Any releases have package managers

episode10 · 01-25-2021, 11:15 PM

Hi all, been a few years since I last used any Puppy.
So long ago that I had to use a floppy boot drive with the drivers that booted to allow boot an install from an external USB CD drive.

I used the search function in the forum with no luck, online I found a link with no date mentioning the Puppy package manager, but no info on a Package Manager or distro that supports a package manager that draws from and installs any package that a larger heavier distro may have by default, I'm simply wanting a Puppy that has full featured, is happy on a mid aged (Latitude E4310 i5, 4gig ram about 240gb HDD aprox 10yrs old) be able to use the hardware without being slow/laggy but still be lightweight, sadly many "lightish" (Lubunto & Linux Lite) distros have been poor performers on this hardware.

Any help appreciated.

TorC · 01-26-2021, 09:05 AM

Check out puppylinux.com

I'd recommend XenialPup as a start point.

Or Slacko 6.3.0 at ibiblio. Ibiblio has the largest selection for you to browse.

But the Puppies based on ubuntu are 'easier' and the latest FossaPup (though UEFI) is said to use 'buntu repos directly, although I cannot confirm this.

Welcome to the forum and back to Puppy.

fatmac · 01-26-2021, 10:01 AM

You might like to check out FatDog too.

https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/

Mike_Walsh · 01-29-2021, 08:13 PM

What you really want are the 'Dogs'. These are based around the Debian LiveCD/DVD, but 'tweaked' to look and act like Puppy, along with the addition of persistence. Naturally, they use the full Synaptic PM (if ya like that sort of thing!)

Personally, I moved over to Puppy years ago 'cos Synaptic did my head in.....

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewforum.php?f=22

Mike.