. FossaPup64 comes with JWM as the default window manager. Also, at this release, Puppy Linux's Ubuntu-based release has dropped support for 32-bit (x86) computers, due to Ubuntu dropping 32-bit support at this release before reverting its decision and supporting only select 32-bit libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Joey |date=2019-06-24 |title=Ubuntu Changes Its Mind, Says it WILL Continue to Support 32-bit Apps |url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/ubuntu-reverses-decision-will-now-support-32-bit-apps |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=OMG! Ubuntu |language=en-GB |quote=This isn't a total reprieve for 32-bit fans. Ubuntu has no plans to re-add 32-bit install ISOs or provide 32-bit library support in perpetuity.}}</ref> However, its Debian-based and mixed releases (i.e., BookwormPup32 and NoblePup32, respectively) continue to support 32-bit systems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=BookwormPup32 - Puppy Linux Discussion Forum |url=https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=10087 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=forum.puppylinux.com |quote=32-bit version of BookwormPup - built from Debian 12 Bookworm components.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Download NoblePup32 ISO from SourceForge |url=https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-upups/puppy-upupnn+d/upupnn+bw-24.04.htm |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=distro.ibiblio.org |quote=Version of Puppy Linux built from 32-bit Ubuntu Noble Numbat (LTR 24.04) & Debian Bookworm components}}</ref>