Precise Puppy is a puppy linux variant that is "based" on Ubuntu 12.04 precise. It is designed as a small and fast distro that can run on older hardware with low resources. It is intended to be run in live mode rather than installing on the hard drive. The iso file can be burnt to a disc or put on a flash drive and it would boot like any other linux distro. I always wanted to try puppy linux and this time I finally got my hands on it. Version 5.7.1 was recently released.

So what is puppy linux. Well, if you don't already know, puppy linux is not a distinct distro by itself. It is more of a concept with lots of distros being build on it. For example precise puppy is a puppy linux variant built using packages from ubuntu precise. Similarly there is slacko puppy that is based on slackware.

The term "based on" is not very strict in sense and should not be mistaken for a trimmed down version of a large distro. It is more of a compatibility factor such that packages from a larger distros are used to build the particular puppy variant. You might be surprised to know how many puppies are there in the town. Check this link to find out. Archpup, Attackpup, Macpup, pup .... pup .... pup ...

So in this post we are focussing on precise puppy 5.7.1