Editing Puppy Linux (section)

==User interface==
[[File:Puppylinux-215ce2.jpg|thumb|Desktop using one of multiple integrated themes with XMMS, a multimedia player; [[mtPaint]], a painting program for creating pixel art and manipulating digital photos; mplayer; and an opened text file, under Puppy Linux 2.15 CE Viz (with default WM IceWM)]]
[[File:WNOP02 EeePC 1.jpg|thumb|wNOP v0.2 on EeePC: Puppy 3.01 & Compiz-Fusion]]
The default [[window manager]] in most Puppy releases is JWM.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://puppylinux.org/wikka/JoesWindowManager| title=JWM| website=PuppyLinux.org| access-date=2010-06-25| archive-date=2012-03-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308020821/http://puppylinux.org/wikka/JoesWindowManager}}</ref>

Packages of the [[IceWM]] desktop, [[Fluxbox]] and [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]] are also available via Puppy's PetGet package (application) management system (see below). Some derivative distributions, called ''puplets'', come with default window managers other than JWM.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pupweb.org/wikka/IceWM | archive-url=https://archive.today/20110727191733/http://pupweb.org/wikka/IceWM | url-status=usurped | archive-date=July 27, 2011 | title=IceWM | website=PupWeb.org| date=11 September 2021 }}</ref>

When the operating system boots, everything in the Puppy package uncompresses into a RAM area, the "[[ramdisk]]". The PC needs to have at least 128&nbsp;MB of RAM (with no more than 8&nbsp;MB shared video) for all of Puppy to load into the ramdisk. However, it is possible for it to run on a PC with only about 48&nbsp;MB of RAM because part of the system can be kept on the hard drive, or less effectively, left on the CD.

Puppy is fairly full-featured for a system that runs entirely in a ramdisk, when booted as Live system or from a "frugal" installation. However, Puppy also supports the "full" installation mode, which enables Puppy to run from a hard drive partition, without a ramdisk. Applications were chosen that met various constraints, size in particular. Because one of the aims of the distribution is to be extremely easy to set up, there are many [[wizard (software)|wizards]] that guide the user through a wide variety of common tasks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.puppylinux.org/home/overview|title=AboutPuppy - Puppy Linux|access-date=2008-08-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080621101141/http://puppylinux.org/home/overview <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-21}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=third-party|date=July 2010}}